Description:

In the 1973, the T-34-85M1s were facing a new threat coming from the west: the Leopard 2, and the failed prototype MBT-70/KPz-70, these MBTs were a massive threat to the Soviet T-34s, the USSR made a upgrade package that can reinforce the T-34s in some ways, one drawing of a armor upgrade package actually features a 12.7mm NSVT machine gun for AA purposes but it never made it to the final design. The MBT-70/KPz-70 was very weak when it comes to encountering the T-64s, but the Leopard 2 on other hand, had a very thick composite armor that even the most advanced soviet APFSDS shells cannot penetrate, to counter these threats, the Soviets came up with a solution, the solution was to add some form of applique armor and a ERA, in this way, the tank would withstand the hits from the HEATFS shells, but it cannot stop even the weakest APFSDS shell made by USA. The first Eastern European variants of the T-34-85M1 was issued with only side skirts, the later models would include the SPTK-2 Gun Stabilization system, and SSN-1 gunner sights, the later models would also have the capability to fire ATGMs

Info:

Main Gun: 85mm ZiS-S-53M1
Coaxial MG: 7.62mm PKT
Crew: 4
Add-on armor: Side Skirts (early). 10mm steel plate, "Kontakt-1" ERA (Later Models)
Gunner Sights: SSN-1 "Prikatoruzhno" (Later Models)
Shells: 85mm 3BM4 (APFSDS), 85mm 3BK4 (HEATFS)
Shells (Later Models): 85mm 3BM4 (APFSDS), 85mm 3BK4 (HEATFS), 85mm 9M45 "Kompleksa" (NATO Reporting Name: Naruto)(ATGM)