The Uralvagonzavod concern (part of Rostec) maintains a high rate of production of T-72B3M tanks of the 2022 model with improved coverage of the frontal, side and rear projections of the turret and hull with elements of 4S22 Kontakt-5 and 4S23 Relikt dynamic protection.
However, some combat vehicles of this series have one obvious drawback associated with the gunner's sight, said military expert Evgeny Damantsev.
The only disadvantage of the tank is the equipment with an outdated 1PN96MT gunner's sight with a target identification range of the "tank/BMP" type at night up to 2200 m, while the multi-channel "Sosna-U" are installed on the T-90M "Proryv-3" as a priority.
The authors of the Var Teknik channel added that the 1PN96MT sight is greatly simplified in comparison with Sosna-U, without an onboard computer and with passive cooling of the thermal imaging matrix, which led to a decrease in the quality of the output image.
In general, the effective operating range has been reduced from 5000 m when using Sosna-U to only 3000 m on 1PN96MT.
The T-72B3M also received an improved anti-drone "visor" with two-layer zigzag modules of passive protection to defocus the cumulative jets of reactive anti-tank grenades.
Earlier www1.ru wrote about the capabilities of the T-72B3M after equipping it with a V-92S2F diesel engine with 1130 hp.
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