Among the most highly protected and technically advanced domestic main battle tanks developed by UKBTM between 1988 and 1992 were the "Object 187" line of vehicles in six unique modifications. This was reported by military analyst Evgeny Damantsev.
The most interesting were the prototypes featuring the latest welded turrets with a physical size of the frontal armor plates of the turret of about 1000 mm, placed on advanced hulls with an increased size of the frontal part of the hull, exceeding the T-90M by about 1.35 times. There is also a prototype with a similar turret on the T-80BV chassis.
The frontal armor plates of the turrets are represented by standard niches with special armor in the form of reflective sheets. With an increased size and elements of 4S23 "Relikt" dynamic protection, they could have acquired an equivalent resistance to kinetic projectiles of about 1050-1150 mm, and to cumulative effects - 1450-1550 mm.
Also, the experienced prototypes of the "Object 187" line were equipped with advanced 2A66 guns with increased ballistics and a new enlarged charging chamber for the use of "Anker" armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot projectiles with advanced elongated uranium cores.
Unfortunately, the economic problems of the 90s did not contribute to the launch of the production line of these machines.
Earlier www1.ru reported that a unique bunker on wheels with protection against thermal imagers was developed for the military.
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