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M-84 | |
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![]() Serbian Army M-84 tank | |
Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Yugoslavia |
Service history | |
In service | 1985–present |
Wars | Persian Gulf War Yugoslav Wars |
Production history | |
Designer | Military Technical Institute |
Designed | 1979‒1983 |
Manufacturer | Đuro Đaković |
Produced | 1984‒1991 (Yugoslavia) 1991‒1999 (Serbia and Montenegro) 1992‒2003 (Croatia modernized version) 2004‒2020 (Serbia modernized version) |
No. built | ~650 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 41.5 tonnes |
Length | 6.86 m (9.53m with the gun) |
Width | 3.57 m |
Height | 2.19 m |
Crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) |
Armor | composite alloy; including high-hardness steel, glass-reinforced plastic, RHA steel, and either sand or granite in the front of turret (M-84A). |
Main armament | 125 mm 2A46 smoothbore gun |
Secondary armament | 1× 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun 1× 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun 5× smoke grenade launchers |
Engine | diesel V-46TK 1,000 hp (750 kW) |
Power/weight | 24.10 hp/tonne |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Fuel capacity | 1200 + 400l |
Operational range | 700 km |
Maximum speed | 68 km/h |
The M-84 is a Yugoslav main battle tank, a variant of the Soviet T-72 tank. The M-84 is still in service in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Kuwait.