Russia: Uralvagonzavod starts production of T-80BVM tank upgrade of T-80 MBT

Uralvagonzavod Corporation (UVZ) announced the production of upgraded T-80BVM main battle tanks with gas turbine engines in 2018, the Zvezda broadcaster said. Russia ceased serial production of T-80 tanks in the second half of the 1990s. However, several thousand tanks of the T-80 family are still operational or kept at armor dumps. They are mostly T-80B and T-80BV tanks. They have enough resource but combat characteristics are outdated. Read full article at this link ...

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Russian army T-80BVM main battle tank (Picture source Russian MoD) Read More