T-80
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| Other Designation(s) | - |
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| Type | Main battle tank |
Crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) |
| Manufacturer(s) | LKZ and Omsk Transmash
(Russia), Malyshev Factory (Ukraine)
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| Production Quantity | 5575 (as of 2015) |
Production Period | 1975- |
| Designed | 1967–1975 |
In service | 1976–present |
| VARIANTS | |
| T-80 Obyekt 219 | First model to be mass produced from 1976 to 1978, essentially a T-64 with a GTD-1000 turbine of 1000 hp. The number of track return rollers is reduced to 3. The T-80 also has a retractable earthworks blade located at the front of the hull. |
| T-80B | New ceramic armor |
| T-80BV | T-80B equipped with reactive armor |
| T-80U (1985) | New turret, 1250 hp GTD-1250 turbine, Kontakt-5 reactive armor, possibility of firing AT-11 Sniper missiles. |
| T-80UK | Command version of the U, fitted with Shtora electro-optical countermeasure equipment. |
| T-80UD | T-80U equipped with the 1000 hp 6TD Diesel engine, exported to Pakistan. |
| T-80UDK | T-80UD command version, equipped with Shtora electro-optical countermeasure equipment. |
| T-80UM | Russian version with Buran light intensification vision system, instead of Luna infrared. |
| T-80UM1"Snow Leopard" (Bars) | Russian prototype equipped with the Arena defense system. |
| T-80UM2 "Black Eagle" (Chorny Oriol) | Russian prototype, chassis extended with an additional road wheel, new turret separating crew and ammunition, ammunition compartment equipped with panels to evacuate the breath, new autoloader, reactive Kaktus armor, improvement of the aiming system. |
| T-84 | Ukrainian development of the T-80UD, 1200 hp 6TD-2 engine, 125 mm KBA-3 gun |
| P'okpoong-Ho | also incorporates T-62, T-72, T-90, Type 88 and Ch'onma-ho technologies |
| DIMENSIONS | |||||
| Mass (combat) | T-80B |
42500 kg |
Length with Gun | T-80B |
9.90 m |
T-80U |
46000 kg |
T-80U |
9.654 m |
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| Length without Gun | T-80B |
7.40 m |
Barrel Overhang | T-80B |
2.50 m |
T-80U |
7 m |
T-80U |
2.654 m |
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| Width | T-80B |
3.40 m |
Height | T-80B |
2.02 m |
T-80U |
3.603 m |
T-80U |
2.20 m |
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| Ground Clearance | T-80B |
0.38 m |
Ground Pressure | 0.92 kg/cm2 |
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T-80U |
0.446 m |
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| ARMAMENT/ARMOR | ||||
| Primary Armament | T-80B |
125 mm 2A46-2 smoothbore
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Ammunition Carried | 36 (28 in autoloader) |
T-80U |
125 mm 2A46M-1 smoothbore * |
45 (28 in autoloader) |
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| Secondary Armament | 12.7mm NSVT or DShK or PKT MG ** |
Ammunition Carried | 500 |
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7.62 mm PKT machine gun *** |
1250 |
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| Other Armament | T-80B |
9M112 Kobra ATGM (4 missiles), Smoke
grenade launchers (4x 81-mm each side of turret), and 24 grenades. |
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T-80U |
9M119 Refleks ATGM (6 missiles),
Smoke grenade launchers (4x 81-mm each side of turret), and 24 grenades. |
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| Armor | T-80B |
Hull: 440–450
mm vs APFSDS 500–575 mm vs HEAT, Turret:
500 mm vs APFSDS 650 mm vs HEAT |
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T-80U |
Hull & Turret: with
Kontakt-5 780 mm vs APFSDS 1320 mm vs HEAT |
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(*) Initial speed:
1715-1800 m/s (APFSDS), firing rate: 7-8 rounds / min
(manual mode), effective range: 2000-3000 m (APFSDS)
(**) teleoperated on the cupola, (***) coaxial
| AUTOMOTIVE (T-80B) | ||||
| Engine | SG-1000 gas turbine |
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| Horsepower | 1100 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 23.5 hp/t |
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| Transmission | manual |
Suspension | Torsion bar suspension |
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| Speeds | 5 forward, 1reverse |
Fuel capacity | 1100 L * |
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| AUTOMOTIVE (T-80U) | ||||
| Engine | GTD-1250 turbine |
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| Horsepower | 1250 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 27.2 hp/t |
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| Transmission | manual |
Suspension | Torsion bar suspension |
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| Speeds | 4 forward, 1reverse |
Fuel capacity | 1100 L * |
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| AUTOMOTIVE (T-80UD) | ||||
| Engine | 6TD-1 diesel |
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| Horsepower | 1000 hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 25.9 hp/t |
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| Transmission | ? |
Suspension | Torsion bar suspension |
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| Speeds | ? |
Fuel capacity | 1100 L |
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(*) + 740 L (external)
| PERFORMANCES | ||||
| Operational range | 335 km
(without fuel drums)
415 km (with fuel drums) |
Speed | On
Road |
70 km/h |
Cross-Country |
48 km/h |
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| Vertical Obstacle | 1 m |
Ditch crossing | 2.85 m |
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| Fording | 1.8 m Unprepared, 5 m w/snorkel,
12 m with BROD-M system |
Gradient | 60%, 40% (Side slope) |
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| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | FAS | ||
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