T-80 MBT (Family)

This page is about the post-war T-80 MBT (Family). For the WWII light tank, see T-80.

Description

The T-80 is a third-generation main battle tank designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. When it entered service in 1976, it was the second MBT in the world to be equipped with a gas turbine engine after the Swedish Strv 103 and the first to use it as a primary propulsion engine.

Vehicles

Rank VII

• T-80B - Object 219R; the first major revision of T-80 series with revised hull and design, later series installed Kontakt-1 ERA as the T-80B(V)
• T-80U - Object 219AS; the second major revision with Kontakt-5 ERA, new turret, GTD-1250 engine and composite armor layout.
• T-80U (YouTube Cup)
• T 80 U (Sweden) - T-80U in Sweden used only for evaluation in the 1990s.
• T-80UD - Object 478B; KMDB-built T-80U variant with 6TD diesel power pack
• T-80UK - Commander tank version of T-80U featured a pair of Shtora-1 IR jammer.
• T-80UM2 - Object 219AS-M; new FCS with thermal channel and featured a Drozd hard-kill APS.
• Object 292 - Prototype T-80BV with T-80U turret housing a 152 mm smoothbore cannon.

Rank VIII

• T-80BVM - Object 219RV-M; the current standards for T-80BV with new Relikt ERA packages since 2018.

Media

Videos

Т-80: The Soviet All-Rounder - War Thunder Official Channel

The Shooting Range #227 - Pages of History section at 04:07 discusses the T-80 (Family).

See also

• T-72 (Family)
• T-64 (Family)