7:25 T-90M: "I'm only human after all, i'm only human after all"

The biggest downside of the T-90M is the reverse speed, while the biggest downside of the BM-Oplot is that it doesnt exist.

I think the only real downside of the T-90M is that its still using the old transmission giving it only a 4km/h reverse speed. The torque would be insanely high but that doesn't save you when your being engaged.

That one Clip of two T-90Ms reversing is so painful

The biggest problem of T-90M is the reverse speed

I think the amount of APFSDS used in this war is extrmeley mininal. 99% of a tanks targets are not going to be other tanks, every war with tanks in it has shown this. Even WW2, which has had by far the largest tank conflicts in history, saw tanks rarely facing tanks, when compared to how often they faced other targets.

if there is one thing we have learned from this war, and we have always known this, it's not the vehicle it is the crew that really makes the difference.

Great comparison. One comparison I would love to see is the T-64BV vs T-72B3. Why? Because that's the tanks that have suffered the highest losses in the war on each side and I'm fairly certain they're the most used ones as well. They're the backbones if you will.

kudos to you man. Its so hard to find neutral takes on the conflict in this day and age.

I've heard about the Ukrainian ERA but never seen these footage examples thank you for such a well researched video

Problem is BM Oplot is even rarer than T 14

If T 90 gets it's ERA improved and reverse speed issue fixed that would be a supurb tank

The reverse speed of the T-90 was 5 km/h, after the modernization of the T-90M, it was increased to 15 km/h.

Hi Redeffect can you do a video where you show example how you would modernise T-72 80 or 90 tanks i know it would be long video but it would be really interesting for all of us. Btw keep up the good work we really appreciate it

It really boggles the mind that the Russians haven't replaced the transmissions. I'm no expert, but it seems to me that if the Ukrainians can install a gear reverser, then the Russians should be well and capable of doing the same. Also as you mentioned numbers of T-90M, I've been trying to get a handle on how many have been produced since the Kherson offensive, and my best estimate is 320 or so. It could be as low as 250, or as high as 375. Just going off visible serial numbers and extrapolating, as well as collecting videos of tanks being delivered on trains. Not the most accurate method, but it's safe to say Russia is likely delivering about 2x as many tanks to the battlefield as Ukraine is receiving from us in the west.

T-90M just looks so damn sexy

1:39 That projectile is the Indian 125mm FSAPDS Mk-2 and not the Israeli one.

Russia has more T-14 that Ukraine has Oplots. Maybe you should have compare Oplot and Armata because of comparable amounts of tanks available

Love the new extro music! And great video as usual. Thanks

Very informative as always, thanks

Can’t wait for BM oplot to get added to the USSR tree in Warthunder 🎉

I'm not a big fan of Russian tanks and ERAs in general but I have to admit both tanks are pretty impressive, the T-90M looks pretty badass and the ERA used on the Oplot is interesting

Another cool and informative video from you. Thumbs up, like always! :)

FINALLY OMG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VIDEO ON THE OPLOT!!!

The Russians could’ve at least put the t80 transmission in the t90 to make it go 11kph issued of the 4kph

the problem with Nizh is that its effectivness depends on where the hit lands for example, if projectile hits last hollow charge, all 10 would affect it but if it hits first, it would be affected only by 1 Also, because of how big Duplet is, part of T-84's base armor is cut out to mount ERA

Nice episode and info as always ain’t no one gonna mention the new outro

Great video. Thanks for the info.

I would say they are pretty equivalent in combat power to one another, but the lack of availability of the BM Oplot is a major disadvantage.

Wonder if they're planning on producing the 120mm version with the bustle autoloader instead of the standard 125mm one.

Being saddled with that "nursing home speed" reverse feature is terrifying. Great video, as usual!

Thanks for using my song in the outros brother 🙏

With how little of these tanks are there, it will be a miracle if they found each other.

I think it's kind of unfair to compare these two, oplot is made or still in existence in handful of numbers while t90m is in hundreds, the more fair comparison is oplot vs armata, or t64bv vs t90m...

Man thank you for finally changing the outro song!!!

Very good comparison!

Great vid but I would like to point out that T84BM oplot also can mount the KMDB 6TD-3 opposed piston 6-cylinder diesel (1,500 hp), instead of the 6TD-2E (1200hp) engine.

I like the BM for one reason, it doesn’t look exactly like a Russian tank which makes it both easier to identify and also gives the casual watcher an easier time knowing who is on what side in any rare tank on tank battles we see

People saying that it's strange that Russians aren't replacing the transmission. Keep in mind that this is still the nation that didn't wanna replace the KV tank with better and newer designs, and just slapped some armor plates all around to make it's armor more effective. The butt ERA on the T90M is the perfect example

A forward/reverse lever with lockout on top gears is a good idea. Our U1300L and U1700L Unimogs in NZ had a lockout for the top four (of eight) gears. The forward/reverse lever itself is handy when you lose forward momentum on a slope. Shortly after the Unimogs (mogs) came into service, a member of the RNZAF serving at Ohakea Air Base, removed the lockout pin from a Unimog transmission and reportedly got the truck up to 90km/h in reverse, on the runway, before he rolled it and killed himself.

I would like to point out about the T-90M that it uses a Catherine XP/LR Thermal Imager which is 3rd generation Thermals, Relikt ERA (as said in the video) which makes it so that APFSDS has 50% less penetrating power (M829A2 could not penetrate a T-90A which was fitted with Relikt while M829A3 struggled to be consistant), however it does have a "weakspot" in the turret which the T-90A doesn't have which is right ontop of the gun mantlet, where the turret is higher but where APFSDS should not be able to penetrate.

Thank you , it was very very nice , thanks for good and hard work ❤ from Denmark

The BM Oplot is pretty damn good all things considered. The Duplet armor System seems super effective, and the mobility is excelent. Of course, it has a lot of oversights, and has reduced anti tank capability for a top modern tank. They are just TOO few to make any difference, and I doubt Rheinmetall could come close to UralVagonZavod's production.

I don't remember completely but wasn't there a video of a T-90M commander playing CS:GO in one of the computers (Idk much about tank electronics)? I remember seeing a video like that a while ago.

Thr bigest plus of oplot it's invisible because you never will see them.

"nož" means knife. English people cant read this but "nož" was the Ukranian ERA that cuts the heat.

2:08 One correction I have to spell out to you here. The thermal control unit on the left was made by Thomson-CSF (as depicted upside down in the still), while the one on the right is made by Thales. They're not copies of anything or anybody as Thomson-CSF (1968 - 2000) was the former trade name of Thales (2000 - current).

I'm surprised at how effective duplet. It's very impressive and I hope to see it used more in combat

Very detailed and unbiased video, keep up the good work. :D

i saw the notification and though at first there was actual combat footage between the t 90 and oplot which i was really excited to see but its just a comparison video

Thx for another Great Video mr RedEffect, Both are great tanks, but unfortunalley to Ukraine Oplot is one of the rarest tank, losing only to stuff that failed like Osorio and AMX-40

T-90M - mass production, Oplot- prototype?

I would like to know if they could reduce the carousel autoloader detonation damage. They already have a shield on top so adding a sliding door like Abrams that automatically close after a reload is not that difficult. And blowout panel underside could be interesting but I don't think it could last a rough ride but blowout panels to the sides through the tracks can be possible. I wonder if they calculated it and come to the conclusion that energy release is too rapid for the crew to survive. Or it's one of those "possible but no money" situations.

In one video I seen there was a hundred t90m's in a muddy field somewhere in ukraine, they have defiantly ramped up production.

Excellent outro song.

1:53 APFSDS is absolutely insane, those giant pieces of tungsten or depleted uranium move at almost 2km per second.

Nozh/Douplette due to its design and function seem to need a pretty sharp angle to work, which might make it inable to stand hits not from that exact angle expected. So covering the roof might be nice for missiles comming in a ~30° angle, but not anything more directly top attacking, as this HEAT beam would perfectly go through the defensive projection from Nozh. Same with threats hitting Nozh from a ~90° angle, as these wouldn't affect the threat at all. As this might be irrelevant for (not top attack) hits on the frontal armor, this very well might be relevant on side armor. From teh space and angle of the side shield, you can tell that Nozh is single layered and either top/down mounted, so both ERA lines might have at least a bad angle left, or they're from front to rear like snake scales, offering good protection from frontal hits, and then gradually degrad protection the more the angle of attack shifts to the side. I also have my concerns about removing frontal armor for ERA cover. As ERA indeed offers better protection, and can be replaced/modernised way better, they still need to have something that have a indiscriminatly 'dumb' protection to catch the rest. Removind armor might make the whole degredation idea pointless. I know, its a coping strategy on top of copying strategys, but still i see some problems.

love the new Geopold outro

can you make a video why the shtora system (IR lights) are obsolete? i dont understand why no t90 in Ukr. has it. there is a tons of old atgm out there. i saw impressive results when used by the SAA, even homemade ones.

They can expect a cruise missile incoming to the factory that resumes production.

Отличный контент, продолжай в том же духе

On top of every thing, both tanks look beautiful !

bm oplot just renamed from - Т-80УД (1987) СССР. Its only things what you must know about it.

Wouldn't Duplet ERA only be effective in countering kinetic and heat charges that are coming at an angle more than around 15 - 20 degrees of the armour? if the main principle of survival is using heat charges to dissect the penetrator, then the angle between the charges and the penetrator should be of vital importance. i can see the glacis being the best spot for it but for shots to the side and even from old RPG rounds that send a sufficiently small penetrator, this would prove ineffective if hit in the right spots of which the probability is around 30 - 50%.

I feel like the T-64 style autoloader does have one thing that you neglected to mention: It isn't inherently worse because the charges themselves are placed behind the main composite and explosive reactive armour sets of the tank, meaning that any shot that strikes them would have probably killed the crew anyhow, since they would have to have penetrated the upper front plate or the side of the tank. The T-72 style autoloader simply places them really low down, which makes them lower profile and thus harder to hit in any case, but that also means that the charges are not placed behind armour - if a projectile was to come in at a downward angle, enter the lower frontal plate, or a mine was to detonate below the vehicle, the T-72 autoloader is still equally vulnerable, if not more vulnerable. So, in a sense, I don't really think that it matters too much in this regard, and that the T-64 autoloader might just be a little better because of the speed improvement: if it's faster and has such a little impact on the vehicle's survivability, then it has to at least be able to be considered as a superior option, or at least on par.

0:59 Oh my gawd.........that makes me claustrophobic just watching that guy squeeze into that hatch.

I really like the new outro song

Problem with T90M? Shitty reverse speed Problem with BM Oplot? About as real as my wife's moans

If we talk about the effectiveness of the relic, during the entire operation, the tanks have never made their way to those places where there is this dynamic protection, which may indicate a high degree of protection.

I love that the battle management system has a picture of 2 panthers in the corners that is pretty funny

can you compare the T-84U and the T-90a? since T-84U is the tank that is in active service in Ukraine

0:59 When turning the turret in a Ukrainian tank, the driver will be cut off his head or the exit will be blocked, as well as poor visibility around

So Ukraine's "brilliant" idea is to field Leo 1's with a 105mm (L7 ammo), AMX-10RC's with a medium pressure 105mm (not compatible with L7 ammo), Challenger 2's with 120mm rifled ammo (2-piece not compatible with 120mm smoothbore ammo), Leo 2's & Abrams with 120mm smoothbore ammo, and are putting into production a design that has a 125mm 2A46 compatible ammo cannon? Whoever is the head of their logistics just walked over to the front lines waving a white flag, to hand himself over to Russian forces. Sounds like a totally sane, war winning strategy that could only be cooked up by NATO and Ukrainian officials.

The T-90M3 can weight up to 54 tons according to some valid sources, depends on the modifications. Additional reactive protection alone it makes 50t. Then you have all the other stuff.. I think 48t is accurate for the T-90MS in 2017 version.

Can you make a video on the T-80UM2 and similar cancelled projects? The Black Eagle is particularly interesting because of the western-style autoloader

Would it be possible to fit a T-90M turret onto a T-72 and update it to T-90 standards?

Is there any guide on production costs of both? Because at the end of the day that would be more decisive.

FINALLY SOME LONGER VIDEO

I wonder... KMDB had, from time to time, showed a NATO-standard smoothbore 120mm gun fitted to various tanks. Considering current troubles with sourcing ammunition for Ukraine, I wonder if they might partly revive the Yatagan (T-84-120) for the restared production of T-84M/BM Oplot, or at least its gun and bustle autoloader...

T-90 M has abysmal reverse speed i hope they can fix that problem.

On paper, the T-90M is the superior tank (aside from the reverse issue). Of course, it isn't just the tank that matters, but the crew and supporting elements, so that somewhat evens it out. Perhaps in the future we will see a BM Oplot-2 which addresses these problems.

Ay, i'm first! Thanks for the informational unbiased videos! Keep it up!

T90 has got to be the best looking tank ever, I still can't decide which variant looks better, the M has a very nice slope but I like the "eyes" of the others.

It's funny how the best non-existent tank in Ukraine is compared to the main tank, which is produced in dozens of units a month. Maybe then Oplot against Armata or Abrams X?

Even if Ukraine had a wunderwaffe tank or a cheaper off the shelf one, I would question its production. Russia has historic and greater capability to produce tanks. So this video should just be seen as a fun one.

isn't Leo2A6 the currently best ukrainan tank?

I think Ukraine will try to produce BM oplot in subvariant 120 Yatagan to fix ammo problem. Because in majority Oplot and Yatagan have the same base but different gun and ammo storage. It possible that Rheinmetall will sell licence for producing Rh-120. That gun will be useful on that tank.

compare the T-90M with the challenger 2, Leopard 2A6 and M1 Abrams, would be a much more appropriate comparison given current battlefield conditions

Can you review the upgrade T54B of the Vietnamese People Army?

I remember watching a Ukrainian tank unit video going over how they abandoned their T-84 cause it was getting overrun. They came back and it was still there so they retrieved it. I also remember how the tank commander said he had 6 T-84 BM Oplots also didn't Thailand sign a procurement contract for 48 T-84s so theres bound to be more than 6 as surely those that were meant for export were put into Ukrainian service

3BM60 is more of an exhibition piece rather than actually being bought in numbers. We saw 3BM42 as recent batch as 2018 from this war.

I find it funny how Wikipedia says that Thailand has 49 of these tanks

watching the t90m reverse is torture

Royal Thai Army when they realized that they’re the only army that still have the Oplot tank in service now:😳

Hey could you make a video about the B2 centauro?

Research for Oplot's performance in international trials and no questions would remain. Additionally, research for the export Oplot program. And there Is about 500 90ms are in active service

In 2018 I had an idea of integrating drone technology to infantry especially the tank. Saddly here in Africa, dreams never come true. All modern tanks need an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for proper Optical Reconnaissance... That's the problem the T90M faces!

BM OPLOT has better protection T-90M has better FCS and firepower

As Russian experts say, they have information that the turret armor on the T90M is the same as on the T90A, they just changed the angle.

New outro music?