T90 Bhishma Tank of India: an Indian Army variant of the Russian T-90 main battle tank, in Delhi

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T-90 Bhishma tank rolls on Rajpath during the 68th Republic Day celebration in Delhi. The T-90S Bhishma was essentially identical to the Russian T90. It was given a more powerful engine to cope with the new armour and equipments, a jamming system a laser warning receivers, while still relying on a powerful 2A46M 125 mm smoothbore main gun with a thermal sleeve and muzzle detector that can fire a whole range of ammunitions including HE, Frag, HEAT, APFSDS and ATGMs which were developed in India. The improved night sights allowed to detect and engage targets at 700m to 1100m in pitch black darkness, fog or sandstorms while on the move and the gun is fully stabilized. The armour protection level rests on the hardened steel hull of the T-72 with inserts of composites in the turret front, and a