T-80B Soviet Main Battle Tank

Introduced in 1976 in parallel to the T-72 as an alternative to the expensive and complex T-64, the T-80B has a crew of 3 and was the first tank to have a gas turbine engine. The main armament was a stabilised 125mm 2A46-2 smoothbore gun fitted with a light alloy thermal sleeve served by an automatic carousel holding 28 rounds. The T-80B also featured improve composite armour and latterly reactive armour. T-80s are still in service with a number of armies around the world.

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