![]() ![]() It was requested that production expand from just Kharkov (KMDB) to Kirov (LKZ) and Nizhny Tagil (UKBTM) as well. While the Kharkov engineers were still ironing out issues with the 5TDF opposed-piston engine for the T-64, experiments on mounting a turboshaft engine were already in full swing. Thus, by the end of the 1970's, the Soviet Army was the only army in the world to simultaneously operate three different main battle tanks with three different engines: an opposed piston diesel multifuel engine, a traditional V-shaped diesel multifuel engine, and a gas turbine multifuel engine.Īs one should come to expect from anything on the other side of the Iron Curtain, the inception of the T-80 is rather intriguing story. In terms of technological novelty and sophistication, the T-80 was the top of the line and primarily distinguished itself from the T-64 and T-72 by having a gas turbine engine. With contributions by Mike Ennamorato, including this introduction.Īlthough the T-80 is mostly remembered in the Western world for its lackluster performance during the invasion of Grozny, there was once a time when it was one of the most highly regarded assets in the vast Soviet tank fleet. ![]()
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