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The T-90 main battle tank, the most modern tank in the Russian army arsenal, went into low-level production in 1993, based on a prototype designated as the T-88. The T-90 was developed by the Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau at the Vagonka Works in Nizhny Tagil. Initially seen as an entirely new design, the production model is in fact based on the T-72BM, with some added features from the T-80 series. The T-90 features a new generation of armor on its hull and turret. Two variants, the T-90S and T-90E, have been identified as possible export models. Plans called for all earlier models to be replaced with T-90's by the end of 1997, subject to funding availability. By mid-1996 some 107 T-90's had gone into service in the Far Eastern Military District.

The 310 T-90S's were bought by India and have started manufacturing the tank locally with the aim of producing over 1000 tanks.

See also

• List of tanks
• List of Soviet tanks
• T-64
• T-84
• T-90
• T-95

External links

• JED Equipment Database, T-90 information and variants
• The T-90 tank by the Federation of American Scientists

• Main battle tanks
• Russian and Soviet tanks