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-80BV
• T-80U - Object 219AS; the second major revision with Kontakt-5 ERA, new turret and composite armor layout.
• T 80 U (Sweden) - T-80U in Sweden used only for evaluation in the 1990s.
• 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 Dzord hard-kill APS.
• T-80BVM - The current standards for T-80BV with new Relikt ERA packages since 2018.

Media

Videos

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

See also

• T-72 (Family)
• T-64 (Family)