T-80B - Revision history

U44629479 at 15:41, 1 November 2024

2024-11-01T15:41:39Z

U121330942 at 09:11, 1 November 2024

2024-11-01T09:11:58Z

U103691029: /* Main armament */ Autoloader

2024-04-17T01:48:06Z

‎Main armament: Autoloader

U120654901 at 16:14, 23 January 2024

2024-01-23T16:14:36Z

U120654901: correct AOA weight and AB reverse speed

2024-01-23T16:12:47Z

correct AOA weight and AB reverse speed

U38088265: /* Description */

2023-07-22T16:47:40Z

‎Description

U4656018: Updated description to current standards

2023-07-17T13:06:08Z

Updated description to current standards

U38088265 at 23:05, 7 February 2023

2023-02-07T23:05:03Z

U38088265: /* Ammunition */ Converted to transclusion

2023-01-27T17:53:49Z

‎Ammunition: Converted to transclusion

U44629479: /* Ammo racks */ Edits

2022-11-08T10:54:26Z

‎Ammo racks: Edits

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 When playing in large maps such as "Kursk" and "Maginot Line" use the mobility of the T-80B to get into a hull-down position and make use of the T-80B's armament as well as its phenomenal turret armour to pick-off faraway enemy tanks. When playing in small maps such as "Normandy" and "Poland", use the mobility of the T-80B to flank enemy tanks as you would with the "M1 Abrams" or similar western MBT.
-Make sure to always keep your front facing the enemy, when any top BR vehicle gets a glance at your side the round will penetrate through the fairly weak side armour and have a good chance at hitting your ammo rack or your engine which will result in a loss of the vehicle or a critical hit to the vehicle's powerplant. The T-80B has fairly poor gun handling compared to its western counterterparts in both the gun elevation and traverse speeds, which can get you destroyed or severely damaged in close range engagements.
+Make sure to always keep your front facing the enemy, when any top BR vehicle gets a glance at your side the round will penetrate through the fairly weak side armour and have a good chance at hitting your ammo rack or your engine which will result in a loss of the vehicle or a critical hit to the vehicle's powerplant. The T-80B has fairly poor gun handling compared to its western counterparts in both the gun elevation and traverse speeds, which can get you destroyed or severely damaged in close range engagements.
 Some common threats which you can meet:
+* [[M1 Abrams]] / [[IPM1]] - Your turret is quite resistant even to the top rounds, the hull also can block some shots but due to weakspots it is not recommended to rely on it. If encountered from the front, aim for the turret ring.
-* [[Type 90]] can penetrate any part of your tank and any plausible range. So don't get hit by it. The same goes for AMX-40.
+* [[Type 90 (Family)|Type 90]] can penetrate any part of your tank and any plausible range. So don't get hit by it. The same goes for the [[AMX-40]].
 * An ATGM will result in an ammunition detonation or crew kill. It is extremely important to get the Kontakt-1 ERA modification as soon as possible because those ERA blocks will save you from helicopters. If you do not have the ERA modification, pay attention to the skies, try to maintain some sort of cover, as you will usually have 1-3 seconds of reaction time from detecting an ATGM and getting hit by one.

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 When playing in large maps such as "Kursk" and "Maginot Line" use the mobility of the T-80B to get into a hull-down position and make use of the T-80B's armament as well as its phenomenal turret armour to pick-off faraway enemy tanks. When playing in small maps such as "Normandy" and "Poland", use the mobility of the T-80B to flank enemy tanks as you would with the "M1 Abrams" or similar western MBT.
-Make sure to always keep your front facing the enemy, when any top BR vehicle gets a glance at your side the round will penetrate through the fairly weak side armour and have a good chance at hitting your ammo rack or your engine which will result in a loss of the vehicle or a critical hit to the vehicle's powerplant. The T-80B has fairly poor gun handling compared to its western counterparts in both the gun elevation and traverse speeds, which can get you destroyed or severely damaged in close range engagements.
+Make sure to always keep your front facing the enemy, when any top BR vehicle gets a glance at your side the round will penetrate through the fairly weak side armour and have a good chance at hitting your ammo rack or your engine which will result in a loss of the vehicle or a critical hit to the vehicle's powerplant. The T-80B has fairly poor gun handling compared to its western counterterparts in both the gun elevation and traverse speeds, which can get you destroyed or severely damaged in close range engagements.
-Some threats to be worried about:
+Some common threats which you can meet:
 * [[Type 90]] can penetrate any part of your tank and any plausible range. So don't get hit by it. The same goes for AMX-40.
 * An ATGM will result in an ammunition detonation or crew kill. It is extremely important to get the Kontakt-1 ERA modification as soon as possible because those ERA blocks will save you from helicopters. If you do not have the ERA modification, pay attention to the skies, try to maintain some sort of cover, as you will usually have 1-3 seconds of reaction time from detecting an ATGM and getting hit by one.

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 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
 |-
-! colspan="5" | [[2A46M-1 (125 mm)|125 mm 2A46M-1]] || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || colspan="4" | Reloading rate (seconds)
+! colspan="5" | [[2A46M-1 (125 mm)|125 mm 2A46M-1]] || colspan="5" | Turret rotation speed (°/s) || Reloading rate (seconds)
 |-
 ! Mode !! Capacity !! Vertical !! Horizontal !! Stabilizer
 ! Stock !! Upgraded !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
-! Stock !! Full !! Expert !! Aced
+!Autoloader
 |-
 ! ''Arcade''
-| rowspan="2" | 38 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+15° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | Two-plane || 22.8 || 31.6 || 38.4 || 42.5 || 45.2 || rowspan="2" | 7.10 || rowspan="2" | 7.10 || rowspan="2" | 7.10 || rowspan="2" | 7.10
+| rowspan="2" | 38 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+15° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | Two-plane || 22.8 || 31.6 || 38.4 || 42.5 || 45.2 || rowspan="2" | 7.10
 |-
 ! ''Realistic''

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 <!-- ''Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.'' -->
-{{tankMobility|abMinHp=1,705|rbMinHp=973|AoAweight=0.5|weight=42.5|abReverseSpeed=12.2}}
+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=1,705|rbMinHp=973|AoAweight=0.5|weight=43|abReverseSpeed=12.2}}
 The {{PAGENAME}} has a turbine engine which produces significantly more power than the T-64B's diesel - top speed and manoeuvrability are both improved thanks to this but the most significant change is the acceleration - the {{PAGENAME}} is able to achieve reasonable speeds both off- and on-road and maintain them much better than the T-64B. More importantly, the reverse speed is nearly tripled from the measly -4 km/h on the T-64B to -11 km/h, still not ideal but a big improvement.

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 <!-- ''Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.'' -->
-{{tankMobility|abMinHp=1,705|rbMinHp=973}}
+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=1,705|rbMinHp=973|AoAweight=0.5|weight=42.5|abReverseSpeed=12.2}}
 The {{PAGENAME}} has a turbine engine which produces significantly more power than the T-64B's diesel - top speed and manoeuvrability are both improved thanks to this but the most significant change is the acceleration - the {{PAGENAME}} is able to achieve reasonable speeds both off- and on-road and maintain them much better than the T-64B. More importantly, the reverse speed is nearly tripled from the measly -4 km/h on the T-64B to -11 km/h, still not ideal but a big improvement.

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' (Object 219R) was one of the spearhead MBTs of Soviet Union built by the Leningrad Kirov Plant and Omsk Transmash. Soviet Union has been developing gas turbine engines for tanks as early as 1955 and previous efforts before T-80 became the experiences for future engines; after the development of the costly T-64 series MBT, there were plans from other tank design bureaus and factories to upgrade T-64A with a gas turbine engine and new suspension that could withstand the operation needs for the tank. This led to the Object 219 prototypes and later tests with with second certified prototype (Object 219 Sp2) alongside with Object 172M (T-72) and [[T-64A (1971)|T-64A]] showed superiority in terms on mobility; Object 219 almost failed to join Soviet Army due to its high fuel consumption and reliability but changes in leadership saved the project, where the soon-to-be T-80 would become the spearhead of Soviet Army while T-72 would serve as the economical alternatives to previous fleets of tanks. The T-80B series received technological upgrades based on the T-64B with improved FCS for gun-launched ATGM, as well as the new "K" ceramic composite armor for better protection; starting its production in 1976, T-80B, alongside with later T-80BV with revised protection and Kontakt-1 ERA have served as the spearhead of Soviet armored corps with fleets of T-80U as well. The tank is still serving the Russian Army, accompanied with its latest upgrade [[T-80BVM]] with overhaul upgrades on protection and FCS.
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' (Object 219R) was one of the spearhead MBTs of the Soviet Union built by the Leningrad Kirov Plant and Omsk Transmash. The Soviet Union had been developing gas turbine engines for tanks as early as 1955, and previous efforts before the T-80 became valuable experience for future engines. After the development of the costly T-64 series MBT, there were plans from other tank design bureaus and factories to upgrade the T-64A with a gas turbine engine and new suspension that could withstand the operational needs of the tank. This led to the Object 219 prototypes, and later tests with the second certified prototype (Object 219 Sp2) alongside the Object 172M (T-72) and [[T-64A (1971)|T-64A]] showed superiority in terms of mobility. The Object 219 almost failed to join the Soviet Army due to its high fuel consumption and low reliability, but changes in leadership saved the project, where the soon-to-be T-80 would become the spearhead of the Soviet Army while the T-72 would serve as the economical alternative to previous fleets of tanks. The T-80B series received technological upgrades based on the T-64B, including improved FCS for gun-launched ATGMs, as well as the new "K" ceramic composite armour for better protection. Starting its production in 1976, the T-80B, alongside the later T-80BV with revised protection and Kontakt-1 ERA, has served as the spearhead of the Soviet armoured corps with fleets of T-80U as well. The tank is still serving the Russian Army, accompanied with its latest upgrade [[T-80BVM]] with overhaul upgrades on protection and FCS.
-Introduced in [[Update 1.81 "The Valkyries"]], the T-80B is visually similar to the [[T-64B]], it retains the same rounded turret, sloped frontal armour and skirted sides, as well as the same jacketed 125 mm smoothbore gun. The turret bears different kit, however, such as the use of rounded storage bins and a snorkel tube. The same NSVT 12 mm machine gun is fitted, but this time it is used with 150-round boxes instead of the 100-round boxes found on the T-64B. The T-80B retains the same rubber-mesh screens covering the upper portion of the tracks. The frontal glacis has an additional 30 mm plate of HHRA welded onto it. This replaces the regular V-shaped "splash plate" found on the T-64B. The primary difference between the T-80B and its predecessor is the significantly improved engine which offers increased mobility.
+Introduced in [[Update 1.81 "The Valkyries"]], the T-80B is visually similar to the [[T-64B]], retaining the same rounded turret, sloped frontal armour, and skirted sides, as well as the same jacketed 125 mm smoothbore gun. The turret bears different kit, however, such as the use of rounded storage bins and a snorkel tube. The same NSVT 12.7 mm machine gun is fitted, but this time it is used with 150-round boxes instead of the 100-round boxes found on the T-64B. The T-80B retains the same rubber-mesh screens covering the upper portion of the tracks. The frontal glacis has an additional 30 mm plate of HHRA welded onto it. This replaces the regular V-shaped "splash plate" found on the T-64B. The primary difference between the T-80B and its predecessor is the significantly improved engine which offers increased mobility.
 == General info ==

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 {{Specs-Card
 |code=ussr_t_80b
-|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg}}
+|images={{Specs-Card-Image|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|GarageImage_{{PAGENAME}}_AddArmour.jpg}}
 }}

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 ==== Ammunition ====
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:2A46M-1 (125 mm)/Ammunition|3BK18M, 3OF26, 3BM22, 9M112, 3BM42}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 |-
 |}
-The {{PAGENAME}} main ammo rack consists of a mechanized carousel at the bottom of the turret. Such ammo stowage carries 28 propellants and projectiles.
+'''Notes''':
-* The '''6th projectile rack''' is the carousel at the bottom of the turret; it serves as first-stage ammo stowage.
+* The {{PAGENAME}} main ammo rack consists of a mechanized carousel at the bottom of the turret. Such ammo stowage carries 28 propellants and projectiles.
-* The '''5th propellant rack''' is the carousel at the bottom of the turret; it serves as first-stage ammo stowage.
+* The 6th projectile rack is the carousel at the bottom of the turret; it serves as first-stage ammo stowage.
 === Machine guns ===