Advanced Russian tank variant revealed
An image of the latest version of the Russia’s T-90 tank has been seen on manufacturer Uralvagonzavod’s 2017 corporate calendar.
Developed by the company under the Proryv-3 programme the T-90M, as it is known, will be the most advanced derivative of the T-90 and is set to be used to upgrade some or all of these tanks in the Russian Land Forces inventory.
In September 2016, the head of the Main Automotive-Armour-Tank Directorate of the Russian MoD, Lt Gen Alexander Shevchenko, claimed that all T-90s in the Russian inventory are slated to be upgraded to the new Proryv-3 standard, but
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