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T-34larger figure on 0 of 2
T-80larger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | T-34 | T-80 |
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| Type | Medium tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1940–present[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
Gun forward T-80B
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]
Operational; Cross-country
Single sourceOperational; Road
Single sourceRoad: 330 km (210 mi) Cross-country: 200 km (120 mi)[source]
Operational; road, with external tanks
Single sourceOperational; road, without external tanks
Single sourceModel V-2-34 38.8 L V12 Diesel engine
Single sourceModel V-2-34 38.8 L V12 Diesel engine 500 hp (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 | World War II Korean War East German uprising of 1953 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Vietnam War Suez Crisis Bay of Pigs Invasion North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War 1974 Cypriot coup d'état Turkish invasion of Cyprus Ethiopian Civil War Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Yemenite War of 1979 Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Yugoslav Wars Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)[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 | KhMDB[source] | Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)[source] |
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| Designed | 1937–1940[source] | 1967–1975[source] |
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| Unit cost | 3,094–9,000 Man hours 130,000–429,000 Rbls[source] | US$3 million[source] |
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| Produced | 1940–1946 (USSR), 1951–1955 (Poland), 1951–1958 (Czechoslovakia)[source] | 1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)[source] |
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| No. built | 84,070 35,120 T-34 48,950 T-34-85[source] | 5,500+[source] |
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| Variants | See T-34 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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| Armour | Hull front 45 mm /60° (upper part) 45 mm (1.8")/60° (lower part), Hull side 40 mm /41°(upper part), Hull rear 40 mm, Hull top 20 mm, Hull bottom 15 mm; Turret front 45 mm (round), Turret side 45 mm/30°, Turret rear 45 mm, Turret top 20 mm[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 | 76.2 mm (3.00 in) F-34 tank 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 | 2 × 7.62 mm (0.3 in) DT machine guns[source] | 7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG[source] |
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| Power/weight | 18.9 hp (14 kW) / tonne (T-34)[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 | Christie[source] | Torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 0.4 m (16 in)[source] | 0.38 m (1.2 ft) T-80B, 0.446 m (1.46 ft) T-80U[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Malyshev Factory[source] Leningrad Voroshilov Factory[source] Uralmash[source] Volgograd Tractor Factory[source] Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant[source] Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112[source] Uralvagonzavod[source] | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[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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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)[source] |
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335 km (208 mi) (road, without external tanks) 415 km (258 mi) (road, with external tanks)[source]