The Ministry of Defense has shown the operation of the modernized T-80BVM tank.
The tank received protection in the form of the "Wave Cutter" EW system and enhanced capabilities for performing tasks in the form of a thermal imager.
The "Wave Cutter" EW system is used to counter enemy drones and other purposes, including engaging the enemy from the sea. Very little is known about this development - the dimensions are modest, the complex is individual, but it can also be mounted on armored vehicles, the range is up to 600 meters. The "Wave Cutter" was first presented at the "Army-2023" forum, but it has risen to the point of being included in the range of weapons that the Ministry of Defense recently personally showed to President Vladimir Putin.
This is not the first option for ensuring the safety of the T-80BVM crew and supplementing its combat characteristics. Recently, it received the "Relikt" modular dynamic protection system, a new dome-forming "Sania" EW station, a set of measures to reduce visibility "Cape" and special factory-made metal "visors" from drones. The tank also has anti-cumulative lattice screens and the "Sosna-U" fire control system.
The T-80BVM is the most modern version of the legendary T-80 tank, the production of which Russia may return to in the near future. The Kaluga-based PJSC "KADVI" has even started producing GTD-1250TF gas turbine engines for the T-80 with a capacity of 1250 horsepower and has started talking about its refinement to a capacity of 1500 "horses."
Known as the "flying" tank due to its gas turbine power plant based on an aircraft engine and its ability to make jumps while moving, the T-80 passed these features on to the T-80BVM. It is equipped with a GTD-1250 engine with a capacity of 1250 "horses", which can be started even at a temperature of -40 ℃ - that is, even in the harsh climatic conditions of the Far North and the Arctic. The tank accelerates in a straight line up to 80 km/h.