The T-90M Proryv features various enhancements and improvements over its predecessor. It incorporates advanced composite armor, explosive reactive armor, and additional protective measures to enhance its survivability on the battlefield. The tank also includes upgraded sensors, fire control systems, and an improved main gun.
The T-90M Proryv is equipped with a powerful 125mm smoothbore gun, capable of firing a range of ammunition types, including armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds and anti-tank guided missiles. It has advanced targeting systems and improved accuracy, making it a formidable weapon system.
These new tanks provide the Russian Army with enhanced capabilities, including improved firepower, protection, and situational awareness. They contribute to the modernization efforts of the Russian ground forces and support their operational readiness.
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According to Russian state media, the new tanks will take part in the massive military parade to be held on May 9 in Moscow’s Red Square to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Red Army’s victory in the Great Patriotic ധąɾ (World ധąɾ II). “First deliveries of upgraded T-90M ‘Proryv’ tanks started in April to the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, which is deployed on the territory of five Russian regions,” said Army Commander Major-General Sergey Kisel. “These are fundamentally new combat vehicles, they got a new turret, a more powerful engine.”
It is an improved version of the T-90A, and as noted it features a new turret that has multiple layers of armor plating, a modified ammunition storage area that is placed outside the main fighting chamber and notably has a more powerful 2A46M-4 main gun – the same as that on the T-14 Armata. It has a longer range and is reported to be 15-20 percent more accurate than the standard 2A46M gun of the T-90, yet it utilizes the same 125mm ammunition as the other Russian main battle tanks.
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The T-90M also features a special anti-slip coating that is similar to that used on the latest T-14 Armata tanks. The T-90 family of tanks has been described as a mix of old and new, relying on traditional Russian tank designs that have been standard since the Second World ധąɾ, yet featuring true twenty-first-century advances into the automatically loading cannon that reduces the size of the crew and results in a small and combat ωεɑρσռ platform.
