Its high-performance opposed-piston engine makes it a fast tank, comparable to other modern MBTs with a power-to-weight ratio of about 26 horsepower per tonne (19 kW/t). The T-84 Oplot is an advanced version incorporating an armoured ammunition compartment in a new turret bustle. Ten of these entered Ukrainian service in 2001.

Aug 3, 2024 · Manual gun and turret controls are provided for emergency use. Types of ammunition that can be fired by the gun include APFSDS (armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot), HEAT (high explosive anti-tank), HE-FRAG (high explosive fragmentation) rounds as well as laser beam-riding guided missiles.

Oct 22, 2024 · The T-84 Oplot turret is designed with advanced protection systems to ensure the safety of the crew and the integrity of the tank in combat. Nozh-2 ERA: The turret is covered with Nozh-2 Explosive Reactive Armor, which is specifically designed to counteract modern anti-tank threats, including tandem-charge warheads that can bypass older ERA ...

T-84 is the Ukrainian upgrade of the T-80UD, the diesel version of the Russian T-80U, which was built in the Ukraine doruing the Cold War. It had a new welded turret and Shtora-1 countermeasures suite, 1,200 hp (895 kW) 6TD-2 diesel engine.

The "wire rod" turret system was developed by KMDB back in 1984-86 to create a unified fighting compartment. The new turret had clear advantages like improved armor protection, increased survivability, more technologically advanced and yet cheaper to manufacture.

The T-84 main battle tank is based on a T-80UD, but has a number of advanced features which distinguish it from the T-80UD. These include the following: new all-welded turret; explosive reactive armour of new generation to give more protection against both chemical energy and kinetic energy attack over the frontal arc; thermal imaging sight;

May 25, 2024 · The Ukrainian T-84 Oplot is an upgraded T-84 main battle tank that features a new turret. An export version, the Oplot-M, was ordered by Thailand. Image: ODIN/U.S. Army

Feb 26, 2022 · The turret is set at the middle of the hull roof within its bustle and the turret is hexagonal in basic shape when viewed from the top profile. The turret also sports well-sloped facings and a barrel installation that protrudes well-forward of the hull.

During the military parade for the Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24, 2018, Ukrainian armed forces has presented the T-84 Yatagan MBT (Main Battle Tank), a new upgraded version of the local-made T-84 fitted with a NATO standard 120mm cannon.

Feb 19, 2019 · The T-84 main battle tank has explosive reactive armor on the front of the hull and the front and sides of the turret. A Shtora-1 optical active protection suite, which disrupts laser target designators and laser rangefinders, is usually fitted to the T-84 main battle tank.