Russia is using incendiary weapons in Ukraine, which is moving away from world civilization. In tank production, they grab elements they can produce on site or import despite an embargo.
More recently the T-90 and T-90M (“M” means changed, modernized). The T-90 is not completely new, it is an improved version of the famous T-72. Here is a brief history of this machine.
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Bad news about tanks
Of the three medium tanks produced by Moscow for a long time and in parallel – T-64 (1967-87 in Kharkiv), T-72 (since 1972 in Nizhny Tagil) and T-80 (1976-2014 in Leningrad /Petersburg) – the best and last turned out to be viable, with the classic drive being a 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine. In 1976–87, all three types were produced, as the Soviet Union seemed unable to decide on one. The T-64 was the earliest to come out, in 1987 the odd hybrid T-80UD (U – peeled, upgraded, D is diesel). Instead of a gas turbine, it has a diesel flat-six engine. The cylinder has a crankshaft at both ends, each of which is engaged by two pistons. It was perhaps the world’s only piston engine without a cylinder head. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, work on this moderately successful design was discontinued. However, ŁKZ St. Petersburg continued production of the T-80U turbine, and then the T-80BWM, until 2014. Production of the T-80BWM is returning on a small scale, but already in Omsk.
Let’s repeat: to this day, most of the tanks came from the huge Nizhny Tagil factory, Uralvagonzavod, where the T-90 (from scratch) and T-72 were produced.
There are plenty of T-90Ms on the front lines, so at least some of them should be from current production.
