What are the improved capabilities of T-90 Mark III

The Indian Army's recently acquired T-90 Mark III tanks represent a significant leap forward in armored capabilities. While full details remain classified, several key improvements enhance their effectiveness on the modern battlefield:

• Precision Firepower: The new Correction Input Device (CID) takes into account environmental conditions and barrel wear, leading to more accurate targeting and increased first-round hit probability.
• Dominant Night Vision: The Commander's Thermal Imaging Sight (CTIS) and Muzzle Reference System provide superior situational awareness and targeting capabilities in low-light or night-time scenarios.
• Seamless Communication: A new Digital Communication System enables real-time, secure communication between crew members and other battlefield units, improving coordination and tactical decision-making.
• Advanced Fire Control: The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitor for the thermal imaging sight and the Digital Ballistic Computer work in tandem to streamline targeting data and weapon control, resulting in faster and more precise target engagement.
• Enhanced Survivability: The Anti-Thermal IR Coating reduces the tank's thermal signature, making it harder for enemy heat-seeking missiles to lock onto it.

These upgrades, combined with a complete overhaul of the tanks and the incorporation of more indigenous components, promise to make the T-90 Mark III a formidable force on the battlefield.

 

[Sandeep]

How would they see small quadcopters, much less target them ?

By using automatic target tracking of the canon gun or air to air missile. They can pick up even tiny movements.

 

[The Presence]

By using automatic target tracking of the canon gun or air to air missile. They can pick up even tiny movements.

Interesting idea.
But if the sensitivity is set to that level, won't it get confused between quadcopters and birds or polythene bags flying the sky ?
A helicopter has quite a limited amount of gun ammunition.

 

[The Presence]

True. We must go with APS and cope cage strategy with some improvement . I do not know if it is true or not but I saw a YouTube channel where the Ukrainian side claimed that there were few iterations of cope cage tanks that required dozens of fpvs to disable them. So cope cage is stop gap measure for fpvs but APS is must for anti-tank missiles.

That's the most heavily caged tank named the Turtle Tank. They welded Iron-sheets and put it all over the tank. Then they made rectangular cages and put it all over the sheet.
It severely hampers mobility and almost blinds the tank's optics. Above all, you can't even turn it's turret.
It's so bad it's being ridiculed as the 'Rolling Poultry Farm'. Russia knows it's limitations and thus applied it only to the Mine Trawlers.

 

[Oleg Olkha]

Мerkava 4/5 Barak, IronVision...