Expectations and reality: Praised Russian T-90 was not lucky in Ukraine

Focus has translated the new Kampus text dedicated to the adventures of the Russian T-90 tank in Ukraine. Russia represents its T-90 as one of the most modern tanks that are in service today. Thanks to the main 125 mm gun 2A46M with automatic recharge T-90 in the base complete set has a range of shooting 5 kilometers and additionally equipped with a 12. 7 mm large caliber machine gun Kord and a 7. 62 mm machine gun PTKM, paired with a gun.

The base version of the T-90 with a crew of three people runs into the movement of a 12-cylinder 1000 mm engine, which allows it to develop a speed of 60 km/h on roads and 50 km/h on off-road. The T-90 is capable of fire with an advanced anti-tank controlled missile system 9m119 "Reflex", which is designed to defeat tanks with dynamic protective armor or helicopters.

As for its own protection, the T-90 is protected by the Dynamic Contact-5 armor on the building and towers, as well as multilayered steel armor. At the beginning of the T-90 project, the T-72 modernization began in the West of the Soviet Union in the 1980s. By 1989, the project has become an independent and independent endeavor that has resulted in limited production since 1992.

Due to the bad reviews of the T-72 and T-80BV during the First War in the Persian Gulf and the First Chechen War, the Russian weapons began to promote the T-90 export to remedy the tank's reputation. Soon the export version of the T-90 by the name of the T-90C attracted the attention of the Russian military leadership. After the licensing of the "cut" version of the tank for production in India, where 1000 units were built, the government ordered 200 tanks under the designation of the T-90A.

The name "Vladimir" T-90a was obtained after the death of the chief designer of the tank-Vladimir Potkin. The latest version of the T-90 is T-90m. It is served as a new standard for T-90, which Moscow seeks to replace its park. The main improvements, compared to the T-90A, include the use of Russian dynamic armor "relict" and improved version of the main weapon, which increases the range and accuracy of firing the T-90m firing when compared with previous versions.

Although the T-90M is first represented in the world in 2017, it is difficult to install the exact number of T-90, which are in service with Russia today. The Russian armed forces were supposed to receive the last units from an order for 65 T-90m samples by the end of 2021. But it is not like the supply in Russia has many upgraded tanks in Russia, despite the stated plans to use your T-90M park as a modern reserve to hold until T-14 of the Armate (which is unlikely to happen in the near future).

Despite their theoretical advantages and advertising in the Russian media, the "best in the world" Russian T-90 faced serious problems in Ukraine. According to Oryx blog, Russia has lost 20 "Vladimir" in Ukraine, as well as two T-90m. It seems that Russia suffered the first losses of the T-90M short after these tanks began to appear in Ukraine in the spring. While the Russian media point to further supply to the T-90M armed forces during the invasion as evidence of the resilience -90m.