The US media comment on the information, that public testing of the Russian T-90M ("Break-3") It can be completed before the end of this year. The US media pointed out, that Russian developers are creating a tank taking into account many nuances, associated with such hostilities, which were and are being conducted on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
In the photo T-90C, one of the previous T-90M versions
celebrated, that the T-90M gets the ability to fire using the 3VOF128 projectile, dubbed "Telnik". In the English version, the name of this projectile is as follows: "Tel'nik" and this is how it is used in the Western press.
The materials tell about, that the projectile has a number of options for hitting the target: gap on approach to the target, a rupture directly above the target with its defeat by fragments scattering in the form of a cone-shaped body, also - several options for ground impact explosions, including the version with a penetrating high-explosive action.
Due to the ability to hit a target with a directed beam (cone) shell fragments are often called “fragmentation”.
The American portal "Jane's" writes about, that an explosion on the trajectory above the target and on approaching the target has become one of the requirements for ammunition developers - to effectively defeat the enemy's manpower, located in a certain kind of shelter.
noted, that the T-90M tank is equipped with a 125-mm 2A46M-5 cannon, which has not undergone any special changes in comparison with previous versions of MBT, however, the new ammunition significantly expands the combat capabilities of the tank. At the same time, the design of the tank gun is noted., capable of compensating for deviations of the barrel from the aiming position after firing a shot. Attention is drawn to the fact, that in this way, as a result, the effectiveness of firing certain types of ammunition increases.
