In March 2006, Algeria signed a contract for the supply of 180 T-90S tanks from Uralvagonzavod, to be delivered by 2011. In January 2005, it was announced that a further 91 T-90S tanks would be procured for the Russian Army. The tanks are fitted with the Shtora self-protection system and thermal imagers from Thales of France and Peleng of Belarus. The locally-assembled tanks are christened "Bhishma". The first of these was delivered in January 2004. 124 were completed in Russia and the rest are being delivered in "knocked down/semi-knocked down" form for final assembly in India. In February 2001, the Indian Army signed a contract for 310 T-90S tanks. The T-90S is in service with the Russian Army and the Indian Army. It is manufactured by the Uralvagonzavod Plant in Nizhniy Tagil (Potkin's bureau) of the Russian Federation.
The T-90S is the latest development in the T-series of Russian tanks and represents an increase in firepower, mobility and protection.
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