Due to welding issues with the
turret, UKBTM developed a new one with less tighter tolerances.
UKBTM developed a new turret and a method for its manufacture for the future
upgrade of the T-90M2 and the so-called "T-80" (Rivok-1 and Rivok-2).
The illustration shows a top-view
comparison of the old "humped" T-90M turret and the new one.
They removed the hump from the roof and added it to the sides... added here,
removed there, removed here, added there... such is the essence of the design
thought here. But the real essence of this turret is visible in the comparison
(top view of the standard T-90M turret and the new one).
The internal volume in the rear of the turret has been increased, although this
was done in an extremely strange way, by widening that creates weakened zones –
traps.
The slope angles of the frontal components have been reduced, the size of the armor packages has also been reduced, leading to a decrease in the safe maneuvering angles (against APFSDS).
In the side section, it is visible that the turret still retains a complex shape that hinders good coverage of the upper projection with protective devices. Not to mention the huge spent cartridge case ejection ports, which are a specific gateway for FPV drone hits.
While the central part of the turret is made without a "hump", the roof of the filler cavities is made with a significant slope.
Overall, the new turret gravitates towards solutions from the Western (and Chinese) school in terms of greater balance (frontal armor and rear weight balance), increased internal volume, and reduction of protected frontal arcs.
However, they plan to install the same unsuccessful Tagil autoloader (AZ) into it (including for the new "T-80")! Many express outrage about this, but nothing can be done here anymore – UKBTM doesn't know how to do anything else.
Technological reasons



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