M-84AS1

M-84AS1
Serbian M-84AS1
TypeMain battle tank
Place of originSerbia
Service history
Used bySerbia
Production history
DesignerMilitary Technical Institute
Designed2017-2020
ManufacturerTechnical Overhauling Institute "Čačak"[1]
Produced2023
No. built12, more ordered
Specifications
Mass45 tonnes
Length9.53 m
Width3.73 m
Height2.23 m
Crew3 (commander, gunner, driver)

Armorcylindrical pad, high-hardness steel, titanium, aluminium, tungsten, modular Explosive reactive armour, passive and Active protection system.
Main
armament
125 mm 2A46M smoothbore gun
Secondary
armament
7.62 mm M86 coaxial machine gun, 12.7 mm M87 anti-aircraft machine gun
Enginediesel power pack V46-TK or V46TK-1[2][3]
1,000[4][5] or 1,200 hp power pack
Power/weight26.7 hp/tonne
Suspensiontorsion bar
Operational
range
700 km
Maximum speed ~ 80 km/h

The M-84AS1 and M-84AS2[6][7][8] are substantially modernized versions of the M-84 main battle tank designed by the Military Technical Institute and produced by Technical Overhauling Institute "Čačak" in Serbia. The first version designated as M-84AS1 was presented in 2017. Later revisions feature numerous improvements and were presented in 2020 and 2021.

Latest revisions of the AS1 and AS2 incorporate newly domestically developed modular explosive reactive armour, a modern battlefield management and fire-control system, a remote controlled weapon station and other updates.[9] A total of 21 subsystems are updated with modern solutions. AS1 and AS2 are developed in parallel and differ in the number of implemented subsystems and some specific turret modification regarding RCWS, the commander hatch and equipment implementation. AS2 is probably going to be used as a platoon commander tank as soon as mass modernization begins.[10]

  1. ^ "Tehnički remontni zavod "Čakčak" | Vojska Srbije".
  2. ^ "Tenkovski motor V-46TK1".
  3. ^ "PP1200 main battle tank powerpack unit | SDPR - Yugoimport".
  4. ^ "PP1000 main battle tank powerpack unit | SDPR - Yugoimport".
  5. ^ http://www.vti.mod.gov.rs/index.php?view=actuality&type=reference&category=4&id=129
  6. ^ "Salwy artylerii, śmigłowce, czołgi i roboty. Serbskie ćwiczenie "Współpraca 2020" [WIDEO] - Defence24". 19 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Сербские конструкторы начали работы по танку М-84АС2". 6 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Zmodernizowany serbski czołg M-84AS1". 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ "New upgrades for Serbian M-84 AS1 MBT main battle tank | June 2020 News Defense Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army 2020 | Archive News year".
  10. ^ "Modernizovani tenk M-84 pokazao dobre ideje konstruktora – Studio B".

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