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The T-90 is the newest main battle tank (MBT) in
service with the Russian Ground Forces. It is a
further development of the T-72, with some of the
features from the T-80. This new variant of the
T-72 was originally called T-72BU but after poor
performance of the T-72 in combat in the Persian
Gulf War (especially against western tanks such as
the M1 Abrams, M60 Patton, Challenger 1) and in
the First Chechen war it was decided to rename it
to improve its chances on the export market.
The T-90 with an 840 hp (630 kW) engine went into
low-level production in 1993, based on a prototype
designated T-72BU. The T-90 was developed by
Russia's Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau at the
Uralvagonzavod factory in Nizhny Tagil. The T-90
features a new generation of Kontakt-5 explosive
reactive armor on its hull and turret. Two
variants, the T-90S and T-90E, have been
identified as possible export models.
By September 1995, some 107 T-90 tanks had been
produced, located in the Siberian Military
District.
1999 saw the appearance of a new model of T-90,
featuring the fully welded turret of the Obyekt
187 experimental MBT instead of the original
T-90's cast turret. This new model is called
"Vladimir" in honour of T-90 Chief Designer
Vladimir Potkin, who died in 1999. It is unknown
how this design affects the protection and layout
of the turret, or whether the tank's hull armour
layout was changed.
Currently, there are 241 T-90 tanks serving in the
Russian Ground Forces's 5th Guards Tank Division,
stationed in the Siberian Military District, and
seven T-90 tanks in the Navy. On May 15, 2006,
Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Belousov
announced that along with other purchases, some
thirty new T-90s will be produced for the Russian
Army.
The T-90S version is in service with the Indian
Army, and the local production of T-90S Bhishma
tanks will start in India in 2006--2007?? Bhishma
(also spelt as Bishma) is a character from the
Indian epic, the Mahabharata. In 2001, India
bought 310 T-90S tanks from Russia, of which 120
were delivered complete, 90 in semi-knocked down
kits, and 100 in completely-knocked down kits.
T-90S were made by Uralvagonzavod and the uprated
1,000-hp engines were delivered by Chelyabinsk
Tractor Plant. The T-90 was selected because it is
a direct development of the T-72 which India
already employs, simplifying training and
maintenance. India bought the T-90 after the delay
in production of the domestically developed Arjun
main battle tank, and to counter Pakistani
deployment of the Ukrainian T-80UD in 1995--97.
The deal between India and Russia, estimated at a
value of USD $750 million, also included the
complete transfer of T-90 technology and weapon
systems to India. With Russian and French
assistance, India developed an improved version of
T-90S, known as the Bhishma. However, India has
reported that problems have arisen with the
French-designed thermal sights used on the T-90
due to intense desert heat. In 2006, the Indian
Government awarded the Ordnance Factory Board a
USD $2.5 billion deal to manufacture 1,000 T-90
Bhishma tanks for the Indian army. On October 26,
2006, India signed another deal with Russia for
800 million USD for 330 T-90S tanks.
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| T-90 Active Protection Systems |
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Video showing the various active protection
systems available to T-90 as well as other Russian
armor.
Two important systems in video are:
Arena
Shtora
There is also the standard IR Smoke Screen
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| A mix of russian main battle tanks, mainly the T80, T90, BE |
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this is a nice video about Russian MBT's, showing
the T-80, the T-90 and the NEW Superior black
Eagle ...
The BE is the newest main battle tank (MBT) in
service with the Russian army, a further
development of the T-80.
The BE is fitted with conventional armour plating
and nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC)
protection equipment.
The glacis and the turret of BE are covered by the
third generation Kontakt-5 explosive reactive
armour (ERA). The tank's low rounded turret is
centered on the hull and is covered by ERA bricks.
This ERA gives the turret an angled appearance,
with the ERA bricks forming a clam shell
appearance. ERA bricks on the turret roof provide
protection from top-attack weapons.
The BE is equipped with the Shtora-1 (Russian:
Штора-1 or "curtain" in English)
countermeasures suite, produced by Electronintorg
of Russia. This system includes infrared jammer,
laser warning system with four laser warning
receivers, grenade discharging system which
produces an aerosol screen and a computerised
control system. The laser warning system warns the
tank's crew when the tank has been 'painted' by a
weapon-guidance laser. The BE's electro-optical
jammer, the Shtora-1 EOCMDAS, jams the enemy's
semiautomatic command to line of sight (SACLOS)
antitank guided missiles, laser rangefinders, and
target designators. the BE is also equipped with
ARENA
these tanks are well known for their
maneuverability, speed and huge firepower...
The Black Eagle could easily over power the newest
of the western MBT's such as: Challenger, Abrams
and Leclerc and Leopard 2.
The tank has the following important innovations
compared to Soviet-school tanks:
* Stretched hull with 7 road-wheels per side,
allowing to increase the thickness of the glacis
armor array and move the driver's hatch farther to
the rear thereby eliminating the weakened area
around driver's optics present on Soviet tanks.
* The bustle-mounted high-capacity ammo
magazine/autoloader that allows high rate of fire,
fast automated ammo replenishment, eliminates main
survivability issue with Soviet tanks, and reduces
the height of the tank by 400mm compared to T-80U
(allowing increased front armor density).
* Placement of the armament in a separate
compartment with provisions for the installation
of a wide range of different mainguns (up to
152mm) without the need for heavy redesign.
* Placement of each crewmember in a separate
compartment, thereby limiting the crew casualties
in case of penetration.
* Very sloped frontal armor with high degree
of protection uniformity over a variety of angles.
* Thick turret roof with multilayered armor to
counter top-attack threats.
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