T-80
Soviet main battle tank
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Summary
T-80 is a combat vehicle family[1]. T-80 ranks in the top 9% of combat vehicle family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,581 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Follows: T-72[3]
- Followed by: T-90[4], T-80BVM[5]
- Manufacturer: Kirov Plant[6], Omsktransmash[7]
- Developer: Kirov Plant[8]
- Subclass of: main battle tank[9]
- Designed by: Nikolay Popov[10], Kirov Plant[11]
- Commons category: T-80 tanks[12]
- Country of origin: Soviet Union[13]
- Powered by: turboshaft[14]
- Armament: 2A46 125 mm gun[15], PK[16], NSV machine gun[17]
- Participated in conflict: First Chechen War[18], 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt[19], Yemeni civil war[20], full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war[21]
- Service entry: January 1, 1976[22]
- Commons gallery: T-80[23]
- Total produced: 9500[24]
- Length: 7.01 m[25]
- Height: 2.2 m[26]
- Width: 3.6 m[27]
- Speed: 75 kilometre per hour[28]
- Mass: 46 tonne[29]
- Capital cost: 3,000,000 US dollars[30]
Why It Matters
T-80 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] T-80 is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]