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Gun forward
Single sourceHull
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Centurion (tank) | T-80 |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1945–present (derivatives still in service)[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Used by | see Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
Hull only 24 ft 9.5 in (7.557 m) With gun forward 32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)[source]
Gun forward T-80B
Single sourceLength
Single sourceT-80U
Single sourceT-80U Hull T-80B
Single sourceGun forward: 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) T-80B, 9.654 m (31 ft 8.1 in) T-80U Hull: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) T-80B, 7 m (23 ft 0 in) T-80U[source]
Without side plates
Single sourceWith side plates
Single source11 ft 1 in (3.38 m) with side plates 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) without side plates[source]
T-80B T-80U
Single sourceWidth
Single source3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) T-80B 3.603 m (11 ft 9.9 in) T-80U
Operational; Cross-country
Single sourceOperational; on road (Marks 3, 5, and 6)
Single source32.5 mi (52.3 km) cross country, 62.5 mi (100.6 km) on road (Marks 3, 5, and 6)[source]
Operational; road, with external tanks
Single sourceOperational; road, without external tanks
Single sourceRolls-Royce Meteor 4B at 2550rpm
Single sourceRolls-Royce Meteor 4B 650 hp (480 kW) at 2550rpm[source]
SG-1000 gas turbine T-80B, GTD-1250 turbine T-80U, or one of 3 diesel T‑80UD T-80B
Single sourceT‑80U
Single sourceSG-1000 gas turbine T-80B, GTD-1250 turbine T-80U, or one of 3 diesel T‑80UD 1,000 hp T-80B, 1,250 hp T‑80U[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Korean War Suez Crisis Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Six-Day War Black September Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 War of Attrition Yom Kippur War Vietnam War South African Border War Operation Motorman ( AVRE ) 1978 South Lebanon conflict BARV 1982 Lebanon War Somali Civil War Gulf War (AVRE) 2006 Lebanon War First Libyan Civil War[source] | August Coup 1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War Yemeni Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Wagner Group rebellion[source] |
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| Unit cost | £35,000 (1950), £38,000 (1952)[source] | US$3 million[source] |
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| No. built | 4,423[source] | 5,500+[source] |
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| Armour | 51–152 mm (2.0–6.0 in)[source] | T-80B – Hull 440–450 mm vs APFSDS 500–575 mm vs HEAT , Turret 500 mm vs APFSDS 650 mm vs HEAT T-80U – Hull & turret with Kontakt-5 780 mm vs APFSDS 1,320 mm vs HEAT[source] |
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| Main armament | 105 mm L7 rifled gun 20 pdr (84 mm) rifled gun 17 pdr (76.2mm) rifled gun[source] | Smoothbore 125 mm 2A46-2 gun , 36 rounds and 4 9M112 Kobra ATGMs (T-80B) 2A46M-1 with 45 rounds and 6 9M119 Refleks ATGMs (T-80U)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | Co-axial Besa machine gun (Mark 3) .30 cal Browning machine gun (Mark 5 onwards)[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG[source] |
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| Power/weight | 13 hp/t (9.2 kW/t)[source] | 23.5 hp (17.6 kW) / tonne T-80B 27.2 hp (20.3 kW) / tonne T-80U[source] |
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| Transmission | 5-speed Merrit-Brown Z51R Mk. F gearbox[source] | Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U[source] |
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| Suspension | Modified Horstmann[source] | Torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 1 ft 8 in (0.51 m)[source] | 0.38 m (1.2 ft) T-80B, 0.446 m (1.46 ft) T-80U[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 120 imperial gallons (546 L; 144 US gal)[source] | 1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Leyland Motors, Royal Ordnance Factory, Vickers[source] | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[source] |
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| Designer | — | Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1967–1975[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)[source] |
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| Variants | — | Engineering & recovery, mobile bridge, mine-plough with KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system.[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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335 km (208 mi) (road, without external tanks) 415 km (258 mi) (road, with external tanks)[source]