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M60 tanklarger figure on 2 of 3
T-80larger figure on 1 of 3
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Measured figures
Gun forward
Single sourceHull
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M60 tank | T-80 |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1959–present[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
6.946 m (22 ft 9.5 in) (hull), 9.309 m (30 ft 6.5 in) (gun forward)[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]
Maximum; Cross-country
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single source30 mph (48 km/h ) (road) 12 mph (19 km/h) (cross country)[source]
Maximum; Cross-country
Single sourceMaximum; T-80U
Single sourceContinental AVDS-1790-2 V12 , air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine
Single sourceContinental AVDS-1790-2 V12 , air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine 750 bhp (560 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 | Cold War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ogaden War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Multinational Force in Lebanon Persian Gulf War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Yemeni Civil War (1994) 2011 Bahraini uprising Houthi insurgency in Yemen Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2008–2011 Cambodia–Thailand border crisis Sinai insurgency Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War Sudanese civil war (2023–present) 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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| Designer | Chrysler Defense Engineering[source] | Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)[source] |
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| Designed | 1957[source] | 1967–1975[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Chrysler Corporation Delaware Defense Plant (1959; initial low-rate production) Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (1960–1983)[source] | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[source] |
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| Developed from | M48 Patton[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | M60 : $481,911 (1962) M60A1RISE : $703,278 (1976) M60A2 : $726,712 (1974) M60A3TTS : $1.292 million (1990)[source] | US$3 million[source] |
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| Produced | M60 : 1959–1962 M60A1 : 1962–1980 M60A2 : 1973–1975 M60A3 : 1978–1983[source] | 1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)[source] |
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| No. built | Over 15,000 (all variants)[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 | Upper glacis: 4.29 in (109 mm) at 65° 10.15 in (258 mm) LoS Turret front: equals 10 in (250 mm)[source] | — |
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| Main armament | M68 105 mm (4.1 in)[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 | .50 BMG (12.7×99mm) M85 machine gun on commanders cupola[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG[source] |
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| Power/weight | 15.08 bhp/st (12.4 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 | General Motors , cross-drive , single-stage with 2 forward and 1 reverse ranges[source] | Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U[source] |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar suspension[source] | Torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 1 foot 6.2 inches (0.463 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 | 385 US gal (1,457 L)[source] | 1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)[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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70 km/h (43 mph) (T-80U) 48 km/h (30 mph) (cross country)[source]