I've been talking a lot about tanks and military gear. It's kind of my personal jam
I'm loving learning about great gear in history in terms of military
Why it was made how it was made and with that today
We look at one of the world's most deadliest tanks one of the most cheapest to produce
One that was produced in great numbers and sold to many countries as well
It is a major threat on the battlefield today. And with that we look at the russian-made
T90 tank and learn how insane this tank actually is and was hey everybody. How's it going?
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Let's talk about rashes great t90 think and how fantastic these think actually is. It's so great
Do you love these think I loves just think everybody loves t90 tank. So the t90. It's been around since pretty much
1993 the thing was it's a very unique tank because unlike some other modern generation tanks that were built from scratch
This one was made off of different chassis
Z' that existed before the t90 was intended to be a replacement for the t-72 and the t-80 and of course the good
old-fashioned t-64 however, many consider this tank to be a major superior upgrade to the
t-72 simply because the t90 uses the
t-72s platform for its design now
The program was approved in 1986 and by 1988 prototypes had begun under a program by the name of object
188 oddly enough while object 188 was being made there
Also another program that had a much bigger more impressive tank. This was known as object
187 which was a more beefier tank
but however
they went with the
188 program because of budget reasons and a lot of other factors as a matter of fact when the t90 was approved for wide
production it was known simply as the
T-72 be you until it got its name change, but however, it's not just an upgraded
T-72 it actually took some parts from the t-80 as well
One of the big things it did take from the t-80 was the fire control system on top of that
It also took its very popular engine which a lot of them still use, which is the V 84 m/s
Now most of these tanks were made at the uralvagonzavod
Factory in Nizhny Tagil, Russia and just so you guys know this factory is
insane it's
Extremely large not only is it the largest scientific and industrial complex in all of Russia?
But it's also the largest tank Factory in the entire world when it comes to producing main battle tanks
now one thing that you gotta really keep in mind is it's pretty amazing that the
T90 tank came out when it did now
The reason for that is because well if you look at it in the early 90s
There was the fall of the Soviet Union and you know with all that
Government change and everything you could have had the t90 be either delayed or cancelled outright
however
It wasn't and it pushed right through and I find that just kind of a little bit interesting
During the production of this tank the Russians were very keen on foreign buyers
Obviously this new tank had some new upgrades meaning new armor
India was the first country to jump on this and purchase these tanks and eventually acquire a license to build their own
Being made out of the Avadi tank factory, which prior to that that factory was also building the t-72s
But when India caught wind of Pakistan ordering the ukrainian t-84 s they wanted a major upgrade
These tanks were known as the t-90s and they came out around
2001 India even in today's world is the biggest buyer of these tanks
but one of the reasons why they chose this tank was specifically due to the fact that it is very close to the
T-72 which they were already manufacturing and as a matter of fact 60% of the parts from these
T-72s were needed to build the t-90s
It's also interesting to know that they might not have purchased the t90 if the arjun tank was not delayed by
Numerous amounts of years with that when it comes to operators India is the biggest having approximately
1650 of them following that there is also
Turkmenistan which had a bunch received in 2010 then Syria
And of course Uganda and you're actually going to see more of these on the battlefield in the near future
Simply because there were a lot of sales and a lot of deliveries done in
2015 - well now basically you had the countries of
Algeria and Armenia Iraq that received theirs and even Vietnam recently got theirs in
2019 and with that there are a lot of other countries that are looking into purchasing the t90 such as Egypt Kuwait and
Pakistan is even thinking and of course
Yes, Russia still uses quite a lot of these tanks as a matter of fact
They are the most a modern tank of the all the main battle tanks that are on the battlefield
the reason I got a little tripped up there is because there is the new tank that's coming out and this is known simply as
The armada tank, which is one beast of a tank and it looks just amazing now for combat history
This is where it gets a little bit tricky because there's not been a lot of information on
Where the t-90s have been around the world in terms of conflicts Russia obviously has used them for quite a while
However, they haven't been seen on many fronts for Russia and for that country
The first time they were reported using these tanks was during the Dagestan conflict. This happened in 1999
Where at least 12 of these tanks were used during the conflict and one of them was struck with an RPG in which it survived
after that
There isn't much to report besides the fact that it was used in Syria were 30 or so ish tanks were sent to the Front's
during this conflict - were captured and one was destroyed which was the first time anything like this had ever happened at -
1890 keep in mind some of you might be going at ha ha
The t-90s is capable of being captured that also happened to the m1 Abrahms in
2014 and I'm actually working on a video about that
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Hit the like button down there on top of that. It's also been said that it's been used in the Ukraine
One thing is that there hasn't been any reports of these tanks going up against modern MBTs
Other than that it's been used in training exercises and all that jazz
There are probably a few more conflicts but not much has been said within the news now variants
This is where we get into it. They got a lot of different ones
As a matter of fact, there are 14 different variants at least known to the public
1490 tanks the t90 a was the first upgrade of this and it had what was known as a welded turret
Sometimes being referred to as the vladimir it was introduced from my understanding around the early
2000s and the sequel of that is the
T90 a.m
Which features upgraded armor and with that it no longer uses russia's old?
Trusty kontakt-5 armor bricks, but instead replaced all of its armor with new relic armor
Which has been said to be 2 times stronger than kontakt-5 armor. There's also the t9 TM, which will begin in 2019
I do believe that the t9 TM is the non welded version of its upgrades
It will also feature the same
armor as the t90 am
Which is the same relict armor and some other upgrades as well?
now to give a little bit more of an understanding of the welded and non welded versions of the turret from my
Understanding that was a big change that happened within the tank. However, because the tanks got a welded version
They didn't just overhaul the old tanks some old tanks and newer tanks still use the non welded version
And of course the welded version one didn't cancel out the other as well
There is the upgraded export variant, which is known as the t9 TMS
From my understanding. It also will use this new relic armor
But as for the t90
it also does have a bunch of other variants including recovery vehicle versions and
a combat engineering variant a bridge layer and a m--
clearing type now specifications
This is where it does get a little bit tricky because it also depends on the version
firstly this vehicle overall is crewed by three why because it doesn't need a fourth person to load as the
T-90s have an auto loading feature for ammunition
Some of these versions are also armed with a defensive Stora one
which is a defensive piece of hardware to disrupt laser designation for incoming anti-tank guided missiles and
also works against laser rangefinders depending on version your average weight of
8090 comes in at forty six point five tons, which is a lot lighter than an m1 Abrahms
the length gun Ford is
approximately nine point five three meters with a halt length of six point eight six meters and a width of
Three point four six meters now when it comes to height one thing is when you look at a t90 you also think to yourself
It might be a really tall looking tank
well
It's a bit tricky on the eye
because as a matter of fact
It does have a very low profile coming in at two point
Two three meters very low to the ground for your engine power. It is roughly eight hundred and forty horsepower for your standard
V8 e for ms
Keep in mind different versions have different engines and the horsepower changes
The maximum speed on the road is roughly around sixty kilometers per hour with a range of five hundred and fifty kilometers
For weapons, it uses a standard
125 smoothbore gun that comes in at approximately forty three rounds and four machine guns
It has a twelve point seven millimeter chord heavy machine gun and a twelve point six two
PK mt machine gun and last but not least when it comes to price in
2011 one of these costs about four point two five million dollars whereas in
2016
8090 ms. Which is your
Exported version came in at approximately four point five million u.s
Dollars and in today's world with all the variants combined you're looking at over three thousand two hundred of these
Type of tanks that have been made in history. Alright, so that's it guys. That's me looking at the t90
What are your thoughts on this do you think it is the best tank in the world?
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