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Originally Posted by m1tch311
Agreed but the t-90 is still just a upgraded t-72 and a good marketing scheme. Those Russians are good marketers, quite a few t-90s have sold to India and Russia.
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You are right only partially.
That sometimes name " T-90 early releases " has name T-72BU. It was issued since 1992.
Later, it have improved:
New welded tower
New engine B-92C2
Complex of management of fire (1А45 analogue T-80U)
The new device of a night image
Complex optics - electronic suppression TShU-1 «Shtora»
Equipments of remote undermining of a осколочно-demolition shell with a special fuse in the set point of a flight path
Antiaircraft-machine-gun installation with remote control
New multilayered the combined armour
The new built in dynamic protection «Kontakt-V», (which provides protection both against hollow-charge shells, and from APFSDS.)
It already was the new tank which is referred to T-90C, is perfect with other characteristics, than T-72BU.
At the moment, for the Russian Armed forces are made T-90A (It is improved T-90C)
On this tank:
New welded tower (it is a little changed T-90C)
New dynamic protection "Relict"
Rate of fire of the automatic device of a loading is increased
The quantity of dynamic protection is increased
New, more powerful engine B-99
More modern device of a night image
New structure of the multilayered combined armour (protection from APFSDS is increased)
Transmission is improved
On the battle parameters it is the tank in 3 times exceeds T-72BU.
PS: Unfortunately according to the arrangement (which have now suspended) on restriction of armed forces in the Europe, these tanks were made for the military units was beyond Urals Mountains.
However since 2008 they will complete military units of the central Russia. I hope that I can see it in operation.
Earlier, I saw T-90A only on exhibitions of arms MAKS-2003.