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T-90A/S Vladimir [Crab] Main Battle Tank overview | UVZ Russia In 2005 the Russian army resumed delivery of the T-90, requesting the "original" specification for the vehicle with a cast turret. But with the new order numbering a paltry 14 tanks, and the large capital investment required to set up production of new cast turrets, the Russian Ministry of Defence agreed on a new configuration very close to the Indian T-90S, which was expeditiously accepted into service without any trials as the Object 188A1 or T-90A.[12] That same year saw delivery of an additional 18 new tanks - enough to equip one whole battalion. These new Russian tanks were powered by the V-92S2 engine, carried a T01-K05 Buran-M gunner's sight passive-active night-vision channel with an EPM-59G Mirage-K matrix and a maximum observation distance of 1,800 m and were protected by the most recent Kontakt-5 reactive armor with 4S22 explosive tiles. The years 2006-2007 saw the delivery of 31 T-90A tanks each, now fitted with entirely passive ESSA main gunner's sights supplied by Peleng in Belarus and using the Catherine thermal imager from Thales, as well as improved 4S23 ERA tiles.

In 2007, there were about 334 T-90 tanks of various types serving in the Russian Ground Forces' 5th Guards Tank Division, stationed in the Siberian Military District, and seven T-90 tanks assigned to the marines.[13] Since 2008, the Russian army has received 62 tanks annually, suspending orders in 2011.

Russia is developing the new Armata Universal Combat Platform also known as the T-14 Armata to be ready for use by 2016[dated info]. It is expected to employ a more powerful engine, improved armor, main gun and autoloader, with ammunition storage separated from the crew.[14]

An early variant of the export-oriented T-90S allegedly saw combat action during the 1999 Chechen invasion of Dagestan instead of being delivered to India. According to Moscow Defence Brief, one vehicle was hit by seven RPG anti-tank rockets but remained in action. The journal concluded that with regular equipment, the upgraded T-90 seems to be the best protected Russian tank, especially with the implementation of Shtora-1 and Arena defensive systems.[15]

The T-90A was deployed to Syria in 2015 to support the Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War.[16] In early February 2016, Syrian Army forces began using T-90As in combat.[17] In late February, a video was leaked on the internet which showed a T-90 survive a direct frontal turret hit by a BGM-71 TOW missile in Aleppo.[18] First alleged footage of the targeted tank shows only minor damages to shtora-1 jammer optics as the result of TOW missile hit. [19] - Michael Curran Цивилизация 5 ❇ Sid Meier's Civilization V Catherine Peace - Russia - Capulets and Montegues