The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet medium tanks [3] introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of …

May 9, 2024 · The T-55 was a further improved version of the T-54 Main Battle Tank series of 1949 intended to counter the new American M60 tank (based on a highly modified form of the …

T-55 Enigma - T-55, Type 59, and Type 69 tanks used by Iraqi Brigade commanders had appliqué armour on turrets and hulls composed of 3 (hull) or 6 (turret) layers of local-designed NERA …

Mar 18, 2024 · Relative to the standards of the decade, the T-54/T-55 had impressive firepower and hearty armor protection, and this was all packed into a simple and compact design that …

Dec 17, 2024 · The T-55 is a Soviet-made main battle tank, a derivative of the T-54B, which was adopted for service in 1956 by the Russian armed forces. Developed by Nizhniy Tagil under …

Jan 10, 2017 · The T-55 Enigma was an Iraqi upgrade to the T-55, adding new but crudely-made composite armor blocks that did little to improve protection.

The ERA armour system for The T-55 comprises ERA boxes and panels attached to the glacis plate, both sides of the tank turret, left and right mud guards and the upper part forward and …

Ergonomics are improved by adding a turret floor, central NBC system and main gun stabilized in both axis. The main armament of the T-55 is the 100mm D-10T2S rifled main gun. This gun is …

Mar 27, 2023 · The T-55 AM was designated T-55AMV when fitted with reactive armor. The use of dyanmic protection appears to have been less common on the T-55 series than the passive …

T-54/T-55s with "bra armor" (semi-circular add-on armor) have turret protection increased to 330 mm (KE) and 400-450 mm (CE). Other improvements available include a hull bottom …