Trumpeter 1:35 Indian T-90S MBT

Description

To further improve the T-72’s export prospects and its chances of being selected as Russia’s sole production MBT, the T-80U’s more sophisticated fire control system was also added to produce a vehicle designated T-72BU. The T-90 was developed by the Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau at the Uralvagonzavod factory in Nizhny Tagil. The production model is based on the T-72BM, with some added features from the T-80 series.

The T-90 with an 840 hp (630 kW) engine went into low-level production in 1993, based on a prototype designated T-88. It featured a new generation of Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour on its hull and turret. Of conventional layout, the T-90 represents a major upgrade of every system in the T-72, including the main gun. The T-90S has been identified as an export model. The references to a T-90E appear to be unsubstantiated. The T-90 is fitted with a “three-tiered” protection system: the first tier is the composite armour in the turret, second tier is third generation Kontakt-5 ERA and third tier is a Shtora-1 countermeasures suite.

Item No 05561
Item Name Indian T-90S MBT
Bar Code 9580208055619
Scale 1:35
Item Type Static Kit
Model Brief Length: 289mm Width:108 mm
Total Parts 1300+
Metal Parts copper cable and wire
Photo Etched Parts 3 pcs
Film Parts n/a
Resin Parts n/a
Total Sprues 24 sprues , lower hull and turret
Released Date 2015-05
More Features The kit consists of over 1300 parts
>the kit w/refined detail
>multi-slide moulded turret and lower hull
>188 individual tracks links

The T-90 is a Russian main battle tank, the so-called 3rd generation from modern times. The first prototypes of this vehicle were made at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, and the car entered production in 1993. In the basic version (T-90), the combat weight of the tank reaches 46 tons. The drive is provided by a single diesel engine W-84MS with 840 hp. The primary armament is the 125mm 2A46M smoothbore cannon, and the secondary armament consists of the 7.62mm PKMT machine gun and the 12.7mm Kord machine gun. In 2016, the unit price of the T-90MS was estimated at approximately USD 4.6 million.

The T-90 tank is in fact a very far-reaching modernization of the T-72B, also using many components from the T-80U. Originally, during the USSR, it was assumed that the T-90 (originally designated as T-72BU) would replace the T-64, T-72 and T-80 vehicles, leading to the unification and unification of the armored weapons of the Soviet Army. Currently, along with the T-14 Armata, it is the most modern tank in the service of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Undoubtedly, the latest versions of this vehicle (T-90M and T-90MS) are modern combat vehicles, which, however – probably – are inferior to Western designs, especially in the field of electronics or armor. It is worth adding that these types of vehicles were used in combat, inter alia, during the civil war in Syria since 2011 and during the fighting in the Donbas (since 2014).

1:35 scale plastic assembly kit.

Requires glue and paints to complete.