The T-72B3 is a Russian main battle tank of the T—72 family. The modification of the T-72B3 was developed as a mass and economical alternative to the main T-90A tank before the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation received a new generation of tanks, the T-14. It is a relatively simple and effective modernization of the T-72B tank, bringing some parameters to the level of the T-90A or superior as in the T-72B3 model 2016 (UBH or T-72B3M).