Group : Armor Kits
Status : Active
Origin : Russia
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1989
Total Production : ?

The Kontakt-5 is an Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) kit developed for the Soviet Army's T-72BM in 1989 but introduced along the Russian Army T-90 main battle tank introduced in the mid 1990s. Afterwards the Kontakt-5 armor kit has been provided to the upgraded versions of the T-72 tank operated by the Russian Army such as T-72B3 and T-73B3M as well as the T-72BZ tank intended for the export market.