Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
The Arena-M active protection complex, planned for installation on Russian T-72 and T-90 tanks , is capable of providing all-round protection from almost the entire range of anti-tank guided missiles, including Spikes and Javelins. This was reported in the Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau (KBM). The TV channel "Zvezda" has released the fourth documentary in the series " Weapons of the Invincible". In this series, an interview was shown with the head of the development and advanced design department of the Kolomna KBM Vladimir Kharkin, who spoke about the Arena-M KAZ.
As the specialist explained, "Arena-M" provides all-round protection of the tank, including in the upper sphere, from practically the entire spectrum of self-guided ammunition, including the most modern types of the Israeli "Spike" and the American "Javelin".
"The ammunition is fired, and depending on which direction the target is flying, it turns in that direction. There are special impulse correction engines that allow you to deploy (ammunition to the target) in a minimum time. One ammunition covers the protection sector 5 times more, this made it possible to provide completely all-round protection and expanded the protection sector from above
- said Kharkin.
The system is installed in bulletproof compartments outside the turret of the tank and operates in automatic mode, providing double protection in each direction of attack. The system carries out radar tracking and destruction of flying targets. The principle of operation of the complex lies in the defeat of the PTS with a directed stream of heavy fragments when a detonated striking element is detonated when approaching a tank at ranges from 20 to 50 m. The complex provides protection in sectors in azimuth up to 360 and sectors in elevation from minus 6 to 20 degrees.
Note that the Arena-M KAZ has been undergoing tests for a long time, including military ones. The T-72B3 and T-90M tanks with the Arena-M KAZ installed were seen at the West-2021 exercises. In addition, a T-80UM2 tank with a Drozd-2 active protection system from the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division was spotted in preparation for the exercise.
In January 2017, the General Designer of the Corporation "Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" (KBM, Kolomna) Valery Kashin said that the new Arena-M active protection complex (KAZ) would be installed on T-72 and T-90 tanks and that it was being tested under the personal control of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov. In 2018, it was reported that UVZ purchased elements of the Arena-M KAZ
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