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M41 Walker Bulldoglarger figure on 0 of 1
T-80larger figure on 1 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Hull
Single source5.81 m (19 ft 1 in) (hull)[source]
Gun forward T-80B
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M41 Walker Bulldog | T-80 |
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| Type | Light tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1953–1969 (US Armed Forces) 1961–present (foreign users)[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
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]
Continental AOS-895-3 six-cylinder air-cooled gasoline
Single sourceContinental AOS-895-3 six-cylinder air-cooled gasoline 500 bhp (370 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 | Bay of Pigs Invasion Guatemalan Civil War 1964 Brazilian coup d'état Vietnam War Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Sino-Vietnamese War Somali Civil War 2006 Thai coup d'état 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict[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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| Designed | 1944[source] | 1967–1975[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Cadillac[source] | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[source] |
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| Unit cost | USD $162,000 (secondhand, FY1988) (equivalent to $369,596 in 2024)[source] | US$3 million[source] |
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| Produced | 1951 –1954[source] | 1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)[source] |
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| No. built | 5,467[source] | 5,500+[source] |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | Engineering & recovery, mobile bridge, mine-plough with KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system.[source] |
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| Armor | Welded steel 25.4 mm (1.00 in) turret front 25 mm (0.98 in) turret sides and rear 12.7 mm (0.50 in) turret top 31.7 mm (1.25 in) at 30° hull upper glacis plate 25.4 mm (1.00 in) at 45° hull lower glacis plate 19 mm (0.75 in) hull rear 9.25 mm (0.364 in) hull floor[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 76 mm M32A1 rifled cannon (65 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 | .30 caliber M1919A4 coaxial machine gun (5,000 rounds) .50 caliber Browning M2 roof-mounted machine gun (2,175 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 | 21.2 hp (15.8 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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| Suspension | Torsion bar[source] | Torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 0.45 m (1.5 ft)[source] | 0.38 m (1.2 ft) T-80B, 0.446 m (1.46 ft) T-80U[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 530 L (140 US gal)[source] | 1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)[source] |
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| Designer | — | Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)[source] |
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| Armour | — | 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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| Transmission | — | Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U[source] |
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