T-90M Model 2017 Proryv-3 MBT

Main Battle Tank - Russia

The T-90M model 2017 also nicknamed Proryv-3 is an upgraded variant of the export version of the T-90MS Main Battle Tank (MBT) developed and designed by the Russian Company Uralvagonzavod. The T-90M Model 2017 is improved in terms of protection, mobility, and firepower. The T-90M was tested by the Russian army during the military exercise Zapad-2017 which was held from 14 to 20 September 2017. This tank was upgraded thanks to the combat experience of the Russian armed forces gained during the counter-terror operation in Syria. According to the Russian News Agency TASS, the Russian army could order the first batch of 400 T-90M after the first trial test and the first T-90M could be delivered in 2018. The Russian Defense Ministry and the company UralVagonZavod have signed a contract for the delivery of T-90M main battle tanks to the Russian army at the Army-2017 International Military-Technical Forum that was held near Moscow in August 2017. According to a statement released on April 13, 2020, by the Russian army press service, the first T-90M Proryv Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have been delivered to the 1St Guards Tank Army of Western Military District deployed in five regions of Russia. On April 25, 2022, the Russian National Guard released a picture showing the use of the T-90M for combat operations in the Kharkiv region during the 2022 War in Ukraine. In August 2022, Uralvagonzavod announced the delivery of a new batch of T-90M tanks to the Russian Ministry of Defense. On December 7, 2022, the Russian TV channel NTV announced the delivery of 200 T-90M tanks to the Pro-Russian military forces of the Lugansk People's Republic. According to information published on Social Networks, as of the date of December 19, 2022, the Ukrainian army captured two Russian army T-90M tanks. On December 21, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the delivery of a new batch of T-90M to tank units of the Central Military District in Ukraine. according to information published on December 29, 202, the Wagner military force deployed in Ukraine is equipped with T-90M tanks. On January 12, 2023, the Russian State Defense company ROSTEC announced the delivery of a new undisclosed number of T-90M tanks to the Russian army. 

T-90M Variants:

- T-90: first version of the T-90 tank family
- T-90K: Commander's version of the T-90, with additional communication (station R-163-50K) and navigation equipment (TNA-4-3).
- T-90A: Russian army version with welded turret, V-92S2 engine, and ESSA thermal viewer. Sometimes called T-90 Vladimir
- T-90AK: Command version of T-90A.
- T-90AM: Latest version of the T-90A. The main features include the modernization of the old turret design, which is equipped with a new advanced fire control system "Kalina" (with integrated combat information and control systems), a new automatic loader and a new upgraded gun 2A46M-5, as well as a remote-controlled anti-aircraft gun "UDP T05BV-1". The new version also includes the Relikt (Реликт (динамическая защита) ERA bricks instead of the Kontakt-5 ERA bricks. Other improvements include a new 1130 hp engine, an enhanced environmental control system, and satellite navigation systems.
- T-90S: Export version of the T-90, later adopted by the Russian Armed Forces as the T-90A. These tanks were made by Uralvagonzavod and were updated with 1,000 hp (750 kW) engines made by Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant. These tanks carry a leaner version of the Shtora-1 passive/active protection system which lacks the infra-red dazzlers carried on the turret. These were initially supplied with cast turrets of the early T-90, and when stocks were depleted, new, welded turrets were fabricated.
- T-90SK: Commander's version of the T-90S, with additional communication and navigation equipment. It differs in radio and navigation equipment and Ainet remote-detonation system for HEF rounds.
- T-90S "Bhishma": modified T-90S in Indian service.
- T-90MS: Also known as T-90SM is a new modernized (M) version of the export tank T-90S, with an 1130 hp engine, a PNM Sosna-U gunner view - system surpasses the world analogs, the effective defeat of the target in any weather (in the movement itself and in the movement of the target), a 7.62 mm turret UDP T05BV-1 RWS, GLONASS, inertial navigation systems, new explosive reactive armor (ERA) and steering wheel. A new removable turret bustle is included, which provides storage for eight additional rounds.