T-90
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 T-90 MBT | |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.53 m |
| Width | 3.78 m |
| Height | 2.225 m |
| Weight | 46.5 t |
| Speed | 70 km/h (road) 45 km/h (off-road) |
| Range | 550 km |
| Primary armament | 125 mm smoothbore gun, firing APFSDS, HEAT-FS, HE-frag-FS, and 9K120 Refleks ATGM |
| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm machinegun in coaxial mount 12.7 mm anti-aircraft mg |
| Crew | 3 |
The T-90 ("Vladimir") main battle tank, the most modern tank in the Russian army arsenal, went into low-level production in 1993, based on a prototype designated as the T-88. The T-90 was developed by the Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau at the Vagonka Works in Nizhny Tagil. Initially seen as an entirely new design, the production model is in fact based on the T-72BM, with some added features from the T-80 series. The T-90 features a new generation of armor on its hull and turret. Two variants, the T-90S and T-90E, have been identified as possible export models.
Plans called for all earlier models to be replaced with T-90s by the end of 1997, subject to funding availability. By mid-1996 some 107 T-90s had gone into service in the Far Eastern Military District.
India bought 310 T-90S tanks, and has started manufacturing locally with the aim of producing over 1,000 tanks.
See also
External links
- JED Equipment Database, T-90 information and variants (http://www.jedsite.info/tanks/tango-numbers-su/t-90_series/t90-series.html)
- The T-90 tank by the Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/t-90.htm)he:T-90
