T-84 oplot M fails testing what now for the army, in terms of tanks?

[Sage]

 

[Blue Marlin]

it will not materialise because Ukraine is in turmoil. if Pakistan does like the t84 they can add various components on to the mbt-3000 to make it to their standard.

the mbt 3000 will come with a lower unit price guaranteed delivery. [Ukraine is in trouble it may decide not to send the tanks and use them for it's self in possible desperation] if the t84 comes with a TOT then go for it and don't look back.

also the pictures in the thread don't mean anything it just shows a pakistani checking the t84, just how pakistan was checking the t129 helicopter. don't count on it. money is a factor, it always is.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

The BM Oplot main battle tank is a tracked fighting vehicle that features a high firepower, reliable protection and high mobility.

The tank is intended to destroy all types of ground (floating) and low-flying low-speed ait targets under the conditions when the enemy fires back.

The vehicle can fulfil a wide range of combat missions under various climatic, weather and terrain conditions in the ambient temperature range of -40 to +55 degrees Centigrade, air humidity of up to 98% at temperature of +25 degrees Centigrade, height above sea level of up to 3000 m and with ambient air dust content available in real terrain conditions.

The key component parts of the tank that determine its capabilities are as follows:

FIREPOWER:

• Armament:
  • tank gun
  • coaxial machine gun
  • remote-controlled anti-aircraft machine gun system
• Loading system:
  • conveyor
  • automatic loader
  • control system
• Integrated gun-and-fire control system:
  • sighting systems:
    • gunner’s day sight
    • gunner’s thermal sight
    • commander’s panoramic sighting system
  • main armament stabiliser
  • guided weapon system
  • tank ballistic computer
  • input sensors of tank ballistic computer
  • muzzle reference system
  • anti-aircraft machine gun control system

Oplot Main Battle Tank




PROTECTION:

• Ballistic protection:
  • main passive armour protection
  • built-in anti-tandem-warhead explosive reactive armour
  • anti-mine protection
• Special defensive aids:
  • optronic countermeasures system:
    • optronic suppression station
    • aerosol screen laying system
  • collective crew protection system:
    • NBC protection system
    • fire/explosion suppression system
  • signature reduction aids:
    • dazzle painting
    • natural camouflage fixing devices
    • thermal insulation
    • engine smoke generator
    • set of camouflage nets
• Self-entrenching device
• Mine clearing system attachments (attachments available on the vehicle hull and intended for installation of any type of track-width mine clearing system)

MOBILITY:

• Power pack:
  • engine
  • engine operation support systems:
    • fuel supply system
    • air supply system
    • lubrication system
    • cooling system
    • engine exhaust gas outlet system
    • engine pre-heating and crew compartment heating system
    • engine start system

• Multiple reverse speed transmission:
  • gearboxes
  • multiple reverse speed final drives
• Complex movement control system
• Running gear:
  • track system
  • cushioning system
• Deep water fording equipment
• The tank is also fitted with the following:
  • Observation and orientation devices
    • day vision devices
    • driver’s night vision device
    • orientation device (directional gyro)
    • hydro-pneumatic system for cleaning the vision devices of the hull and turret
  • Satellite navigation support system
  • Communications devices
    • VHF radio set
    • commander’s HF radio set
    • crew intercom system
• Auxiliary power unit
• Vehicle’s electrical system
• Driver’s digital instrumentation panel
• Air conditioning system (optional)

 

[RAMPAGE]

@kaonalpha

Is Zaslon APS included in the package?

 

[Sulman Badshah]

ARMAMENT

Tank gun

Model
KBA-3
Calibre
125 mm
Breech type
horizontal wedge-type, semi-automatic
Elevation/depression angles (up to rigid stops).
from -4 to +15 degrees
Horizontal aiming (together with the tank turret)
360 degrees
Dispersion:

• elevation

0.2 mrad (APFSDS, HEAT, R=2000 m)

• azimuth

0.2 mrad (APFSDS, HEAT, R=2000 m)
Coaxial machine gun

Model
KT-7.62 (PKT) with removing powder gas
Calibre
7.62 mm
Technical rate of fire
700-800 rpm
Anti-aircraft machine gun system


Type
autonomous
Control
remote
Control modes 1) automatic
2) stabilised in vertical plane
Armament model
KT-12.7
Calibre
12.7 mm
Ammunition feed
belt-type
Technical rate of fire
700 rpm
Number of cartridges in a belt
150
Max firing range:

• at air targets

2000 m

• at ground targets

2000 m
Firing (aiming) angles:

• elevation

from -3 to 60 degrees

• azimuth

360 degrees




LOADING SYSTEM

The loading system is a system intended to automatically load the main gun with ammunition of the available types and consisting of a conveyor, automatic loader and control system.

Type
electric hydraulic mechanical, with fixed loading angle
Number of projectile types
4
Conveyor capacity
28 rds
Conveyor rotation
in both directions
Conveyor rotation speed
25-33 degrees/sec
Loading cycle durationс:

• minimum

7 sec (if the conveyor turns through 1 step)

• maximum

12.5 sec (if the conveyor terns through 180°)
Loading cycle duration if using manual drives of the loading system:

• if the conveyor turns through 1 step

within 1 minute

• if the conveyor turns through 14 steps

within 1.6 minutes
Removal of a used cartridge
case stub with placing it into an empty loading tray without damaging air-tightness of the fighting compartment
Round ramming type
tandem-type ramming projectile and charge together) during one cycle
Availability of back-up drives
manual drives of conveyor, manual ammo feed mechanism, manual conveyor lock and manual gun lock
Conveyor replenishment time
(in replenishment mode) 15-20 minutes
Control system of the loading system installed in the tank is intended for:

• ensuring control over operation of mechanical and hydraulic units of the loading system
• ensuring control of the firing circuits of the main gun and coaxial machine gun
• storing information about the rounds placed into the loading system conveyor

 

[Sulman Badshah]

INTEGRATED GUN-AND-FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM (IGFCS)

The IGFCS ensures the following:

• automatic generation, with subsequent introduction into the armament control devices, of super-elevation and lateral lead angles, with taking into account various deviations of the real firing conditions from the standard ones
• possibility for the commander to override the gunner and fire the main gun and coaxial machine gun from the commander’s station
• firing the anti-aircraft machine gun from the commander’s station

Readiness time
within 3 minutes
Time required fir preparation of the first shot of the gun:

• if the tank is stationary

10-12 sec

• if the tank is on the move

10-15 sec
Gun firing range in all conditions of vehicle operation:

• APFSDS

at least 2800 m

• HEAT, HE-FRAG

at least 2600 m
1G46M gunner’s sight

Type
optical aiming device with two-axis independent stabilisation of the field of view, with laser range-finder and laser channel for missile guidance
Magnification
2.7-12
Field of view
4-20 degrees
Aiming angles of stabilised line of sight:

• elevation

-15 to +20 degrees

• azimuth

±(8±1) degrees

• together with the turret

360 degrees
Speed of aiming of the line of sight:
Elevation:

• minimum

within 0.05 degrees/sec

• accurate aiming

from 0.05 to 1 degrees/sec

• maximum

at least 3 degrees/sec
Azimuth:

• minimum

within 0.05 degrees/sec

• accurate aiming

from 0.05 to 1 degrees/sec

• maximum

at least 3 degrees/sec
Laser range-finder:

• target ranging limits

400-5000 m

• measurement error

±10 m

PTT-2 thermal sighting system

The system is intended to observe, detect, recognise and identify targets and to deliver aimed fire from the main and coaxial machine gun under all conditions of vehicle operation.

Type
thermal, monocular (with built-in micro-monitor)
Operational spectral wave band
8-12 micrometres
Fields of view:

• wide field of view

9x6.75 degrees

• narrow field of view

3x2.25 degrees

• electronic magnification

1.5x1.12 degrees
Operational ranges:

• Detection range (narrow field of view)

at least 8000 m

• Recognition range (narrow field of view)

at least 4500 m

• Identification range (narrow field of view)

at least 2500 m

PNK-6 panoramic sighting system

The system is intended for:

• detection, recognition and identification of ground and air targets by day and at night from the tank commander’s station
• target ranging by means of the laser range-finder
• designation of targets to the gunner
• firing the main gun and the coaxial machine gun from the commander’s station in the override more
• firing the anti-aircraft machine gun

Technical characteristics

Field-of-view stabilisation
independent, in two axes
Aiming angles of the stabilised line of sight:

• depression

at least 15 degrees

• elevation

at least 60 degrees

• traverse

360xn degrees
Magnification of the day vision channel
1.2; 6; 12
Field of view of the day vision channel
30; 10; 5.5 degrees
Field of view of thermal channel:

• 
  li>wide field of view

9x6.75 degrees

• narrow field of view

3x2.25 degrees

• electronic magnification

1.5x1.12 degrees
Spectral range of the thermal camera
8-12 micrometres
Range of detection of a TANK-type target:

• through the visual channel

at least 5500 m

• through the thermal channel in the narrow field of view

at least 8000 m
Target ranging limits
200-9500 m
Mean square error of target ranging by the laser range-finder
within ±5 m






Main armament stabiliser

The main armament stabiliser ensures stabilisation and stabilised aiming of the armament in the vertical and horizontal planes.

Model
2E42M
Elevation drive
electric-and-hydraulic
Azumuth drive
electric-and-mechanical
Mean error of stabilisation:

• elevation

0.3 mrad

• azimuth

0.4 mrad
Gun laying speeds:

• elevation:

• minimum

within 0.05 degrees/sec

• accurate

aiming 0.05-1 degrees/sec

• azimuth:

• minimum

within 0.05 degrees/sec

• accurate aiming

0.05-1 degrees/sec

• quick traverse

35-40 degrees/sec
Tank’s guided weapon system

The system is intended to fire a guided missile through the tank gun barrel. The aiming is carried out by means of the gunner’s 1G46M sight.

Guided missile round
Izd. 621, 3UBK14, 3UBK20
Warhead type
HEAT
Missile guidance system
semi-automatic, using a laser beam
Max firing range
5000 m
TIUS-VM tank ballistic computer

Type - analogue-and-digital, with built-in test system and digital monitoring of parameters, automatic generation of super-elevation and lead angles for all types of projectiles and coaxial machine gun, with taking into account all topographic, meteorological and ballistic parameters that affect the accuracy of firing, with automatic registration and storing the parameters of the integrated gun-and-fire control system in various modes of operation.

Parameters that are automatically taken into account by the computer - target range, own tank movement, target speed, crosswind speed, gun trunnion axis cant, angular speed of the target (in horizontal and vertical planes), target position angle, tank movement attitude angle, relative speeds of the tank, muzzle velocity of the projectile.

Parameters that are introduced into the computer manually - air temperature, charge temperature, projectile muzzle velocity deviation due to variations inherent to different lots of ammunition, atmospheric pressure, barrel wear, individual jump angle.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

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Input sensors of tank ballistic computer

Cant sensor

The sensor is intended for determining the position of the gun trunnion axis and providing the relevant information to the tank ballistic computer.

Trunnion axis cant angle measurement range
at least ±15 degrees
Measurement error
within 0.5 degrees
Wind sensor

The sensor is intended to measure the crosswind speed and provide the relevant information to the tank ballistic computer.

Type
capacity-type
Model
DVE-BS
Crosswind speed measurement range
within 20 m/s
Measurement error
±1 m/s
Tank speed sensor

The sensor is intended to measure the speed of tank’s own speed movement and providing the relevant information to the tank ballistic computer.

Tank speed measurement range
at least 75 km/h
Measurement error
within 0.5 km/h




Turret attitude sensor

The sensor is intended to measure the angular position of the turret relative to the hull (turret attitude angle) and provide the relevant information to the tank ballistic computer.

Turret attitude angle measurement range
at least 360 degrees
Measurement error
within 1 degrees
Muzzle reference system

The system is intended to automatically measure the gun barrel bend and provide the relevant information to the tank ballistic computer.

Gun barrel bend measurement range (in vertical and horizontal planes)
at least ±5 mrad
Measurement step
within 0.1 mrad
Anti-aircraft machine gun control system

The system is intended to:

• ensure stabilisation and stabilised laying of the anti-aircraft machine gun in the vertical and horizontal planes
• automatically generate and introduce super-elevation and lateral lead angles with taking into account the deviation of the current firing conditions from the standard ones

BALLISTIC PROTECTION

Main passive armour protection

Type - anti-projectile, combined, multi-layer, against penetration of HEAT and APFSDS projectiles (adapted for installation of explosive reactive armour array)

Built-in anti-tandem-warhead explosive reactive armour (BATW-ERA)

The BATW-ERA array is intended to increase the tank's level of protection against kinetic energy (APFSDS) and chemical energy ammunition (HEAT, HESH, HEP), including ammunition with tandem warheads.

The armour protection fitted with BATW-ERA ensures protection against:

• hand anti-tank grenades, hand-held and stationary grenade launchers and recoilless guns (including ammunition with tandem warheads)
• anti-tank missiles of TOW-2, Milan and Shturm-S type
• HEAT projectiles fired by 125 mm tank smoothbore guns
• APFSDS projectiles fire by 125 mm and 120 mm tank guns

The BATW-ERA array consists of glacis module and side skirts installed on the tank hull, as well as modular elements placed on the outer perimeter of the front and side surfaces of the turret and containers installed on the turret roof.

The Nozh explosive reactive armour elements installed in special niches snap into action when hit by all types of hollow-charge warheads and sub-calibre armour-piercing projectiles.

The Nozh explosive reactive armour elements of the BATW-ERA do not detonate when hit by 12.7 mm bullets, 30 mm armour-piercing projectiles and shell fragments. The Nozh explosive reactive armour elements do not require any maintenance and are safe to deal with.

The Nozh explosive reactive armour elements are stored in containers or on the tank in heated premises or in the open air under a shed protecting them against precipitation and solar irradiation at temperatures from -50 to +55 degrees Centigrade. They can also be stored under the conditions of high humidity (100%) at temperatures of up to +35 degrees Centigrade.

The Nozh explosive reactive armour elements retain their qualities for 10 years, including storage in field conditions for up to 5 years and use on the tank for up to 3 years if the requirements for use, transportation and storage are met.

It takes the tank crew 2.4 to 2.6 hours to prepare the BATW-ERA array for combat operation within without the need to use any special contrivances (to do this, only the explosive reactive armour elements are to be installed).

Anti-mine protection

The anti-mine protection makes it possible to preserve the combat readiness of the crew and operability of the tank's interior equipment in case an anti-tank mine explodes under the tank track (up to 10 kg TNT equivalent) or under the tank driver's compartment bottom plate (up to 4 kg TNT equivalent).







SPECIAL PROTECTION MEANS

Optronic countermeasures system

To improve the tank protectability, the Varta optronic countermeasure system is integrated in the tank.

The optronic countermeasure system provides:

• confusing of the guidance systems of ATGM by putting out laser jamming covering the horizontal plane of ±18° relative to the main gun tube and ±2° in the vertical plane
• jamming of the ATGM guidance systems that use laser illumination of targets, semi-automatic laser guided homing projectiles as well as artillery systems equipped with laser range-finders by activating the remote fast-deploying aerosol screens in a sector of ±45° relative to the main gun tube

Optronic jamming station

Time of readiness
6 h (unlimited in combat conditions)
Time of uninterrupted operation
6 (в боевых условиях не ограниченно)
Sector of setting the light interferences relatively the gun:
in elevation
±2 degrees
in azimuth (relative to the gun barrel axis)
±20 degrees
Aerosol screen laying system

Mode of operation
automatic, semiautomatic, manual
System reaction time in auto mode
less than 0.5 s
Coverage sector by four laser emitters:
in azimuth
360 dg
in elevation
-5 to +25 dg
Qty of launchers
12
Grenade caliber
80 mm
Screen laying range
at least 50 m
Applicable grenade:
time for laying the screen
not more than 3 s
average area covered by a grenade
10x15 m
effective screen duration time
60 s
Crew’s collective protection system

The system ensures protection of the crew and interior equipment against effects of nuclear explosions, radioactive substances, toxic agents and biological warfare agents, as well as detection and suppression of fires in the crew compartment and power pack compartment.




NBC protection system

PRHR-M1 radiation and chemical agents detector

PRHR-М1 (RCAD) is designed for continuous check-up, detection, signalling and control using actuators of protection means:

• during intensive gamma- radiation (nuclear blast)
• during gamma-radiation on the contaminated terrain followed by measuring the doze of radiation
• during detection of poisonous vapors in the air as a result of enemy actions

The instrument provides light and audible signals in case of detection poisonous agents in the air or gamma-radiation on the terrain as well as it generates commands for switching blower on and shifting over the valve of filtering ventilation unit (FVU) in the filtering position.

The instrument provides light and audible signals in case of detection powerful gamma radiation as well as commands for engine shutdown, shifting over the valve of FVU in the filtering ventilation mode, switching off the blower if it was on, followed by switching it on in 30 to 50 s.

The instrument provides checking its electrical circuits by generation commands (or without command generation) to actuators.

Range of measuring power of gamma radiation exposure doze
0.2-150 R/h
Response time:

• powerful gamma radiation

within 0.1 s

• пgamma radiation of contaminated terrain

within 10 s

• detection the the air vapors of poisonous chemical agents (outside the vehicle)

within 40 s
Filter-ventilator unit

The filter-ventilator unit serves to clean external air from poisonous substances, radioactive dust, biological aerosols, to supply cleaned air into the crew compartment and create overpressure in it, as well as to ventilate the crew compartment during firing and fire fighting system comes into action.

Air consumption:

• via absorber filter

at least 100 cubic metres per hour

• bypassing the absorber filter

at least 390 cubic metres per ho

 

[Sulman Badshah]

Filter-ventilator unit functions in 2 modes:

• Ventilation mode. In this case blower delivers the dust-free air to crew compartment passing by the absorber filter
• Filtering and ventilation mode. In this mode the blower delivers the clean air to the crew compartment through the absorber filter

Fire suppression system

The system with optical sensors and thermal sensors is designed for detection of fire sources in the crew compartment and power pack compartment and quick suppression, generation of commands for ventilation activation and removal thermal decomposition products from the crew compartment.

Methods of activation:

• Automatically

vehicle mains is on

• Manually

panel buttons of the driving compartment and power pack compartment
Response time:

• crew compartment

not more than 150 ms

• power pack

not more than 10 ms

• Number of bottle use

2 times

• Number of bottles with fire-extinguishing compounds

4 pcs
Fire suppression is exercised by filling the free space of the compartment with extinguishing compound where fire takes place.

For this article proposed are the bottles of 2 litre capacity filled with fire-extinguishing compound Chladon 114B2 or other compound (as agreed) under pressure of 75 kgf/cm2. The bottles are equipped with high-acting heads and pressure alarms.

To provide article survivability, the system has two bottles for each compartment (crew compartment and power pack compartment).

Tank signature reduction means

Dazzle painting

Dazzle is intended for decreasing visibility of a tank and distortion of its image. Dazzle painting used is of three colors. The main color is green, auxiliary color is yellow-gray and additional color is black. Desert color is also used for painting.

Natural camouflage clamps

Clamps for natural camouflage are intended for fastening on the tank branches, grass and so on. There are 24 clamps in the tank set.

Thermal insulation

Thermal insulation is intended for decreasing range and probability of tank detection with heat reconnaissance apparatus and high-precision home warheads.

The thermal insulation consists of ETC top plate blowing channels and reflective screens.

Engine smoke generator

Engine smoke generator is intended for laying smoke screen with the diesel fuel.

Mode of action
multiple
Continuous action time
not more than 10 minutes
Fuel consumption
10 to 12 l/min










CAMOUFLAGE COVER KIT

The camouflage cover kit is intended to reduce:

• the visual signature of the tank
• the value of the tank's effective surface of dispersion in order to decrease the distance of detection of the tank by means of radar-type detection stations and weapon guidance systems
• the thermal irradiation of the heated outer surfaces of the tank in order to decrease the distance of detection of the tank by means of thermal imaging devices and to decrease the probability of 'capturing' the tank by infra-red homing warheads of anti-tank weapon systems (anti-tank guided missiles, mortar projectiles, artillery projectiles)

Level of reduction of power of the signal reflected from the camouflaged vehicle (in the band of 0.8-4 cm)
within 18 dB
Reduction of probability of detection of the camouflaged tank by air-borne radar-type detection systems, at distances of 20 km or more (with the resolution on the terrain being 5-15 m), in comparison with the non-camouflaged tank
at least by twice
Reduction of probability of 'capturing' the camouflaged tank by radar-type systems of weapon guidance, in comparison with the non-camouflaged tank
at least by twice
Probability of detection of the camouflaged vehicle on a airphoto (with the resolution on the terrain being at least 0.2 m)
within 0.3
Distance at which the camouflaged vehicle cannot be recognised visually
at least 1,000 m
Reduction of level of infra-red irradiation of the camouflaged vehicle, in comparison with the non-camouflaged vehicle
at least by thrice
Colours being used protective
green, grey-and-yellow, black


SELF-ENTRENCHING DEVICE

Self-entrenching device is intended for digging out individual trenches. It is mounted on the lower nose plate of the tank hull.

Blade is designed for cutting the soil, its displacement, bracings for keeping the blade in operational state during soil cutting, guiding planks – for keeping bracings and for blocking the blade from rotation and the clamp serves for keeping the blade in the move.

Self-entrenching device can take two positions: in stowing and in operation.

In stowing, the blade is fastened with two clamps to the lower plate of tank nose.

In operation position, the blade is lowered and when the tank moves forward, it cuts the soil by resting on the bracings. When tank moves backwards, the blade freely slips with its rear part along the soil surface without displacing the soil.

INSTALLATION OF MINE CLEARING SYSTEM

The tank provides for installation of track mine-clearing system (TMC) that allows to pave the way for tanks across mine fields.

To do that the tank hull is equipped with special weldings. Driver's compartment provides place for connection to compressor and tank power supply for controlling the mine clearing system.

Individual set of SPTA is used for its assembly and maintenance. This set makes it possible to carry out the said work by tank crew.







POWER PACK

Power pack is a system of units and assemblies that includes the engine and its service system as follows: fuel system, air feed system, oil system, cooling system, exhaust and heating systems. Power pack is operational in the ambient temperatures from -40 to +55 degrees Centigrade.


Engine

6ТD-2 engine is a multifuel, 6-cylinder, double-stroke liquid cooled diesel engine.

Maximum output using diesel fuel
882 kW (1200 hp)
Max. torque at diesel fuel at engine crankshaft rotation speed at (1600±10) rpm
3135 N (320 kgf·m)
Rotational speed of the crankshaft at max. power
2600 rpm
Specific fuel consumption at maximum power mode
211-231 g/kW·h (155-170 g/hp·h)
Mass of the dry engine
1180-1240 kg
Dimensions:

• length

1602 mm

• width

955 mm

• height

581 mm

 

[Foxtrot-Bravo]

This is a beast for sure, a warning on the hearts of neighbors. Lol Sorry.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

KMDB - Oplot Main Battle Tank

 

[cabatli_53]

Looks great, it's still being evaluated though right?
I feel we are better off going with the Turks and Altay, which is turning out to be a beast.

I think Checking solutions from other sources different than China is important for Pakistan. Having multiple sources or putting countries into a hard competition instead of favouring just one source always give satisfactory benefits on long term so It is either Ukraine or Turkey on any project will provide a good opportunity to reach more ToT's Pakistan requires.

 

[RAMPAGE]

@kaonalpha

So this means that AL-Khalid project is officaly dead, no?

 

[Zarvan]

Zarvan

https://defence.pk/members/horus.15719/

care to comment oh zarvan tag dazzler

Finally a beast coming good job Army and when we should expect production to start

 

[WaLeEdK2]

I hope the Al Khalid project still continues though.

 

[waz]

I think Checking solutions from other sources different than China is important for Pakistan. Having multiple sources or putting countries into a hard competition instead of favouring just one source always give satisfactory benefits on long term so It is either Ukraine or Turkey on any project will provide a good opportunity to reach more ToT's Pakistan requires.

I agree. In this case I don't see much room for Ukraine. I think Turkey has the most viable option and is arguably the best machine.