T-80U

T-80U

T-80B

T-80BVM

T-80U

T-80B

T-80BVM

USSR

VII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.7	11.7	11.7

Class:

Medium tank

Research:350 000

Purchase:950 000

Description

The T-80U is a Rank VI Soviet medium tank with a battle rating of 10.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.87 "Locked On".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

Main article: 2A46M-1 (125 mm)

125 mm 2A46M-1
Capacity			Vertical  guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
36			-5°/+15°	±180°	Two-plane
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	22.8	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__
Realistic	14.3	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5

Ammunition[edit | edit source]

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of  warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
3BM22	APFSDS	425	420	415	405	392	380
3BM42	APFSDS	479	477	470	462	453	445
3BK18M	HEATFS	550	550	550	550	550	550
3OF26	HE	47	47	47	47	47	47
9M119	ATGM	650	650	650	650	650	650

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of  warhead	Velocity in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Fuse delay in m:	Fuse sensitivity in mm:	Explosive Mass in g(TNT equivalent):	Normalization At 30° from horizontal:	Ricochet:
								0%	50%	100%
3BM22	APFSDS	1,760	4.83	N/A	N/A	N/A	°	76°	77°	78°
3BM42	APFSDS	1,700	4.85	N/A	N/A	N/A	°	78°	80°	81°
3BK18M	HEATFS	905	19	0.0	0.1	2,790	°	65°	72°	75°
3OF26	HE	850	23	0.1	0.5	5,780	+0°	79°	80°	81°
9M112	ATGM	400	27.5	0.0	0.01	3,600	+0°	80°	82°	90°

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
45	__	__	__	no

Only First Stage:28-20

Machine guns

Main articles: NSVT (12.7 mm), PKT (7.62 mm)

12.7 mm NSVT
Pintle mount
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate  (shots/minute)	Vertical  guidance	Horizontal  guidance
300 (150)				700	-10°/+60°	±180°

7.62 mm PKT
Coaxial mount
Capacity (Belt capacity)				Fire rate  (shots/minute)	Vertical  guidance	Horizontal  guidance
1,250 (250)				700	N/A	N/A

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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History

Work on improving the existing T-80 MBT begun as early as the mid 1970s, with the design bureau in Leningrad, which was responsible for the production of the T-80, starting work on a joint project to further enhance the T-80’s capabilities.

In the early 1980s, the first prototypes were being built, and after extensive testing and design tweaking, the new tank was considered ready for production and was accepted by the Soviet military under the designation T-80U.

The T-80U received turret and upper frontal enhancements as part of its new construction, and was equipped with a second generation ERA protection system known as Kontakt-5. In contrast to the previous generation of dynamic protection, Kontakt-5 increased the tank's protection against HEAT and armour-piercing shells. The modifications also affected the armament of the tank - the T-80U is equipped with a new 1A45 fire control system and Reflex ICBM, which used more advanced 9M119 guided missiles. Subsequently, the tank was equipped with a new, more powerful GTD-1250 gas turbine engine which helped compensate for the increased weight of the vehicle and improved its dynamics.

The T-80U had been factory produced in Leningrad in 1987, but in 1989, its production was moved to Omsk. Work on upgrading the T-80 was carried out in Kharkov, but there, they constructed their own vehicle equipped with a diesel engine, which was designated ‘T-80UD’. The latter would evolve into further developed Ukrainian derivatives of the T-80.

T-80Us served with the Soviet military until the collapse of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, and have since continued serving with the Union’s successor states to this day. The vehicle also saw service abroad with some other countries as well, primarily with South Korea and Cyprus. Overall, around 700 T-80Us have been produced since 1985, but the vehicle never saw any combat action.

- From Devblog

Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] T-80U: Making Contact