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T-80larger figure on 1 of 3
Vijayantalarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single sourceGun forward T-80B
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | T-80 | Vijayanta |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United Kingdom / India[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 1965–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | India[source] |
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 source9.788 m (32.11 ft)[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]
Leyland L60 Diesel
Single sourceLeyland L60 Diesel 535 bhp (399 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| 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[source] | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Bluestar 2019 India–Pakistan standoff[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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| Manufacturer | LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine[source] | Vickers-Armstrongs (Initial Production) Heavy Vehicles Factory (Indian Production)[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] | 1963 (Vickers Mk.1 prototype) 1965–1986 ( Vijayanta production)[source] |
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| No. built | 5,500+[source] | 2,200[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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| 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] | 80 mm (3.1 in) steel (hull and turret front) 30 mm (1.2 in) steel (side hull)[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] | 1 x 105 mm L7A2 (44 rounds)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG[source] | 1 x 12.7 mm MG (ranging gun) (1000 rounds) 1 x 12.7 mm MG (pintle mount) (2000 rounds) 1 x 7.62 mm MG(Co-Ax) (500 rounds)[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] | — |
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| Transmission | Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U[source] | David Brown Ltd. (formerly Self-Changing Gears Ltd.) TN12 semi-automatic gearbox[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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