Thailand akhirnya menerima lima Main Battle Tank (MBT) Oplot dari Ukraina (07/02/2014). Tank-tank akan menjalani tes lebih lanjut sebelum diterima secara resmi.
The Royal Thai Army memesan 49 MBT Oplot di bawah kontrak pada bulan September 2011. Penerimaan teknis tank selesai pada November 2013. Thailand menyatakan membutuhkan sekitar 200 tank/ MBT.
MBT Oplot diproduksi oleh Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB) di Ukraina. Tank ini pada awalnya dikembangkan untuk memenuhi permintaan angkatan bersenjata Ukraina. Versi ekspor canon smoothbore 125mm digantikan dengan canon standar NATO 120mm smoothbore, automatic loader.
Thailand adalah pelanggan pertama untuk MBT Oplot. Kendaraan yang tersisa dijadwalkan dikirim pada akhir 2015.
Fire Power:
Main Gun – Model KBA-3 Calibre 125 mm
Breech – type horizontal wedge-type, semi-automatic
Elevation/depression –angles from -4 to +15 degrees
Horizontal aiming – (together with the tank turret) 360 degrees
Elevation – 0.2 mrad (APFSDS, HEAT, R=2000 m)
Azimuth – 0.2 mrad (APFSDS, HEAT, R=2000 m)
Coaxial machine gun – Model KT-7.62 (PKT) with removing powder gas
Calibre – 7.62 mm
Technical rate of fire – 700 to 800 rpm
Anti-aircraft machine gun system
Control – remote
Control modes – 1) automatic 2) stabilised in vertical plane
Armament model – KT-12.7
Calibre – 12.7 mm
Ammunition feed – belt-type
Technical rate of fire – 700 rpm
Number of cartridges in a belt – 150
Max firing range – at air targets 2000m / at ground targets 2000 m
Firing angles – elevation from -3 to 60 degrees / 360 degrees
Ballistic Protection
Armour dilengkapi dengan BATW-ERA untuk melindungi serangan:
1. Hand anti-tank grenades, hand-held and stationary grenade launchers and recoilless guns (including ammunition with tandem warheads)
2. Anti-tank missiles of TOW-2, Milan and Shturm-S type
3. HEAT projectiles fired by 125 mm tank smoothbore guns
4. APFSDS projectiles fire by 125 mm and 120 mm tank guns
5. Modul BATW-ERA diinstal kebagian hull/ badan tank, serta yang bersifat modular ditempatkan pada bagian luar depan dan bagian samping dan atas turret.
Power Pack
Engine – 6?D-2 engine is a multifuel, 6-cylinder, double-stroke liquid cooled diesel engine.
Maximum output using diesel fuel – 882 kW (1200 hp)
Max. torque at diesel fuel at engine – crankshaft rotation speed at (1600±10) rpm 3135 N (320 kgf·m)
Rotational speed of the crankshaft at max. power – 2600 rpm
Specific fuel consumption at maximum power mode 211-231 g/kW·h – (155-170 g/hp·h)
Mass of the dry engine – 1180/1240 kg
Dimensions – length 1602mm / width 955mm / height 581mm
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