Vietnam Prepares to Receive T-72MS Tank 'White Eagle' ?

13 November 2020

T-72MS White Eagle MBT (photo : A Khlopotov)

The T-72MS "White Eagle" tanks in coordination with T-90S/SK and T-54M will create an extremely remarkable breakthrough power.

Currently, the Armored Tank Corps - the Vietnam People's Army has received and exploited the modern T-90S / SK main battle tanks imported from Russia, accompanied by the T-54M to upgrade itself. according to Israeli technology.

It is easy to see that this is a combination of high-low combat, often used by many military. However, it must be recognized that compared with the T-90S/SK, the power difference with the T-54M is still too large, so it is very necessary to have a "bridge".

There have been a number of candidates mentioned in the T-72 series, typically the Russian T-72B3 that Vietnam has become acquainted with in the Tank Biathlon tournament, but according to the assessment, the most appropriate is still T-72MS. The "white eagle" is similar to the one used by the Lao People's Army.

Recently in the Communist Magazine, there was an article titled: " Department of Engineering, the Armored Cavalry Division owns new weapons, new technical equipment, meets the requirements, the mission is ready to fight ", in That provides notable information:

"Effective advisory for the Party Committee, Head of the Military Command on Technical Engineering, focusing on the task of purchasing, improving and modernizing armored tanks; training to exploit and master the new VKTBKT (T tanks -90S/SK, T-72MS);

Thus, it can be seen that in the coming time, it is highly likely that Vietnam will import more T-72MS tanks "White Eagle" to quickly bring the armored force to modernity with the most economical cost.

The main battle tank T-72MS "White Eagle" of Laos transited in Vietnam (photo : BaoDatViet)

The T-72MS tank "White Eagle" was designed in the framework of the Proryv-2G program of Russia, this is a rapid fire upgrade package for the T-72B vehicles of the Russian Army.

The "White Eagle" tank was first introduced at the 2012 Technical Exhibition, the reason for this name is because the car on display is painted entirely in white.

The tank is equipped with a thermo-optical multi-channel viewfinder system for the gunner and chief vehicle Sosna-U manufactured by the Belarusian company Peleng, similar to T-72B3 and T-90S/SK.

In addition, the vehicle is also equipped with a ballistic computer and automatic target tracking system, integrated with a remote control 12.7 mm machine gun turret with a dash cam.

The engine option for customers is a V-84MS with a maximum capacity of 840 horsepower or a newer V-92 with a capacity of up to 950 hp, or even a maximum capacity V-92S2F 1,130 horsepower.

The main weapon of the T-72MS "White Eagle" is still the 125 mm smoothbore 2A46M cannon and is covered by the Kontakt 1 explosive reactive armor.

Overall this tank is an upgrade package with a price 2 times cheaper if placed next to the new production T-90S. Compared with the T-72B3 or T-90S, the T-72MS has an unsatisfactory level of protection when the vehicle's explosive reactive armor is still the Kontakt 1 with the outdated 4S20 explosive blocks that can only resist traditional concave bullets, however In terms of firepower, the T-72MS was rated at least equally.

(BaoDatViet)