The Uralvagonzavod concern (part of Rostec) has updated the modernization package for T-72B3M tanks. Footage of this armored vehicle with rubber screens that will enhance its protection has appeared online.

Источник изображения: Anna-news.info

The screens are designed to protect the rear of the turret and the engine-transmission compartment, the Telegram channel @binary_glasses clarified.

Источник изображения: @binary_glasses
It is worth noting that rubber-fabric screens are not pure rubber in the usual sense. It is a mixture of different materials, up to metal threads. The main role of such protective equipment is the premature detonation of shaped charges.
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Источник изображения: @binary_glasses

T-72B3M is a modernized version of the T-72B3 tank. It received a rear-view television camera and a new sighting system with a digital display. The armor of the combat vehicle is reinforced with side screens with Relikt dynamic protection kits.

The tank also received a new 125 mm caliber gun with increased barrel life, a Sosna-U multi-channel gunner's sight, new fire-fighting equipment and a new Akveduk VHF radio station R-168-25U-2.

Earlier www1.ru reported that  Rostec has increased the production of aircraft bombs with UMPCThe state corporation also resumed the production of high-explosive aerial bombs with a caliber of 3 thousand kg.

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