The T-84 is a Ukrainian main battle tank (MBT), based on the Soviet T-80 MBT introduced in 1976, specifically the diesel engine version: T-80UD. The T-84 was first built in 1994 and entered service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 1999.

Mar 26, 2024 · Ukraine’s focus on expanding its tank arsenal with Western deliveries and domestically-produced T-84 Oplot tanks highlights this trend.

The most notable Ukrainian tank was the T-64 main battle tank which was designed and produced in Ukraine and was modernized as the T064BM Bulat and considered technologically superior to the Russian counterparts.

The tank is equipped with advanced fire control systems and a powerful 125mm smoothbore gun, capable of firing various types of ammunition, including APFSDS (Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot) rounds and guided missiles.

Feb 6, 2023 · The T-84 is a Ukrainian-made main battle tank (MBT) developed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau in the early 1990s. It is an upgrade of the Soviet-era T-80 MBT, incorporating advanced features such as a more powerful engine, better armor, and an improved fire control system.

Jun 29, 2023 · Back in May, Ukraine’s defense minister Oleksii Reznikov donned the heavily padded TSh-4 cap of a Soviet tanker and was seen riding in the driver’s seat of one of Ukraine’s very few T-84U Oplot...

Aug 28, 2020 · In many ways, it is simply a highly advanced version of the T-80U main battle tank, one of the most lethal tanks the Soviet Union produced. But how did the T-80U become the T-84? To...

May 29, 2022 · The three-crew T-84 is a Ukrainian version of the Soviet T-80, but with a welded turret, blow-out panels for safer ammunition storage and a high-performance diesel engine that makes the 50-ton...

Feb 26, 2022 · The tank was powered by the locally-produced KMDB 6TD-2 diesel-fueled engine of 1,200 horsepower. The T-84U was brought online with various upgrades to help improve the T-84s battlefield reach.

Nov 26, 2021 · The Ukrainian T-84U Main Battle Tank Does Not Have the Numbers: Russia may have as many as 1,000 tanks, armored personnel carriers, and self-propelled howitzers along the border with Ukraine, according to recent satellite imagery released this month.