Russia Deploys New Enhanced T-72 Tanks to Frontlines with First Arena-M Missile Defence Systems

Russia may have brought tanks with APS to the front for the first time

The Russian military has demonstrated a modernized T-72B3 tank with the Arena-M active protection system capable of intercepting anti-tank missiles.

Russia Deploys New Enhanced T-72 Tanks to Frontlines with First Arena-M Missile Defence Systems

Footage from near the frontlines of ongoing Russian-Ukrainian hostilities has confirmed that the Russian Army has deployed a new variant of the T-72B3M main battle tank equipped with the new Arena-M active protection system. This follows reports in August that the new T-90M main battle tanks currently in production were integrating the Arena-M system, and subsequent reports that T-72s modernised with similar levels of armour protection were also…