Engineering & recovery, mobile bridge, mine-plough with KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system. The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) [11] that was designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union and manufactured in Russia.

List of models and variants of the T-80 main battle tank. Command tanks with additional radio equipment have K added to their designation for komandirskiy ("command"), for example, T-80BK is the command version of the T-80B. Versions with reactive armour have V added, for vzryvnoy ("explosive"), for example T-80BV.

Apr 13, 2014 · Russian T-80U/UM/UM1/UM2 Main Battle Tank. The development of the T-80 Main Battle Tank started in the Soviet era, with the tank entering service in 1976. The T-80 was the first production tank in the world to be equipped with a gas turbine engine.

Jul 15, 2024 · Carousel-Type automatic loading system with 28 ready to fire ammunition. The tank carries a total of 45 rounds. Kontakt-5 System. Built-in ERA (Explosive Reactive Armor) system. Upgrade from the T-80B.

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The T-80UM2 (Object 219AS-M) was a prototype of the T-80U series for possible future upgrades with Drozd hard-kill APS onboard; Omsktransmash built a prototype of T-80UM as their solution to upgrade the fleet of T-80U in Russia by late 1990s.

May 19, 2023 · Today, we’d like to officially unveil the first of the upcoming progression vehicles, the Russian T-80UM-1 Bars MBT! As usual, let’s have a bit of history first. The T-80UM-1 Bars (“Snow Leopard” in Russian) starts roughly where the T-80U left off.

Mar 22, 2022 · The Ukrainian military has destroyed Russia’s only T-80UM2 experimental main battle tank prototype during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oryx Blog researchers revealed. Photo and video evidence showed the wreckage of the T-80UM2 tank allegedly neutralized on March 17 in northeastern Ukraine.

Jul 28, 2023 · Meet: T-80UM-1 “Snow Leopard” (“Bars” on russian). Redesigned transmission, which improved its maneuverability and preservation of dynamics on turns. Arena" active protection system is installed (stops projectiles up to 700m/s like Drozd, but has an extended protection zone of 270 degrees in azimuth).

Compared to the T-72BU, the T-80UM has slightly inferior armour and worse autonomy, but a better stabiliser for its main gun, a much better GLATGM, superior offroad speed and more ammunition for its machine gun, all for five command points less.