The
T-90S is the export version of the Russian T-90. A total by this fall of 5 export countries will operate the
T-90S India (Advanced type.), Algeria, Uganda, Iraq and this fall Vietnam (Standard type.) Data Points…
1.
ROSOBOROEXPORT is the Russian State run military equipment sales unit.
2. The
Night Vision specs for the base model are
Detection Rng. 800m and
Identification Rng. 700m.
3.
ERA standard is
Kontakt-5 and the numbers look right for this pkg.
4. All export units ordered have the
SHTORA-1 “Soft Kill” System as far as I can tell.
http://fofanov.armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/EQP/shtora.html
5. Standard equipped FCS
does not support ATGM ops.
6. Only again,
Russia and
India have the advanced
FCS/Optics the French made “
CATHERINE”/”
ESSA” systems and are capable of conducting ATGM ops. The first system is the same as used on the
T-72 White Eagle tanks that
Laos has just received, and is
entered in the game for Nicaragua and
Russia from
someone, by someone else.
7. In my opinion the
Ugandan T-90S is the
closest to the standard I see, and will act as the base unit.
8. Where I used
SIPRI for verification the time period was from
2005 – 2017 which
covered all the issues involved. That raw information will be provided for each country below.
9. I’ve tried to verify a
few times by now any evidence to support the fact that these other countries might be using one of the advanced systems as noted in
#6 above, I’ve been
unsuccessful in doing so.
10.
START dates are good unless otherwise noted.
UGANDA/CHANGE/T-90S/UNIT 031/EW 2 VIRSS vice 0/VISION 35 vice 30/MG 125mm D81T 00 vice 125mm Gun 00//The base.
(44) T-90S Tank 2010 2011 44
IRAQ/ CHANGE/T-90S/UNIT 035/ EW 2 VIRSS vice 0/VISION 35 vice TI/GSR 40/DELETE M119M INVAR/FCS DOES NOT SUPPORT/FC 30 vice 35/STABILISER 5 vice 4/SURVIABILITY 5 vice 6// To further verify this I used
SIPRI the only
Russian ATGM imported by
IRAQ was both the
AT-6 &
AT-14.
ALGERIA/CHANGE/T-90S/UNIT 027/ EW 2 VIRSS vice 0/VISION 35 vice TI/GSR 40/DELETE M119M INVAR/FCS DOES NOT SUPPORT/FC 30 vice 35/STABILISER 5 vice 4/SURVIABILITY 5 vice 6//To further verify this I used
SIPRI the only
Russian ATGM imported by
Algeria was both the
AT-4 &
AT-14.
185 T-90S Tank 2006 2006-2008 185 $1 b deal
(120) T-90S Tank 2011 2012-2013 (120) $470 m deal
(200) T-90S Tank (2014) 2015-2016 (200)
NORTH VIETNAM/CHANGE/T-90S/UNIT 033/START 10/2019 vice 06/2018/ EW 2 VIRSS vice 0/VISION 35 vice TI/GSR 40/DELETE M119M INVAR/FCS DOES NOT SUPPORT/FC 30 vice 35/STABILISER 5 vice 4/SURVIABILITY 5 vice 6//First shipment arrived in Hanoi in
01/02/2019. To further verify this I used
SIPRI and
no Russian ATGM were imported by
VIETNAM.
64 T-90S Tank 2017 Incl T-90SK version
https://www.janes.com/article/85463/...ive-in-vietnam
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/bu...t-can-do-40962
India will need further investigation I don’t understand why the
STEEL and
HEAT numbers do not match the above. I believe the current numbers are
incorrect for the
T-90S for India.
INDIA/CHANGE/T-90MS/UNIT 039/START 01/2022 vice 01/2019//SIPRI has no data on contracts (See
VIETNAM above showing contract date.) or this tank in the time period (
2005-2017) noted above. I believe they were signed in the fall of 2018. But this is India who stopped the
ARJUN Mk 2 for the “
desire” to acquire this tank as far back as
2012.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indi...armour-1640749
(2016-No APS system mounted per above.)
https://thediplomat.com/2017/01/indi...with-pakistan/
(2017-Still thinking about getting them.)
https://www.defensenews.com/land/201...russian-tanks/
(2017 We’ll try to develop our own APS.)
Then there’s nothing.
I also checked
almost 2yrs. worth of articles from
BROADSWORD run by a retired Col. of the Indian Army and currently a reporter with a major Indian newspaper, with negative results.
https://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/
Additional Refs. to support the above…
http://weaponsystems.net/weaponsyste...0-%20T-90.html
(General data at top of page worth overview look. Scroll down to the T-90A section read general descriptor, then click on each T-90A and T-90S tab with the focus being on “Night Vision” upper right.)
http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/land-forces/tanks/t-90s/
(See para 7 not exactly a ringing endorsement of the onboard FCS optics. Again as demonstrated above except for India’s T-90S tanks, the others listed don’t have ATGM system support or even ordered them. Do note India is not “off the hook” on this matter. Those tanks will be treated as a separate issue, because after all, it is India and tanks we’re talking about here.)
http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/land-forces/tanks/t-90ms/
(See para 2, note the use of “…multispectral sights…”, that is a ringing endorsement and I truly hope everyone understands why and what the difference means.)
Bonus tank due to search of the above.
UGANDA/ADD/T-55AM-2/COPY/RUSSIAN T-55AMV/UNIT 016/START 06/2010/DELETE ATGM/THEY DIDN'T ORDER IT//The
T-55AMV was the next upgraded version in the
T-55 series from its predecessor the
T-55AM-1. The
ERA is definitely Kontaik-1 which is what the
T-55AMV had. Understand specs are ready for inclusion.
(23) T-55AM-2 Tank 2009 2009 23 Second-hand; delivered via Belarus
1000 9M133 Kornet/AT-14 Anti-tank missile 2010 2012-2013(1000) Kornet-E version
http://weaponsystems.net/weaponsyste...0-%20T-55.html
Miscellaneous Refs.
https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon...-sensors-2307/
http://www.deagel.com/Armored-Vehicl...000516002.aspx
http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/...15m1a2sep3.pdf
http://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/eA...une2007web.pdf
(A very good article on the differences between UK & USA Armor tactics and training.)
Back to India later.
Regards,
Pat
