The T-80s future in the Russian Army

That tank is used mostly as fire support for infantry, with indirect fire against enemy trenches and fortifications.

Respect to the previous model posted on Oct.13  this seem to allow turret rotation.
Now, it could be somewhat folded once they get in enemy contact or they have to stay like so?

T-80BVM model 2023

With the onboard Volnorez portable drone jammer system on board, the upgraded tank could be one of those game changers we always hear about. The specs on the EW system alone, up to 1 km omni-directional, wide-band jamming seem impressive.

Feature Overview

* Volnorez Drone Jaming EW System (solved the APS harming infantry problem, covering mainly drones, for IR targeting,  dazzlers and smoke as well as early detection are still superior to APS)

* 1PN96MT thermal imaging sights (superior to Sosna-U)

* Reverse now exceeds 20 km/h (better than 11km/hr on previous model)

* Relikt explosive reactive armor (helps protect against ATGMs and RPGs)

* More sophisticated targeting system


For me the most interesting element is the transmission modifications made, to achieve such a fast Reverse speed

As well as Volnorez EW blocker, I believe soft kill APS is superior to hard kill, as you need infantry near the tank when conducting any advance or urban operations and any projectiles prevent the use of infantry

In very rare occasions would hardkill APS be needed, like if for some reason, the tanks are without infantry in an exposed area, in which case you are dead anyway

Explosive reactive armor is also dangerous for infantry, but this was only a problem for early Kontakt series, the new T80BVM has Relikt, so it's not as big an issue

And so I would say the next big improvement, would be installation of MMW radar, for early detection of incoming projectiles, that can alert the crew to deploy smoke and IR countermeasures, as well as dazzlers like an improved shtora

Once a crew is alerted to the fact that they are being targeted, the commander can slew the turret to the threat

Maybe T14 would just be better in terms of integrating this technology onto the platform

The problem with MMW radar is that it can be detected and triangulated.

Some other technology needs to be used like LIDAR.

It's official. The t-72 has now been turned into a brick factory

Holly shit

The t-72 has now been turned into a brick factory

Yeah. I put the pics in the wrong thread.
Maybe GarryB can move them to the right one.

Holly shit

Technician: How many ERA bricks do you want on your tank?
Commander: YES!

Hole wrote:
Yeah. I put the pics in the wrong thread.

No worries mate it's just anothe brick layer

Its a T90M...not T72...

LEGO will sell the ERA bricks as extra and make a lot of money.