12/24/2023 0 Comments Russian main battle tank 2017T-64BM2 or Ob'yekt 447AM-2 – "Kontakt-5" reactive armour, rubber protection skirts, 1A43U fire control, 6ETs43 loader and able to fire the 9K119 missile (NATO code "AT-11A Sniper"), 5TDFM 850 hp (625 kW) engine. Tanks, equipped with the 1,000 hp 6DT engine are known as T-64BM - T-64BV – Features "Kontakt-1" reactive armor and "Tucha" 81-mm smoke grenade launchers on the left of the turret. From 1985 the T-64B was fitted with stronger glacis armor older tanks were upgraded with a 16-mm armor plate. Later B/BV models have more modern systems 1A33-1, TPN-3-49, 2E42 and a 2A46M-1 gun. T-64B or Ob'yekt 447A (1976) – Fitted with redesigned armour, 1A33 fire control system, 9K112-1 "Kobra" ATGM system (NATO code "AT-8 Songster"), TPN-1-49-23 sight, 2A46-2 gun, 2E26M stabiliser and 6ETs40 loader. T-64AK or Ob'yekt 446 (1972) – Command version, with an R-130M radio and its 10 m (33 ft) telescoping antenna, a TNA-3 navigation system, without antiaircraft machine gun, carrying 38 rounds of main gun ammunition. T-64A or Ob'yekt 434 – 125-mm gun, "gill" armor skirts, a modified sight, and suspension on the fourth road wheel. It introduced a number of advanced features including composite armor, a compact engine and transmission, and a smoothbore 125-mm gun equipped with an autoloader to allow the crew to be reduced to three so the tank could be smaller and lighter. The rest are stored internally in the hull.The T-64 is the second generation of Soviet-made main battle tank introduced in the early 1960s. There are 45 shell carriers in the tank, while 22 of them are stored in the reloading system and are ready to use. The tank can shoot the 9M119 Svir or 0M119M Refleks anti-tank guided missiles. However, the automatic reloading system of T-72B3 has been slightly modified. The battle tank maintains its original smoothbore 125 mm gun. The upgraded vehicle comes with add-on explosive reactive armor that also covers the rear part of the turret. This specific version of the T-72B3 was seen for the first time in 2017. The newest of them features better protection. Russia and its allies consider this type of armor effective against the majority of older APFSDS rounds, like anti-tank rockets and guided missiles.Īlthough, T-72B3 has its versions that include upgrade packages. T-72B3 is equipped with explosive reactive armor (Kontakt-5), the same armor used in T-80U and T-90 main battle tanks. In T-72B3 protection was slightly improved.
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