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Russian army T-80BVM main battle tank at rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade 2021. It offers a high level of protection against shaped charges, tandem warheads, APFSDS rounds, anti-tank guided missiles, as well as low-velocity and high-velocity missiles. It will replace the old Kontakt-5 system and is expected to be two times more effective. The T-72B3M is protected with the new Relikt explosive reactive armor. It can also fire the anti-tank guided missile 9M119 Reflex (NATO code: AT-11 Sniper). It can fire a wide range of ammunition, including Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS), High-Explosive Fragmentation (HEF), and High-Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT). The main armament of the T72B3M / T-72B4 consists of one 2A46M5 125-mm smoothbore gun which is a modernized variant of the standard 2A46M cannon, also known as the D-81TM.
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The design of the T-72B3M is very similar to the T-72B3 with a crew of three including the driver seated at the front middle of the hull, the turret in the middle with commander and gunner, and engine at the rear of the hull. It was unveiled for the first time International Russian army Tank Biathlon competition in October 2014. The T-72B3M also called T-72B4 is an upgraded version of the T-72B3M Main Battle Tank developed and manufactured by the Russian company Uralvagonzavod. Russian army T-72B3M main battle tank at rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade 2021.
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For the military parade of Victory Day that will be held in the center of Moscow on May 9, 2021, Russia's armed forces will display four main battle tanks that are in service with the Russian army including the T-72B3M, T-80BVM, T-90M, and T-14 Armata.įollow Army Recognition on Google News at this link