LMFS on Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:40 am
"Uralvagonzavod": the new version of the T-72 will be the most mass machine in the RF Armed Forces
The tank is already delivered to the troops
MOSCOW, July 28. / TASS /. The new version of the T-72 T-72M with the engine of increased power and enhanced protection is already supplied to the troops and should become the most mass machine in the Russian army. The new tanks were presented to the general public at the parade in Moscow on May 9, TASS told Uralvagonzavod (UVZ).
Earlier, a number of media outlets reported that the industry offered the Ministry of Defense a new project for upgrading the T-72.
"We are talking about an already created tank - T-72M, a limited party purchased the department, the tank was demonstrated at the Victory Parade," - explained in the UVZ.
The corporation added that the main differences between the new version of the T-72B3 - engine capacity of 1130 liters. with., enhanced dynamic protection, the presence of anti-cumulative gratings and updated on-board equipment. Also, the tank received a laser system to account for the curvature of the gun barrel after the shot, which increases the accuracy of target destruction. "It is expected that this tank will be the most massive in the Russian Ground Forces," the UVZ added.
The tank is not produced as a new car, the T-72B3 tanks being upgraded to the "M" level are being modernized, the company said.
The new T-72 is presented in the static exposition of the competition "Tank biathlon", which started on Saturday in the Moscow region of Kubinka, TASS correspondent reports. The tank is designated as "T-72B3 with additional protection". The machine, in particular, can have a double side screen - then on top of a rigid body kit over the tracks with built-in dynamic protection are attached fabric bags with additional blocks. It is equipped with the most modern Russian tank weapon - 2A46M-5.
http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/5411564