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ada sekitar 150 Tank M-84 di export menuju ke [[Kuwait]], saat pecahnya [[Perang Yugoslavia]] export keluar negeri dihentikan tanpa sebab oleh pemerintah [[Serbia]].
==Design==
===Armament===
The '''M-84A''' is armed with a 125 mm smooth bore cannon. The gas cylinder positioned in the middle of the barrel is shielded with a thermal coating that minimizes deformation of the barrel from high temperatures and ensures it is cooled at the same rate during rapid firing. The M-84 uses an automatic loader, which enables it to sustain a firing rate of 8 rounds per minute.
The cannon's ammunition is stowed underneath the turret (40 rounds) within the hull of the tank. This concept was inherited from the original Soviet design for T-72 and is both a strength and weakness of the tank. While the lower hull beneath the turret is one of the least likely place to be hit and penetrated by antitank rounds or mines, it also means, that in the event of penetration and secondary detonation of the ammunition, the crew and tank are unlikely to survive the resulting catastrophic explosion. This weakness was exploited by Croatian soldiers in the [[Croatian War of Independence]] to the detriment of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]]'s tank crews. In later stages of the conflict, losses were reduced by adjusting and improving tactics.
Along with its primary armament, the M-84 is also armed with one 7.62mm [[coaxial]] machine gun, and one 12.7mm anti-aircraft gun mounted on the commander's turret.
All versions of the M-84 have a crew of three. The commander sits on the right side of the turret, the gunner on the left, and the driver sits centrally at the front end of the vehicle. Like most Soviet derived vehicles, the M-84 series of tanks do not have a manual loader, due to the tank's [[autoloader]] system.
===Protection===
The basic tank has a cast steel turret with maximal thickness of 410mm, later in the M-84A version a segment out of a non-metal, most likely granit of quartz was sandwiched between layers of steel. The glacis uses laminate armor, glass in plastic resin between two steel plates, in the A version an 16mm steel plate was welded on the glacis. Total armor protection ranges between 550mm-650mm for the glacis and 560mm-700mm for the turret. During the wars in Yugoslavia the M-84's frontal armor proved very effective against any type of AT threat. Side or rear hits often result in a [[Jack-in-the-box_effect|catastrophic ammo explosion]].
Twelve smoke [[grenade]]s are positioned in front of the turret in banks of five and seven grenades. Night vision and gunner's sight are positioned on the top-right side of the turret. The M-84 has a search light used in short-range combat situations.
The M-84 tank has nuclear, biological and chemical ([[Weapons of mass destruction|NBC]]) protection capabilities.
===Mobility===
The base M-84 engine is a 12-cylinder water-cooled V46-6 diesel engine, rated at 574 [[kW]] (780 [[Horsepower|hp]]). The improved M-84A has a more powerful, V46-TK 735 kW (1,000 [[Horsepower|hp]]) engine. With maximum fuel capacity (1,200 litres) the tank's range is 450 km, and with external fuel tanks, this range can be extended to 650 km.
The Croatian-made variants have enhanced power plants. The M-84A4 ''Sniper'' model has a German-built 820 kW (1,100 hp) engine, while the M-84D has an 895 kW (1,200 hp) engine, the most powerful of all M-84 variants. The M-84D also has greater fuel capacity (1,450 litres).
The tank can ford 1.2 meters of water at any time, or up to 5 meters with a snorkel.
==Variants==
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