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In hindsight yes. That said Obj 187 was also intended to use a new engine so that would have required quite an investment in new tooling even if the new turret itself was already "paid for" with T-90A and T-90M (and arguably part of the engine investment was paid for with V-92 IRL, ignoring the option to even use V-92 or a similar V-XX evolution in a modified 187), so the govt probably still balked at the idea back then, as all that investment would be concentrated in the 90s when the economy was worst.And by the 90's already UVZ was becoming greedy and less competent, and pretty much deliberately fixed only a few problems at a time to warrant yet another variant and prolong orders and get more R&D money as a result.
In hindsight yes. That said Obj 187 was also intended to use a new engine so that would have required quite an investment in new tooling even if the new turret itself was already "paid for" with T-90A and T-90M (and arguably part of the engine investment was paid for with V-92 IRL, ignoring the option to even use V-92 or a similar V-XX evolution in a modified 187), so the govt probably still balked at the idea back then, as all that investment would be concentrated in the 90s when the economy was worst.
And by the 90's already UVZ was becoming greedy and less competent, and pretty much deliberately fixed only a few problems at a time to warrant yet another variant and prolong orders and get more R&D money as a result.