


This decreased mobility of the tank in real work scenariosġ0. The only design decision russians took to improve the armored protection of the tank, was to bolt the addon armor. Armor arrangement is very similar to what it was on T-72Bĩ. In hot climates (like Ukrainian steppes in summer), the engine loses 1/3 of its powerĨ. The engine of the tank (V-92S2F) is largely directly a direct ancestor of the V-2 (1937), that was on the T-34ħ. Basically, T-90M is the maximum of what the russian MIC can squeeze out of the old soviet tank designs, in some regards even exacerbating the issues in some areasĦ. AFU got a chance to analyze a T-90M captured in September 2022ĥ.

1989 with some design solutions borrowed from NATO tanks (including "Nakidka")Ĥ. T-90M is de facto an extensive modernization of T-72B obr. Even official specifications for the tank (3:40) bring the russian claims in questionsģ. Big focus on propaganda – especially "high-tech" factorĢ.
