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>BVP M-80
More an APC than an IFV. Even Yugoslav Army knew the 20mm autocannon was close to being obsolete at the time of the adoption in 1979. In 1978 the technical-military council of Yugoslav People's Army decided that a larger caliber gun would be necessary to counter the increasingly heavy armor of possible enemy armored fighting vehicles and began development of a new turret to house the larger weapon. This requirement led to the development of the Zastava 30mm autocannon M86 in 1985.
>M-84
This is where it gets interesting. While being obsolete on modern battlefield because no ERA, the M-84 has, contrary to the T-72A/M(1), a proper ballistic computer with lead. Also a wind sensor and better passive night IR (No Luna-2 searchlight)

But the basic armor may be its Achilles' heel.
M-84=T-72M=just a cast steel turret max 400mm.
M-84A=T-72A(M1)=quartz inserts in turret.

Visual recognition:
M-84= 5+7 smoke launchers on turret cheeks
M-84A= 6+6 smoke launchers on turret cheeks

Also, a special variant was made for export to Kuwait, called M-84AB. Because the main assembly factory was in Croatia, a lot of them were commandered during their Homeland war.
It is recognizable by the added Luna-2 IR searchilght per Kuwait request.

It's important to note that all the M-84 used by Slovenia and Croatia had their FCS extensively modernized in the late 90s by Slovenian Iskra Fotona company.

>picrel: a M-84A and M-84.

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