The T-80 tank, a product of Soviet innovation in the 1960s, has become a focal point in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, highlighting both its historical significance and current limitations.
Russia s T-80BV "flying tanks" have shown what they are made of in the special military operation zone, a tank commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Battlegroup Zapad, known by the code name "Fifth," told Sputnik.
bunny s got a very big stick. this t-80 tank was built two years ago and was in the vanguard of russia s invasion of ukraine. down below, you see a loader, it s also slightly modernized to shoot more like advanced and like better rounds. it can shoot guided missiles. alex was on a sniper team when he discovered bunny. stuck and abandoned in a field in march, eight days into russia s assault. within days, the tank was back in action, against russians. this is like my personal tank. i am tank commander and tank owner. in march, he said the tank destroyed 24 russian vehicles and two tanks. we are fighting, so here we already destroyed three or four enemy tanks. we had three confirmed and four is like not fully confirmed it was our kill. that was in the previous couple days when russian forces tried to break through ukraine s
Russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine has moved large numbers of young people to drop their lives and take up arms in defense of their country. cnn s senior international correspondent sam kiley talked to some of them on the front line. it s a bunny. yeah. bunny is a tank. yeah, so bunny is a tank. he s got quite a carrot. yeah. bunny s got a very big stick. this t-80 tank was built two years ago and was until march in the van guard of russia s invasion of ukraine. so down below, you see an auto loader. it s also slightly modernized to shoot more advanced and like better rounds.
The T-80 was the last main battle tank to come out of the Soviet Union. Here s What You Need to Remember: It was easy for the Russian high command to blame the T-80’s design for the Chechen disaster–as opposed to clumsy operational planning and tactical inadequacies. But ultimately, it was a lack of money which caused the cheaper T-72 to displace the T-80 as the preferred choice for Russia’s export sales and its post-Chechen wars. The T-80 is a glaring lesson in why heavily-armored tanks can hide major weaknesses. Once considered a premium tank by the Russian military establishment, T-80s suffered savage losses to lightly armed guerrillas during the First Chechen War. The tank’s reputation never recovered.
Upgrades willl likely continue for years to come. Here s What You Need to Remember: Despite its age, the T-80 likely isn t going anywhere. Sure, the T-14 Armata is cool, but have you heard of the T-80 series? On paper at lease, it packs a mean punch. The crowning achievement of the T-80 was its multifuel gas turbine engine. In a way, it was a success. Rather than the as-per-usual Soviet mistake of decidedly underpowered tanks driving off the assembly line, the T-80 came standard with a very powerful 1,250 horsepower under the hood. Extremely agile, the T-80 series was perhaps the most nimble Soviet tank ever produced, and had a very high weight-to-power ratio.