KM-90 Volskra

The KM-90 Volskra (Kilmetov Mashinero Model Of 1990) is a production line of Marnin next generation MBTs, that entered full scale production and service in 1990. Currently the tank is only in service with the Marnin People's Army, and currently stands as one of the most unique modern MBTs in the world, as well as an interesting step in Marnin tank development.

SP80 Program
Following successful sale and production of the KM-73 series of MBTs, Marniya started a new program headed by chief concept designer Yulnakov Palkovik in 1975. The program was to see if Marniya could realistically produce effective next generation MBTs, vastly different from the current development of MBTs. Two branches within the KM Design Bureau were formed to complete the task. The first design bureau, designed a tank that would later become the KM-86, a low profile turret design, in which the turret crew of 2 sat in the hull of the tank below the turret. The second design bureau however, would be in charge of designing the tank that would eventually become the KM-90. This tank was given the design of a completely unmanned turret, the choice of which was the direct idea of Yulnakov Palkovik.

Early Stages Of The KM-90
The KM-90's first prototype debuted in around 1982, the prototyped looked nothing like the modern KM-90 and was merely a demonstrator to prove the effectiveness of an unmanned turret. At first Marnin military officials were skeptical of the drastic change in design going from the KM-73s to the KM-90s.