As Rostec State Corporation reported on August 4, 2022, Uralvagonzavod, which is part of Rostec State Corporation, sent the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation another batch of special equipment as part of the execution of the state defense order, including T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks and armored repair and evacuation vehicles BRAM-1M [based on the T-90 tank].
Tank T-90M in the workshop of JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod" (UVZ, as part of JSC "Concern "Uralvagonzavod" State Corporation Rostec) (c) JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod"
From the bmpd side, we recall that the previous batch of T-90M tanks (consisting of, presumably, ten tanks) was sent JSC "Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation" (UVZ, as part of JSC "Uralvagonzavod Concern" of Rostec State Corporation) to the troops on May 16, 2022.
At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2017" on August 24, 2017, the Ministry of Defense of Russia signed a contract with JSC Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation (UVZ) for the supply of the first 30 T-90M tanks ("Object 188M", R&D "Breakthrough-3"). According to published data, out of 30 T-90M tanks of this first contract, ten should be new-built vehicles, and the remaining 20 should have been re-equipped during the overhaul and modernization of T-90 tanks, however, according to other sources, all T-90M tanks should be new-built.
Under the terms of the 2017 contract, the delivery of 30 of these T-90M tanks was planned in 2018-2019, but the actual delivery of the first 10 tanks to the Ministry of Defense as part of the tank battalion of the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Guards Taman Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District was made only in April 2020. Another batch of T-90M tanks was delivered there in November 2020, and another batch was delivered to the Kazan Tank School at the same time.
At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2018" on August 21, 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed another contract with UVZ for the supply of 30 T-90M tanks to be upgraded from T-90 tanks and new production, with a stated delivery date in 2019. In fact, tanks under this contract were delivered in the first half of 2021, and in August 2021, the executive director of UVZ, Vladimir Roshchupkin, said that over the past period of the year, "new and upgraded to the level of T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks in the amount of 26 units were put into operation for the first time." Earlier in March 2021, it was reported that the first T-90M tanks delivered in 2021 in the amount of eight units entered the 27th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in the village of Mosrentgen (New Moscow).
On June 28, 2019, at the Army-2019 International Military-Technical Forum, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed another contract with UVZ for upgrading another 100 T-90A tanks to the T-90M level, and on August 24, 2021, a new contract was signed with UVZ at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum for a period of several years for the supply of T-90M tanks and for the overhaul of T-90 tanks with modernization to the level of T-90M (presumably, up to a hundred units in total).
According to known data, T-90M tanks during a special military operation in Ukraine are being deployed, presumably, as part of the battalion tactical group of the 27th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade from the end of April 2022 in the Kharkiv region.
As for the supply of BRAM-1M, UVZ reported on the shipment of the previous batch of these machines to the Ministry of Defense of Russia in early July 2022.
