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Challenger 1larger figure on 1 of 1
T-80larger figure on 0 of 1
Measured figures
Gun forward
Single source11.56 m (37 ft 11 in) (gun forward)[source]
Gun forward T-80B
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Challenger 1 | 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 | UK: 1983–2001 (repair and recovery derivative remains in service.) Jordan: 1999–2022 (now stored)[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Used by | British Army Royal Jordanian Army[source] | See Operators |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Length
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]
Perkins CV12 26 litre diesel
Single sourcePerkins CV12 26 litre diesel 1,200 hp (895 kW)[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 | Persian Gulf 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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| Manufacturer | Royal Ordnance Factory[source] | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[source] |
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| Unit cost | £1.5 million (1987)[source] | US$3 million[source] |
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| Produced | 1983–1990[source] | 1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)[source] |
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| No. built | 420[source] | 5,500+[source] |
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| Armour | Chobham composite ceramic vehicle armour[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 | Royal Ordnance L11A5 120 mm rifled gun 64 rounds[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 | 7.62 mm L8A2 , 7.62 mm L37A2 machine guns 4,000 rounds[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG[source] |
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| Power/weight | 14.4 kW/tonne[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 | David Brown TN37 transmission (4 fwd, 3 rev.)[source] | Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U[source] |
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| Suspension | Hydropneumatic (hydrogas)[source] | Torsion bar[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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| Variants | — | Engineering & recovery, mobile bridge, mine-plough with KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system.[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 0.38 m (1.2 ft) T-80B, 0.446 m (1.46 ft) T-80U[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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