Russian main battle tank 20171/28/2024 The tank is armed with a 125mm 2A46M-1 smoothbore two-axis stabilized gun with an autoloader and a firing rate of 6-8 rounds per minute, a 7.62mm PKT coaxial machinegun, and a 12.7mm Utyos antiaircraft machinegun. The tank is powered by the 1,250 hp three-shaft GTD-1250 gas-turbine engine. The T-80U main battle tank has a weight of 46.5 tons, a maximum road speed of 70 km/h (43.5 mph), a maximum cross-terrain speed of 40-45 km/h (25-28 mph) and a fuel endurance of 500 kilometers (311 miles) and its crew totals three. The designers have been tasked to make it able to operate at temperatures down to -50☌. The tank will be also adapted for operation in northern areas. Earlier, the tank with a gas-turbine engine consumed more than 7.5 liters of fuel per kilometer in certain operational conditions. Besides, the vehicle’s fuel consumption will be significantly reduced. Experts interviewed by the Omskregion news agency suppose that during the upgrade, the T-80 tank will receive the Sosna-U multichannel sight with a laser rangefinder, a thermal imager and an automatic target tracker. Its upgrade will boost its operational capabilities. Omsktransmash launched the production of the T-80 main battle tank in the 1970s. This will allow us to load Omsktransmash’s manufacturing facilities with extra orders and improve the economic situation at the plant," Lobov said. "The contract for the overhaul and upgrade of the T-80 tank is a milestone event for our plant. The Omsk Transport Machine-Building Plant (Omsktransmash) is an Uralvagonzavod subsidiary.Īccording to Omsktransmash CEO Igor Lobov, a long-term contract has been signed. The Uralvagonzavod Corporation, a subsidiary of Russia’s Rostec state hi-tech corporation, has signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry to overhaul and upgrade T-80 main battle tanks, the press office of the Omsk Transport Machine-Building Plant said.
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