In 2000, the army acquired Czech T-55AM2s deployed in offensive operations supporting infantry during the pitch battles of the last stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War including the Battle of Jaffna. [ 94 ]

According to the UN register of conventional arms Czech Armed Forces operated 948 T-55s and T-72s in 1997, 938 in 1998, 792 in 1999 and 652 as of 1 January 2001. [26] Last vehicles were withdrawn from service in early years of the 2000s (decade).

According to the UN register of conventional arms, Czech Armed Forces operated 948 T-55s and T-72s in 1997, 938 in 1998, 792 in 1999 and 652 as of 1 January 2001. [12] Last vehicles were withdrawn from service in early years of the 2000s (decade).

It is designed to fight tanks, combat vehicles, armoured carriers and other enemy armoured tagets. Thanks to gradual modernisations, the use of the tank was being upgraded in terms of its mobility and immediate protection not only of the vehicle itself, but also of its crew.

Tank T-55AM2 was created by modernizing the tank T-55A. T-54AM2 is a modernized version of tanks T-54M (T-54AM). During the modernization, modernization elements and systems were used and built, which increase the overall combat value of the tank.

By combining the T-54 and T-55 production figures, the Soviet Union delivered itself a whooping 60,500 main battle tanks, and when including local productions (Czech, Polish: 21,000 more), production reaches a staggering 85,500 units delivered. This is more than its WW2 ancestor, the legendary T-34 (84,000 estimated).

In the czechoslovak licence produced medium tank T-55. Reprocessing soviet license documentation for czechoslovak production conditions took place in between the years 1962 and 1963. In 1964 it was made a test series of 10 pieces. Serial production of the basic version T-55 in Czechoslovakia took place in the years 1965 to 1981.

Tanky T-54 a T-55 jsou řadou sovětských hlavních bojových tanků zavedených do služby v letech po druhé světové válce. První prototyp T-54 byl dokončen v Nižním Tagilu koncem roku 1945. [1] .

Soviet T-55A medium tank produced under Czechoslovak license. The conversion of the Soviet license documentation to Czechoslovak production conditions was carried out between 1965 and 1966. Production at the ZTS Martin plant took place between 1967 and 1982 and totalled 3,820 units. During the production of the T-55A tank, its armament was changed.

Apr 3, 2020 · Modernizován byl stabilizátor kanónu, nová je i tepelná ochrana hlavně. Do výzbroje byly zařazeny ještě v rámci ČSLA v roce 1987, jejich vyřazování probíhalo na přelomu tisíciletí, tentokrát už z výzbroje AČR. Tank T-55 AM2 vznikl v 80. …