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.

List of models and variants of the T-80 main battle tank. Command tanks with additional radio equipment have K added to their designation for komandirskiy ("command"), for example, T-80BK is the command version of the T-80B.

The T-80 design not only added to T-64 design a gas turbine engine (denied for many years by western analysts) but compromised with the adoption of suspension components of the T-72. A very high power-to-weight ratio and reliability made it by far the most mobile tank in service worldwide, although still plagued by range problems.

The T-80 is a third-generation main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be...

Jul 15, 2024 · The T-80 is a main battle tank designed and manufactured at the Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ) under the direction of Nikolai S Popov, with the prototype being designated the Obiekt 219. The T-80 is a development of the Russian main battle tank T-64, the T-80 was the first Russian-made main battle tank motorised with a gas turbine engine.

Apr 16, 2024 · The T-80 Main Battle Tank, a continuation of the T-64 and T-72 series, introduced a gas turbine engine, enabling speeds up to 40 miles per hour. It features several variations, including different armor configurations like skirt armor over tracks, appliqué armor with radiation shields, and reactive armor, notably with one variant nicknamed ...

Sep 9, 2023 · A number of T-80BVs, as well as base model T-80s and modernized T-80Bs, have reportedly been deployed to Ukraine to bolster Russian numbers as it has lost thousands of tanks since it launched its unprovoked invasion in February 2022.

The T-80 is a Russian and Ukrainian [source?] tank, a main battle tank. It is "less widely [in] use in the Russian army than the T-72 " (as of 2024); There were only 360 in the Russian army (as of 2000).

Apr 13, 2014 · Two generations of the T-80 Main Battle Tank: On the left, the T-80B; on the right, the new T-84. The T-80 was a direct descendant of the earlier T-64, which was a high-technology main battle tank designed by the Tank Design Bureau of Kharkiv that went to revolutionize the Soviet tank concept.

Mar 25, 2022 · T-80UM2, a prototype main battle tank fitted with the hard-kill Drozd-2 active protection system, was reportedly destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces during the Russia-Ukraine conflict in March 2022.