T-80 vs VT-4: Specs Compared

ATanks

T-80

Main battle tank

Credit

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BTanks

VT-4

Main battle tank

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

T-80Length

9.654 m

Length source ↗

VT-4Length

10.1 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

T-80larger figure on 0 of 2

None

VT-4larger figure on 2 of 2

Length+5%
Width+1%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

26 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

9.65m

10.1m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

9.654 m

Length

Single source

9.9 m

Gun forward T-80B

Single source

7 m

T-80U

Single source

7.4 m

T-80U Hull T-80B

Single source

Gun 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]

10.1 m

Length

Single source

10.10 m (33.1 ft)^[source]

3.4m

3.44m

Width+1%

All recorded figures & sources

3.4 m

Width

Single source

3.603 m

T-80B T-80U

Single source

3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) T-80B 3.603 m (11 ft 9.9 in) T-80U^[source]

3.44 m

Width

Single source

3.44 m (11.3 ft)^[source]

2.2mT-80B, T‑80U

2.4m

Height

All recorded figures & sources

2.202 m

T-80B, T‑80U

Single source

2.202 m (7 ft 2.7 in) T-80B, T‑80U^[source]

2.4 m

Height

Single source

2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)^[source]

42.5 tons (T‑80B), 46 tons (T‑80U)

52t

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

42.5 tons (T‑80B), 46 tons (T‑80U)^[source]

52,000 kg

Mass

Single source

52 tonnes (57 short tons)^[source]

3commander, driver, gunner

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

3 people

Crew

Single source

3^[source]

3 people

commander, driver, gunner

Single source

3 (commander, driver, gunner)^[source]

70km/hMaximum; T-80U

70km/hMaximum; Maximum speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

48 km/h

Maximum; Cross-country

Single source

70 km/h

Maximum; T-80U

Single source

70 km/h (43 mph) (T-80U) 48 km/h (30 mph) (cross country)^[source]

70 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

70 km/h (43 mph)^[source]

415kmOperational; road, with external tanks

500kmOperational; Operational range

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

415 km

Operational; road, with external tanks

Single source

335 km

Operational; road, without external tanks

Single source

335 km (208 mi) (road, without external tanks) 415 km (258 mi) (road, with external tanks)^[source]

500 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

500 km (310 mi)^[source]

932kWT‑80U

895kWVT/E1 V12 diesel engine at 2,300 rpm

PowerScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

745.699872 kW

SG-1000 gas turbine T-80B, GTD-1250 turbine T-80U, or one of 3 diesel T‑80UD T-80B

Single source

932.124839 kW

T‑80U

Single source

SG-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]

895 kW

VT/E1 V12 diesel engine at 2,300 rpm

Single source

VT/E1 V12 diesel engine 1,200 hp (895 kW ) at 2,300 rpm^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

T-80 and VT-4 configuration
Specification	T-80	VT-4
Type	Main battle tank^[source]	Main battle tank^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	China^[source]
In service	1976–present^[source]	2017–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^[source]	War against the Islamic State Boko Haram insurgency 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict^[source]
Designer	Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)^[source]	Norinco^[source]
Designed	1967–1975^[source]	—
Manufacturer	LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine^[source]	Norinco Heavy Industries Taxila^[source]
Unit cost	US$3 million^[source]	$4.9 million^[source]
Produced	1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)^[source]	2017–present^[source]
No. built	5,500+^[source]	—
Variants	Engineering & recovery, mobile bridge, mine-plough with KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system.^[source]	See Variants^[source]
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]	composite armour and Explosive reactive armour (ERA)^[source]
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]	ZPT-98A 125 mm (4.9 in) smoothbore gun, 38 rounds (22 in the autoloader )^[source]
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG^[source]	1 × RWS 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA HMG 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) coaxial MG^[source]
Power/weight	23.5 hp (17.6 kW) / tonne T-80B 27.2 hp (20.3 kW) / tonne T-80U^[source]	23 hp/tonne^[source]
Transmission	Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U^[source]	Ch1000B automatic (6 FWD/2 REV)^[source]
Suspension	Torsion bar^[source]	torsion bars^[source]
Ground clearance	0.38 m (1.2 ft) T-80B, 0.446 m (1.46 ft) T-80U^[source]	43 cm (1 ft 4.93 in)^[source]
Fuel capacity	1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)^[source]	—
Reported operators	Reported operator · Cyprus Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Ukraine	Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Nigeria Reported operator · Thailand

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T-80

VT-4

Type

Main battle tank^[source]

Place of origin

Soviet Union^[source]

China^[source]

In service

1976–present^[source]

2017–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^[source]

War against the Islamic State Boko Haram insurgency 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict^[source]

Designer

Nikolay Popov , LKZ (T-80) KMDB (T-80UD)^[source]

Norinco^[source]

Designed

1967–1975^[source]

—

Manufacturer

LKZ and Omsk Transmash , Russia Malyshev Factory , Ukraine^[source]

Norinco Heavy Industries Taxila^[source]

Unit cost

US$3 million^[source]

$4.9 million^[source]

Produced

1975–2001 (T-80) 1987–present (T-80UD)^[source]

2017–present^[source]

No. built

5,500+^[source]

—

Variants

Engineering & recovery, mobile bridge, mine-plough with KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system.^[source]

See Variants^[source]

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]

composite armour and Explosive reactive armour (ERA)^[source]

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]

ZPT-98A 125 mm (4.9 in) smoothbore gun, 38 rounds (22 in the autoloader )^[source]

Secondary armament

7.62 mm PKT coax MG , 12.7 mm NSVT or DShK or PKT antiaircraft MG^[source]

1 × RWS 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA HMG 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) coaxial MG^[source]

Power/weight

23.5 hp (17.6 kW) / tonne T-80B 27.2 hp (20.3 kW) / tonne T-80U^[source]

23 hp/tonne^[source]

Transmission

Manual, 5 forward gears, 1 reverse T-80B, 4 forward, 1 reverse T-80U^[source]

Ch1000B automatic (6 FWD/2 REV)^[source]

Suspension

Torsion bar^[source]

torsion bars^[source]

Ground clearance

0.38 m (1.2 ft) T-80B, 0.446 m (1.46 ft) T-80U^[source]

43 cm (1 ft 4.93 in)^[source]

Fuel capacity

1,100 litres (240 imp gal) (internal) 740 litres (160 imp gal) (external)^[source]

—

Reported operators

Reported operator · Cyprus
Reported operator · Pakistan
Reported operator · Russia
Reported operator · Ukraine

Reported operator · Pakistan
Reported operator · Nigeria
Reported operator · Thailand