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===Rank VI===
 
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* [[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
  
 
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* [[T 80 U (Sweden)]] - T-80U in the Swedish tree
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* [[T-80U]] - Object 219AS; the second major revision with Kontakt-5 ERA, new turret and composite armor layout.
* [[T-80UK]]
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* [[T 80 U (Sweden)]] - T-80U in Sweden used only for evaluation in the 1990s.
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* [[T-80UK]] - Commander tank version of T-80U featured a pair of Shtora-1 IR jammer.
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* [[T-80UM2]] - Object 219AS-M; new FCS with thermal channel and featured a Dzord hard-kill APS.
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* [[T-80BVM]] - The current standards for T-80BV with new Relikt ERA packages since 2018.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:47, 13 May 2023

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 VI

  • 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

Rank VII

  • 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

See also


Leningrad Kirov Plant (Ленинградский Кировский Завод)
Medium Tanks 
T-28  T-28 (1938) · T-28 · T-28E
T-80  T-80B · T-80U · T-80UK · T-80BVM
Heavy Tanks 
KV-1  KV-1 (L-11) · KV-1 (ZiS-5) · KV-1E · KV-1S
KV-2  KV-2 (1939) · KV-2 (1940) · KV-2 (ZiS-6)
Other  SMK · KV-220 · IS-7 · Object 279
Captured 
KV  ▀KV-IB · ▀KW I C 756 (r) · ▀KW II 754 (r)
Other  T-28 (Sweden)
Export  T-80U (Sweden)
See Also  Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant