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80 km/h (50 mph) (T-80U) 48 km/h (30 mph) (cross country) [ 10] The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) [ 11] that was designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union and manufactured in Russia. The T-80 is based on the T-64, while incorporating features from the later T-72 and changing the engine to a gas turbine.
Russian T-80U, 2002 ( "U" for uluchsheniye, meaning "improvement") A further development of T-80A. It was produced as a new vehicle, nothing to do with old tanks from storage. This version has a new 1,100 hp (820 kW) GTD-1000F multi-fuel gas turbine engine and new turret with improved composite armor. T-80U also received a different engine decking.
This yields a balance of immediately available tanks of about 4:1 in the Red Army's favour. The T-34 was the most modern in the world, and the KV series the best armoured. The most advanced Soviet tank models, however, the T-34 and KV-1, were not available in large numbers early in the war, and only accounted for 7.2% of the total Soviet tank ...
The Black Eagle tank ( Russian: Чёрный Орёл, Chyornyy Oryol) or Object 640 was a presumed prototype main battle tank based upon the T-80U, developed by the KBTM design bureau of Omsktransmash in the late 1990s for the Russian Federation. The Black Eagle was cancelled, with all production and development halted in 2009. [ 1]
The T-90 has its origins in a Soviet -era program aimed at developing a replacement for the T-64, T-72 and T-80 series of main battle tanks (MBT). The T-72 platform was selected as the basis for the new generation of tank owing to its cost-effectiveness, simplicity and automotive qualities. The Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau from Nizhny Tagil ...
Those that remain are now under Taliban control. T-62. 260. Soviet Union. Most either destroyed or scrapped during NATO occupation. Those that remain are now under Taliban control. Albania. Type 59: 40 tanks in service. Albania retired most operational T-54/T-55 and Type 59 MBTs in 2001.
T-72. Main battle tank. 950 [ 52] 840 T-72B3M, 850 T-72B3 and 650 T-72B/T-72BA in service as of 2021. [ 114] 7,000 T-72/T-72A/T-72B in storage as of 2021. [ 114][ 51] Unknown number brought back from storage because of the losses during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and upgraded/rebuild. [ 115]
The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. It replaced the T-54/55 series as the workhorse of Soviet tank forces (while the T-64 and T-80 served as the Soviet high-technology tanks).