The T-80 is a third-generation main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. A development of the T-64 it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion. 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.
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height (cm)
2.202
length (km)
9.9
width (mm)
3.4
origin
Soviet Union
type
Main battle tank
used in war
Second Chechen War, First Chechen War, Russo-Georgian war
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