![]() ![]() Improvements were also made to the communications aids.Ĭopied from wiki. ![]() The running gear has rubber side skirts and the tank was outfitted with new rubber and metal tracks. ![]() Modernization of the V-12 diesel engine resulted in an increase in power from 520 hp to 600 hp. The LIRD-1A laser illumination warning receiver was mated with front-mounted IS-6 smoke grenade launchers (of which there are six in two clusters, one per side of the turret) and can be automatically activated in an emergency. The driver has the Fotona CODRIS combined day/night observation periscope. In addition to the integral optic sight the commander has the Fotona COMTOS-55 sight with an independent line-of-sight stabilization, which allows him to acquire targets and lay the gun independently if required. The gunner has the Fotona SGS-55 two-axis stabilized day-and-night sight with an integral laser rangefinder. A digital ballistic computer was installed in order to improve the fire control system (FCS). The armour protection of the tank was improved considerably by attaching Rafael ERA blocks to the hull and the turret. The original 100 mm tank gun was replaced by the NATO-standard 105 mm one with a thermal sleeve. The last T-55 was modernized to the M-55S standard in May 1999. Slovenia modernized 30 T-55 tanks in the inventory of its armed forces. M-55S - T-55 modernization developed by the STO RAVNE company and engineers of the Israeli company Elbit. ![]()
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