Tank smoking hangar weapon t 80. Just like the previous t 70 the t 80 boasts strong frontal armour and high. The t 80 is a rank ii soviet light tank with a battle rating of 20 ab and 23 rbsb. Once considered a premium tank by the russian military establishment t 80s suffered savage losses to lightly armed guerrillas during the first chechen war. The t 80 is a development of the russian main battle tank t 64 the t 80 was the first russian made main battle tank motorised with gas turbine engine.
It was introduced during the closed beta test for ground forces before update 141. Cafeteria refreshments and stalls. The machines electronic systems have been gathering dust in hangars for over 30 years since the collapse. With the introduction of the t 80 the soviet union operated 3 different main battle tanks the t 64 t 72 and t 80.
The soviet t 80 standard tank was the last tank fielded before the soviet collapse and the most controversial. Tanks military vehicles and land rovers living history groups air soft display team. Download hd wallpapers of 265973 tank smoking hangar weapon t 80. Our biggest weekend of the year two days of non stop military vehicle mayhem see our two centurion tanks live and smoking in the arena and watch our saladin armoured car tear up the turf.
This was accepted for service in 1976. The soviet armys last armored champion new vanguard steven j. Free shipping on qualifying offers. The tanks reputation never recovered.
The successor to t 72bm the t 90 uses the gun. All of the t 80s wires and electronics are disassembled and soldered all over again. The t 80 was confused with the soviet t 72 by some western analysts but the t 80 and t 72 are mechanically very different. The t 90 is considered a modern unit with only the elite kantemirovskaya and tamanskaya tank divisions equipped by 2010.
All of these tanks had similar design and broadly similar capabilities though the t 80 was the most capable. T 90am latest version of the t 90a. The t 80u was last produced in a factory in omsk russia while the t 80ud and further developed t 84 continue to be produced in ukraine. Like the us m1 abrams tank.
An upgrade over the t 70 the t 80 introduces better armour and an extra crew member to increase the tanks survivability in the battlefield. The t 80 is a glaring lesson in why heavily armored tanks can hide major weaknesses.