Or maybe Russian industry permanently has solved its optics problem.Ī permanent resolution of the optics crisis would be bad news for Ukraine. Maybe the optics run out and the Russians again resort to shipping older tanks. In any event, it’s apparent Russian industry now is shipping new tanks with modern optics. Researchers have torn apart the remains of Russian drones and missiles recovered in Ukraine and found components produced by scores of smaller European and American firms that shouldn’t be able to ship products to Russia, but somehow have managed to do so. Omsktransmash either has begun installing PNM-Ts in new T-80BVMs-which aren’t actually new, per se, but rather are old T-80s that have undergone deep overhaul and upgrade-or Russia somehow has found a way around French sanctions, and has sourced a batch of Sosna-Us. The resulting PNM-T sight looks like a Sosna-U sight, but might not have the same long-range, high fidelity and reliability that the Sosna-U is known for. Five years ago Russian industry launched a crash program to copy the Thales thermal camera, replacing French components with Russian ones. The tanks feature the distinctive optics housings that point to the presence of Sosna-U sights. A video that circulated online this week depicts a trainload of T-80BVMs-30 or so-apparently leaving the Omsktransmash plant.
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