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As Ukraine Plans to Induct Leopard, Abrams Tanks, Russia Preparing to take them Down

•  Defensemirror.com
•  07:32 AM, January 27, 2023

 

Russian T-90M tanks headed to the Ukrainian front @Uralvagonzavod

Russian forces have started preparing to destroy Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks, even before Ukraine has started receiving these tanks.
"Handbooks and brochures for personnel have been issued, which reveal, where and from what distance to better hit such foreign equipment. This includes Abram and Leopard (tanks)," Yan Gagin, advisor to Acting DPR Head Denis Pushilin, said on Russian TV Thursday.
U.S and German suppliers will have to have several new trick up their sleeve as the Abrams and Leopard tanks have been in the inventory of several nations in the Middle East and Europe for decades and Russian observers have understood their working, Pushilin said.

Kornet-E ATGM

Russian anti-tank weapons
While western anti-tank weapons such as the Stinger and NLAW are credited with destroying Russian tanks in their hundreds last summer, Russia has a number of anti-tank weapons that could pose a challenge to Ukrainian forces trying to retake territory from the Russians with Western tanks.
The Metis-M1 and Kornet-E vehicle-mounted/portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) systems are designed to engage tanks fitted with explosive reactive armor.
The Khrizantema-S Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Guided Missile System is designed for combating modern tanks. It has 9M123 ATGMs with tandem shaped-charge warhead and the 9M123F ATGMs with HEAT warhead. Two targets can be engaged simultaneously.

M1A1 Abrams tank

Upgraded T-90M Proryv tanks delivered
Rostec announced in January 2023 that a batch of T-90M tanks has been sent to the Russian MoD recently. "The T-90M "Proryv" tanks sports a new turret, a new dynamic armor protection, a new gun, modern communication besides a more powerful engine," its manufacturer, Uralvagonzavod said. It is not clear if the T-90M is equipped with the top attact defeat module from the T-14.

Russian tank losses in Ukraine
The Russian military has lost at least 1,630 tanks during fighting in Ukraine, most of them T-72 and T-80 models, according to Dutch observer group Oryx which has based its information on photographs of an individual tanks destoryed. Of these, at least 44 were T-90 tanks. The T-90 is touted by Moscow as a weapons system on par with the U.S. Abrams M1A3 and Germany’s Leopard II.

Russia’s Newest Tank 'T-90M' Captured by Ukraine in 'Perfect' Condition

•  Defensemirror.com Bureau
•  09:44 AM, September 19, 2022

 

Russian T-90M tank captured by Ukrainian Army @Ukraine MoD

Russia’s newest T-90M tank was captured by the Ukrainians in Kharkiv in perfect condition.

“The newest Russian tank T-90M was found in Kharkiv region in perfect condition. We ask its owner(s) to contact the Ukrainian Army. Please identify yourself by a sign: a white flag,” Ukraine’s MoD posted on its official Twitter account Sunday.

Russian Army received the first batch of T-90M Proryv tanks only in 2020. It was transferred to the 2nd Guards Taman Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army.

The tank was most likely abandoned by the Russian military during a hasty retreat from the Kharkiv Region.

The captured T-90M was coated with a radar-absorbent material (RAM) camouflage known as Nakidka. A set of devices for reducing visibility Nakidka is a set of covers made of radio-absorbing material and sections for covering a combat vehicle.

T-90Ms is an upgraded version of the Russian Т-90 MBT, which in turn is an upgrade of the Soviet-era Т-72 tank. These tanks received a fundamentally new turret and a more powerful engine. The tanks were equipped with a new multi-channel sight, ensuring the use of weapons at any time of the day. The tank is equipped with spaced armor and Relikt reactive armor. It can also be equipped with the Arena-M active protection system.