T-80U main battle tank
Model info:
5007 polygons.
1 512x512 texture
1 256x256 texture
Date of creation: 2004
General info:
| Designer: | KB-3 design bureau, USSR. |
| Introduction date: | 1985 |
| proliferation: | 4 countries |
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SPECIFICATIONS:
DESCRIPTION:
the T-80U is a continued development of the russians supertank, the T-80B, with a completely new turret, heavy kontakt-5 ERA armour,
a new engine, and various other changes.
its nicknamed "the flying tank" because at recent exhibitions its been known to take to the air on several occasions, while driving over obstacles.
its fitted with a gas-turbine engine like the M1, heavy frontal armour,
an Auxillary power unit, which allows the turret systems to run when the engine is offline.
its seen limited exports, they've been mostly given away by russia to other nations as payment for national debt,
in later years, and was not exported at all during USSR.
they're currently in the service of cyprus, pakistan, south-korea and russia(of course)
the T-80U has seen limited action, only being used in the overthrow of the soviet regime, and chechnya is mostly left to
older tanks such as the T-55, T-72A and B, and the T-80BV.
the T-80U is generally a tank used for attacks, because in a defensive role, the limited gun depression and slow reverse speeds
would give it problems when firing from hills, and reversing.
DESIGN:
| weight | 46.000kg combat |
| weapons: | 2A46M1 125mm gun, 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun, 12.7mm NSVT or KORD hmg |
| engine: | GTD-1250 1250hp gas-turbine engine coupled to a 5fwd 1reverse transmission |
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| top speed fwd/reverse: | 70kph/10,6kph |
| ammunition load: (ready/stored) | 28/17 main gun rounds, 1250 coax-rounds, 500 12.7mm rounds |
the T-80U is slightly lower than the T-72, because of its utilization of the basket autoloader,
and the crew has a bit more headroom.
the turret is also larger than the T-72 turret, and the older T-80B turret, giving the crew some more room to move around, and additional
space for the numerous additions to the fire control system.
unlike its T-80UD ukrainian brother, the T-80U doesnt have a remote controlled 12.7mm HMG.
instead it has 5 roof attachment points for the 12.7mm pintle, which can be moved around to each of the attachment points on the roof (red circles)
its got hunter-killer capability, like most modern western tanks
giving the TC full control of the gun when he chooses so.
it has also got the capability to fire missiles through its gun-tube
and guide them with a doppler-style laser to a target up to 5km away.
the tanks surfaces are covered with K-5 Explosive reactive armour, which unlike its K1 predecessor, does not get reduced to shrapnel
when the explosively sandwiched plates blow apart. instead, the explosion is vented out through small thin blowoff plates,
with weakened attachments, located on the side of the bricks.
the rest of the ERA bricks remains intact, and due to their thickness, also provides protection against Sabot rounds
which they break apart īn a similar fashion to the leopard 2a5 front turret armour.
on the lower portion of the ERA bricks, the designers attached rubber flaps. they serve only to pre-detonate HEAT warheads, giving
the T-80U a bit extra protection from regular HEAT warheads, and reducing the effectiveness of ERA-bypassing double-warhead designs.
the same function goes to the rubber skirts on the rear portion of the hull. they have nearly no additional protection against KE rounds,
probably less than 1 RHAe
the T-80U has the traditional weakened zones of russian armour around the coax port and drivers hatch, due to the significant lack of composite armour behind the coax port,
and also because an IR searchlight takes up the space where an additional ERA brick could be placed.
under the drivers hatch, theres a weakzone where the drivers periscopes are located, due to the short hull, forcing a large cut in the
upper front hull plate.
Crew positions:
TC:
the TC has a TKN-4S sight, which is horizontally stabilized, and powered, allowing the TC to slew the gunner onto his view,
and take full control of the turret systems himself if neccesary.
the sight has a magnification of 8x and a field of view of 7° as well as a 1:1 unity vision block above the oculars.
if the power supply for the TKN-4S is damaged, the TC can slew the cupola by hand, and crank the sights elevation.
sight traverse is limited, due to the whole cupola rotating, therefore forcing the TC to turn as well, and observation to the rear
is difficult.
GUNNER:
the gunners main sight is the 1G46.
its got a seamless magnification from 2.7x to 12x and FOV of 20° to 4.5°
the sight is stabilized in vertical and horizontal directions, and has a pulse-guidance laser to the right of the ocular assembly,
to guide the missile.
a warning lamp tells whether the guidance laser is overheating.
the secondary sight is a TPN-4 BURAN Infrared sight, which has a magnification of 6.8x and a FOV of 5,4°
elevation range is -7° to +20°
DRIVER:
the drivers spot is as cramped as a T-72, but in the T-80U, the driver has better overview, because of the 2 extra vision blocks.
the T-80U is a very fast tank, with quick acceleration, and high top speed. it cannot do a center-turn like other russian tanks,
instead it uses its acceleration and short track length to do quick U-turns.
unlike the T-72, which uses brake levers, the T-80U uses a T-bar handle like the M1 abrams to turn the tank.
autoloader:
basket design.
it can rotate in both directions, unlike the casette autoloader, which only rotates in 1 direction.
its also a bit faster because the loading operations is a single hoisting action, and a single ramming action, instead of 2 ramming actions
like in the T-72 casette autoloader. the loading speed is from 5 to 9.5 seconds.