Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Military Informant
Another photo of the most modern Russian 125-mm armor-piercing feathered sub-caliber projectiles 3BM60 "Lead-2" in service with the RF Armed Forces.
BOPS 3BM60 "Lead-2" has a tungsten core and allows modern Russian tanks, like the T-90M, T-72B3 and T-80BVM, to confidently hit in the frontal armor of modern western tanks like the Leopard 2A6, Challenger 2 or M1A1 Abrams, supplied to Ukraine.
The first confirmation of the presence in the ammunition of Russian tanks of new 125-mm armor-piercing feathered sub-caliber projectiles 3BM60 "Lead-2" appeared.
Previously, in the BC of Russian tanks, basically, only significantly outdated 125-mm BOPS "Mango" were seen, which no longer met the necessary criteria for modern ammunition.
However, now, with the introduction of the newest Lead-2 shells in ammunition, Russian tankers will be able to hit the supplied Western tanks in frontal projection from a much greater distance.
BOPS 3BM60 "Lead-2" has a tungsten core and is used together with the propellant charge 4Zh96 "Ozon-T" as part of the 3VBM23 shot, providing an estimated penetration of about 300mm homogeneous steel from two kilometers at an angle of 60 degrees. The projectile length of 740mm, which is practically the limit for domestic automatic loaders, allows it to be used only from new tanks, such as the T-90A, T-90M, T-72B3, T-80BVM.