The Ukrainian Yatagan Main Battle Tank

The Ukrainian Yatagan Main Battle Tank (previously known as Yatahan) is a further development of the Oplot MBT fitted with a NATO 120mm smoothbore gun fed by a bustle-mounted automatic loader. It was first marketed for the Turkish field trials for a new MBT. The Yatagan MBT uses locally produced components and subsystems, although systems of foreign origin can be incorporated at the customer’s request. This MBT was designed in 2000. Its design features the technical solutions tested during modernisation of  T-72-120 battle tank. In some publications the Yatagan MBT was also referred to as the KERN2-120 (name of prototype) or the T-84-120.

The Ukrainian Yatagan Main Battle Tank

The Ukrainian Yatagan Main Battle Tank Specifications

Dimensions:

Length (gun forward) – 9.664m
Length (hull) – 7.705m
Width (over tracks) – 3.5m
Width (with skirts) – 3.7m
Height (turret roof) – 2.2m
Height (including roof-mounted 12.7mm MG) – 2.7m
Ground clearance – 0.51m
Track width – 0.58m
Track – 2.8m
Length of track on ground – 4.29m

General characteristics:

Crew – 3
Combat weight – 48ton’s
Power-to-weight ratio – 25hp/t
Ground pressure – 0.93kg/cm²
Max road speed – 65km/h
Average cross-country speed – 45-50km/h
Fuel capacity – 1300litres
Operating temperature range – °C -40 to +55
Cruising range – road 540km / cross-country 350-400km
Fording – without preparation 1.8m / with preparation 5m
Gradient – 63%
Side slope – 36%
Vertical obstacle – 1m
Trench – 2.85m
Engine – Model 6TD-2 twin-stroke, multi-fuel, liquid-cooled 6-cylinder diesel engine, fuel injected, developing 1,200 hp at 2,600 rpm generates 1200hp
Transmission – mechanical, epicycle train with 7 forward and 5 reverse gears
Suspension – torsion bar
Armament – 120mm smoothbore gun / coaxial  7.62mm KT-7.62 machine gun / anti-aircraft 12.7mm KT-12.7 machine gun
Ammunition storage – 120mm rds 40 (22 in automatic loader) coaxial 4000 rds / for anti-aircraft machine gun 450 rds

The Ukrainian Yatagan Main Battle Tank