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T-80larger figure on 2 of 3
Type 72Zlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single sourceGun forward T-80B
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | T-80 | Type 72Z |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Iran[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | 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 |
T-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]
Length
Single source6.45m[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]
V-46-6 V-12 diesel
Single sourceV-46-6 V-12 diesel 780 hp (630 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Sudanese civil war (2023–present)[source] |
| Designer | Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1967–1975[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[source] | Defense Industries Organization (Iran) Military Industry Corporation[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$3 million[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)[source] | 1996–present[source] |
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| No. built | 5,500+[source] | about 400[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] | See Variants[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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| Main armament | 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] | 105mm M68 rifled tank gun[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG[source] | 7.62mm coaxial PKT and roof-mounted 12.7mm DShKM machine guns[source] |
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| Power/weight | 23.5 hp (17.6 kW) / tonne T-80B 27.2 hp (20.3 kW) / tonne T-80U[source] | 21.66hp/tonne[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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| Suspension | Torsion bar[source] | Torsion bar[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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| Armor | — | 203 mm front of the turret 150 mm sides of the turret 64 mm rear of the turret 39 mm top of the turret 97 mm upper front of the hull 99 mm lower front of the hull 79 mm upper sides of the hull 20 mm lower sides of the hull 46 mm rear of the hull 20 mm floor of the hull fitted with ERA[source] |
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