Never heard of it before
I see, I didn’t know about them, I only heard about PT91, PT91M
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It’s understandable since these were the only variants mass produced, we stopped modernising our PT-91’s and focused mostly on NATO tech
I’ve heard of PT16 and PT17, but I’m not sure if they’re serial.
They aren’t either :(
Found an archive from a website but it calls it the PT-72U
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So what is distinct about an “early” PT-91? What upgrades did the PT-91 receive during its life that warrants two versions? The only upgrade I can remember is the fitting of KLW-1, but just a different thermals isn’t enough to warrant a separate vehicle IMO.
The PT-91 (early) is the first 20 tanks of serial production, which have the generation 1 ERAWA arrangement. And 1st gen TES thermals.
The PT-91 (late) is the later production version of the tank featuring the more effective and better generation 2 ERAWA arrangement (It gets more ERAWA-2 on the hull, eliminating certain weakspots). It can also be further differentiated by the fact that during some overhauls it received the 3rd gen KLW-1 thermals.
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Maybe make a “Difference between PT-91 (early) and PT-91 (late)”-section in your suggestion? I often include that. :D
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I should tbh, will get to work in a bit
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Introduced the section.
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+1 for polish tt
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Some new images
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PT91M for Japan would be nice. I’ve been following PT91M thread and hopefully it will come to Japanese TT in 2026.
For this actually no, a true first production version would have drawa-m with just night vision (I’m pretty sure it is just a digitized Merida fcs mostly)
In-game it would be like T-72B 1989
This is a upgrade package for T-72 tanks and also for PT-91. No one ever bought it, I think Armenia tried to but you know how it goes
Kinda like the PSO kits in-game
(When applied to PT-91 it is called PT-91U)
Also mistakenly some people call PT-91s that go to Ukraine at PT-91U for Ukraine, this is just fake and has no reality
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Last message I’ll send but adding on to Polish thunder:
There were three “generations” of ERAWA armor layout, not brick variant but how the armor was placed. Gen 1 was mostly ERAWA 1 and some 2. Gen 2 had a lot more bricks in general. Gen 3 reduced on bricks, but had most bricks just be ERAWA 2
As for electronics it went Drawa-M (first FCS with only NVD), Drawa-T (with TES), Drawa-TG (this one I think has the KLW-1), and I think there is a drawa TGN but i forgot
Also there has but various improvements in general but just small things. One I can think off is anti-slip material on the newer ERAWA plates
Also according to this: PT-91 report PT-91s got a tiger FCS upgrade in 1999 which added Hunter/killer tracking to the existing FCS
Sorry forgot about this I was on holiday
Yes I know
I’m aware of all 3 except for the fourth one
I’ve only seen this on the 3rd generation armour arrangement
This I didn’t know thank you
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True, either way the TES thermals can still be added as a researchable component.
Yea like T-80B (which this would be comparable to)
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