The Ministry of Defense received a batch of modernized T-80BVM tanks
According to the report, on October 31, the 2019 company shipped a batch of modernized T-80BVM tanks to the Ministry of Defense. The destination and the number of tanks are not indicated in the message, the equipment is loaded on railway platforms and is waiting for dispatch. However, the Ministry of Defense previously reported that it had concluded a contract with UVZ in 2017 for the modernization of the 62 T-80BV tanks to the T-80BVM level with delivery to the 31 tank in 2018 and 2019.
The T-80B tank and its modifications were produced at Omsktransmash JSC from 1979 to 1991 a year. The latest modification was the T-80BV tank, adopted by the Soviet army in the 1985 year. MBT T-80BVM - a new version of the modernization of the tank, developed in Omsk. According to a press release, the modernized T-80BVM tank has enhanced basic combat qualities: firepower, mobility and command controllability.
- said the general director of Omsktransmash JSC Igor Lobov.
The machine, which has undergone a thorough modernization, is equipped with an 125-mm gun, which has the ability to fire guided missiles, a multi-channel sight, a modified gas turbine engine with 1250 horsepower, an arms stabilizer and a driver’s observation device. The tank is protected from fire by a complex of modular dynamic protection and an anti-cumulative lattice screen.
In Soviet times, more than 10 of thousands of T-80 tanks of various modifications were produced. Currently, 3 thousand "eighty", which are considered a strategic reserve in case of war, is located in military warehouses. The decision to de-arm part of the tanks and modernize it was taken by the Ministry of Defense in 2016.
- Omsk Transport Engineering Plant JSC
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