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The T-90 has its origins in a Soviet -era program aimed at developing a replacement for the T-64, T-72 and T-80 series of main battle tanks (MBT). The T-72 platform was selected as the basis for the new generation of tank owing to its cost-effectiveness, simplicity and automotive qualities. The Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau from Nizhny Tagil ...
T-90 obr. 1992/A/AM/S [141] ~70 [142] [143] (as of 2020) Russia: Russia supplied 30 T-90 obr. 1992 and T-90As equipped with Shtora-1 and Kontakt-5 in late 2015. [144] [142] Russia has supplied T-90 tanks to the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, 4th Armoured Division and Republican Guard. [145] A battalion containing 40 T-90A tanks delivered ...
In early spring 2015, following Syrian government's loss of the city of Idlib, the unit was reorganised. [1] p. 3 The Tiger Forces were one of few in the Syrian Army to first deploy Russian T-90 tanks, [30] others being the 4th Armoured Division and Desert Hawks Brigade .
The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1971. [9] The T-72 was a development based on the T-64 using thought and design of the previous Object 167M. [10] [11] About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refurbishment has enabled many to remain in service for decades.
The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945. [3] From the late 1950s, the T-54 eventually became the main tank for armoured units of the Soviet Army, armies of the Warsaw Pact countries, and many ...
Captured from the Syrian Army. One of the most used tanks used by Syrian rebels. T-72 [128] Main battle tank Soviet Union: Captured from the Syrian Army. At least 8 previously operated by Jaysh al-Islam. Liwa Dawood had another 6, then captured by ISIL. [129] Total numbers currently unknown T-90 [130] Main battle tank Russia
T-90: 44 Russia: Ukraine: M-55S: 28 Soviet Union Slovenia: Slovenia donated 28 of their 30 heavily-upgraded T-55 tanks to Ukraine in October 2022. T-64: 1000+ Soviet Union Ukraine: Only T-64BV and T-64BM are in active service. The numbers provided are for tanks in active service, based on data from late 2021 (before the 2022 Russian invasion of ...
On 30 September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against the Syrian opposition and Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian civil war. [ 155][ 156] The intervention was kick-started by extensive air strikes across Syria, focused on attacking ...