T-80BVM and ABRAMS LIFE: USA and RF change accents in tanks production-media
At the same time, in the background of hostilities in Ukraine, Americans have announced the modernization of Abrams, which should become more maneuverable by reducing the total mass. How and why the priorities of the two states in the production of the VTT have changed in the material of Bulgarian Military.
On September 10, the director of Uralvagonzavod Corporation made a sensational statement that the Russian military was tasked with restoring the production of major combat tanks (VTTs) T-80 with gas turbine engines. "This task is worth it, at least the military has been set by us. And now we are actively interacting, working, processing these issues with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, because it requires, respectively, the capacity of new ones," he said.
It was noted that the company has recently been engaged in the modernization of these VTTs. So the latest variant of the tank-T-80BVM-is equipped with a gas turbine engine with a capacity of 1250 hp. This modern renewal has been integrated into armored units of the Russian Armed Forces since 2019, which marks a significant step forward in the field of military technologies, writers write.
However, the question is why Russian manufacturers do not increase the production of more modern tanks T-90m "breakthrough"? "It can be assumed that the decision to accept the new T-80 is caused primarily by its profitability, given the huge number of required tanks. However, it is no less likely that T-80BVM, specially designed for operation in extreme polar conditions, is planned to be used in Arctic units" , - experts believe.
For their part, the Americans decided to register earlier Abrams, having previously held their modernization. Unexpectedly, everyone in the Pentagon has announced that they plan to stop further improvement of their leading combat tank, known as Abrams System Enhancement Package Version 4 (Sepv4). In this regard, the once -neglected project, namely M1E3 Abrams, began in the United States.
"With careful analysis, it becomes quite obvious that the long -awaited release of the long -awaited M1A2 Abrams Serp4 tank is related first and foremost to the long -term hostilities in Ukraine," the observers write. The similar version was voiced by the head of the US Land Bar Systems Program, Major General Glenn Dean. According to him, the Abrams tank in its current state "is in a critical stage, when any further expansion of its functionality will inevitably lead to an increase in mass.
" Therefore, there is an urgent need for a significant reduction in its technical equipment. It is probably one of the goals of supplying US Abrams to Ukraine - to study their operational opportunities in the new conditions of war. In this case, the Pentagon will receive invaluable data that may be useful to improve the characteristics of M1E3 Abrams modification, which is prepared for release, experts summed up.