![]() ![]() The T-80U’s gas turbine engine is the GTD-1250, which produces 920kW (1,250hp). The gunner has the 1G46 day sight and an infrared sight. The tank fire control system is the 1A42, which includes a 1V517 ballistic computer, two-axis electrohydraulic weapon stabiliser, and a rangefinder sight stabilised on two axis, as well as a GPK-59 hydro-semi compass azimuth indicator, and an azimuth indicator for the turret rotation. Other countermeasures include quieter running, a gas-turbine engine (which exhausts smokeless gases), improved heat insulation of roof and hatches, ventilation of the engine-transmission system, cooling system, smoke-laying system and smoke discharging system. The tank is protected by a combination of explosive reactive armour at the front, and gill type armour panels elsewhere. Ammunition can be armour piercing, armour piercing discarding sabot, HEAThigh-explosive anti-tank, and HE-FRAG high-explosive fragmentation.Īrmament also includes a 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun, and a 12.7mm Utes (NSVT-12.7) air defence machine gun. The gun fires separate loading projectiles, which have a semi-combustible cartridge case and sabot. ![]() Loading is hydro-mechanical, with a 28 round carousel container. The tank is fitted with a 125mm 2A46M-1 automatic smoothbore gun with a thermal sleeve, which can fire between 6 and 8 rounds per minute. The missile system fires either the 9M119 or 9M119M missiles, which have semi-automatic laser beamriding guidance. The system is intended to engage tanks fitted with explosive reactive armour (ERA), as well as low-flying air targets such as helicopters, at a range of up to 5km. The range of the missile is 100m to 4,000m. The T-80U carries the 9M119 Refleks (Nato designation AT-11 Sniper) anti-tank guided missile system, which is fired from the main gun. T-80UM2, a prototype main battle tank fitted with the hard-kill Drozd-2 active protection system, was reportedly destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces during the Russia-Ukraine conflict in March 2022. The Ukrainian armed forces captured six T-80BVM tanks near Kharkiv, Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine conflict in March 2022. The company also developed the T-80BVM, an advanced version of the T-80 family. Omsktransmash, a subsidiary of Rostec Corporation, delivered T-80BVM tanks, an upgraded version of the T-80BV main battle tank, to the Russian Army in December 2019.
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