Trumpeter 05560 1/35 Russian Armed Forces T-90 MBT Cast Turret

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Highly detailed kit of Russia's most advanced tank, the T-90A. Includes photo-etched metal parts and non-workable indy-link tracks.
Complete Size: Length:289 mm Width: 108mm
Includes over 1300 pcs of parts with 3 photo-etched sheets, copper cable and wire

More Features:
- the kit w/refined detail
- multi-slide moulded turret and lower hull
- 188 individual tracks links

To further improve the T-72's export prospects and its chances of being selected as Russia's sole production MBT, the T-80U's more sophisticated fire control system was also added to produce a vehicle designated T-72BU. The T-90 was developed by the Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau at the Uralvagonzavod factory in Nizhny Tagil. The production model is based on the T-72BM, with some added features from the T-80 series.

The T-90 with an 840 hp (630 kW) engine went into low-level production in 1993, based on a prototype designated T-88. It features a new generation of Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armor on its hull and turret. Of conventional layout, the T-90 represents a major upgrade to every system in the T-72, including the main gun. The T-90S have been identified as export model. The references to a T-90E appear to be unsubstantiated.The T-90 is fitted with a "three-tiered" protection system: the first tier is the composite armour in the turret, second tier is third generation Kontakt-5 ERA and third tier is a Shtora-1 countermeasures suite.