One of the positive things that former Yugoslavia have done was a development of the domestic defense industry which among others included artillery, training and combat aircraft, munition and MBTs. Modern MBT was M-84.
The further improvements was designated as M-90 Vihor.

/1 The M-84 is based on the Soviet T-72 but with many modificat
The chassis is similar to M-84/T-72, but is topped with a new chevron-shaped turret with rounded edges. It has a high p/w ratio of 27.27 hp/T; Propulsion is provided by a V46-TK1, a diesel V12 engine with 1200 hp. The main gun is is 125 mm developed from the Soviet 2A46.

/2
The electronics are an improvement over the M-84, with a thermal imaging system, laser rangefinder, and a digital ballistics computer as standard equipment. A hunter-killer capability via the TC's periscope was claimed as well.

/3
After the collapse of Yugoslavia in 90s, the M-90 development was finished end just few prototypes were assembled from the existing components.

Versions:
M-91, M-92 and M-95 Degman (a Croatian MBT developed from the M-90/91/92 Vihor).

/4 M-95 Degman
M-84 MBT development costs: (in millions of dollars)
A. License – 39M
B. Development in Yugoslavia:
license documentation - M7
making special tools – 121M
prototypes production – 13M
C. Investments in the industry - estimate 2,905

Total - 3.085M

/5
M-84 production cost - $ 700,000:
Labor - 74%,
Materials - 18%
Imported components & materials - 8%.

The total of 650 units were manufactured.

Kuwait ordered 215 units and between 1989-92, 150 were delivered.
Their minister of defense made the most money-40% provision.

/6

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Mike Mihajlovic

Mike Mihajlovic Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @MihajlovicMike

13 Nov 20
As per some sources, the following high ranking 🇹🇷 officers are directly involved in 🇦🇿 military operations:
• Maj Gen Bahtiyar Ersay - personally supervises the 🇦🇿General Staff .
•Maj Gen Göksel Kahya, air force Maj Gen Bahtiyar ErsayMaj Gen Göksel Kahya
How many of high ranking officers are involved is unknown at the moment (for the public). Large scale operation such as a current war is something that need meticulous planning and preparations that can last many months. Rehearsal in the form of large exercise is mandatory.
Planing combine operation involves army, air force, AD, SF, logistics (to mention few). Multiple scenarios are "played" with the teams and the final rehearsal is usually large combine forces drill such as this one:
jamestown.org/program/azerba…
For Armenian it was a clear indication
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!