The PT-91 Twardy is pictured above with obvious explosive reactive armor protection. By Staff Writer
The PT-91 Twardy (Hand) is a further development of the Soviet T-72 series of main battle tank, though produced in Poland under license from the T-72M1 series. The system features a powerful 125mm main gun, an autoloading ammunition system (negating the need for an extra crewmember in the turret) and 24 smoke grenades for visual self-defense protection.
Like other systems based on the Soviet-engineered T-72 chassis, the PT-91 chassis can be used in a myriad of other layouts including an engineering vehicle, a powered bridgelayer, a commanders vehicle (with added communications) and a driver trainer variant.
Explosive reactive armor is featured highly in this Polished-devised version of the base Soviet-design, with a package designed to cover both turret and hull (thusly ammunition and crew are offered extra protection) from anti-tank missiles, enemy projectiles and land mines. A computer system controls the firing system components and the powerplant has been updated from the base T-72. As of this writing, the PT-91 is currently in service with the Poland Army and in production for the Malaysian military.
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Armored Vehicle Quick Profile
1994
Designation:PT-91 Twardy Classification Type:Main Battle Tank Contractor:Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy - Poland Country of Origin: Poland Number Built: Not Available
Operators: Poland and Malaysia
Variants
PT-91 - Base production model (based on Soviet T-72M).
T-72M1K - Commanders Vehicle
WZT-3 ARV - Armored Recovery Vehicle
MID - Battlefield Engineering Vehicle
PMC-90 AVLB - Bridgelayer
Driver Training Model
PT-91M - Export Variant for Malaysia
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