LoooSeR Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 50 shades of T-80 - "BMPT-80". https://zen.yandex.ru/media/gurkhan/leningradskaia-bmpt-s-turbinoi-i-57mm-pushkoi-5cb4cf71e2a3ad00b2464dc5 Quote On the basis of the well-known Leningrad tank T-80U, as early as the 80s of the last century, a combat support vehicle with a gun of 45 or even 57 mm caliber could be created. At least, this impression is created when you get acquainted with the model of this mysterious armored vehicle presented on the screenshots. These images are in my archives for quite a long time. Quote In the low-profile turret there is an automatic gun, judging by the size, it can be up to 57-mm caliber. At the same time, it is known that in those years 45-mm guns were also in development. The installation of the ATGM is very interesting, in the stowed position it is located in the turret, and in the combat position is coming out of it. And there are 2 launchers on this turret. In addition, apparently, the crew is in the hull, and the turret module was unmanned. And this is all in the 80s! It can be assumed that these developments later formed the basis for a machine of a similar purpose, but on a tank chassis of the “ultimate parameters” “Object 299”. Unfortunately, the development of this promising machine due to lack of funding was discontinued in the early 90s. However, St. Petersburg were not limited to just a model, but more on that later. Laviduce, Clan_Ghost_Bear and Stimpy75 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Claimed to be Object 219A after live fire armor tests at the test site of the 38th Central Research Institute in Kubinka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 5, 2019 Report Share Posted May 5, 2019 Murmansk Laviduce and Stimpy75 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 8, 2019 Report Share Posted May 8, 2019 OK, I have a very obscure question. The T-80U, even before the T-80UD, was a T-80 that Kharkov had stuck their dick into. The turret on T-80U is recycled from the Object 478, which is what would have become the next-generation T-64 had it been selected for production. Did LKZ have their own ideas on what a follow-on to the T-80B would be like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 T-80UM-1 Stimpy75 and Laviduce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 At Army 2019 expo/forum Spoiler Stimpy75 and Laviduce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 T-80U, shape of turret and roof are visible. Photo by Andrey Kryuchenko. Stimpy75, Laviduce and Lord_James 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 T-80Us driving through water obstacle to fight capitalists hordes Spoiler Lord_James, Stimpy75, Serge and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 T-80BVM Stimpy75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 Quote The T-80U of the 4th Guards Kantemirovsky tank division. June 2019 / Alabino image: LJ Photography Laviduce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic88 Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Looks like Russia is ready to trash a T-80 at tank biathlon... And with female crew. While I have nothing against the three women (who never were tankists actually), I feel pity for that poor T-80 which will more than likely to end up as spare part donor for other T-80s after the circus ends. What a waste... Using T-72s is more or less OK, those tanks are worthless anyway, but if this continues, they will end up trashing T-90Ms at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 6 hours ago, heretic88 said: Looks like Russia is ready to trash a T-80 at tank biathlon... And with female crew. While I have nothing against the three women (who never were tankists actually), I feel pity for that poor T-80 which will more than likely to end up as spare part donor for other T-80s after the circus ends. What a waste... Using T-72s is more or less OK, those tanks are worthless anyway, but if this continues, they will end up trashing T-90Ms at the end. It looks like a T-80UE-1, so it kind of is a collection of spare parts to begin with. Scav and Lord_James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AssaultPlazma Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 12 hours ago, heretic88 said: Looks like Russia is ready to trash a T-80 at tank biathlon... And with female crew. While I have nothing against the three women (who never were tankists actually), I feel pity for that poor T-80 which will more than likely to end up as spare part donor for other T-80s after the circus ends. What a waste... Using T-72s is more or less OK, those tanks are worthless anyway, but if this continues, they will end up trashing T-90Ms at the end. So are they there just as a publicity stunt? Or did they legit train to compete in the competition? Also wouldn't Russia want to put forth its best tanks for this thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_James Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, AssaultPlazma said: Also wouldn't Russia want to put forth its best tanks for this thing? It would be terribly unfair for the other contestants if Russia used T-34-85s with veteran crews in the biathlon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 2 hours ago, AssaultPlazma said: So are they there just as a publicity stunt? Or did they legit train to compete in the competition? Also wouldn't Russia want to put forth its best tanks for this thing? It's definitely for publicity/entertainment purposes. They've used T-80Us in the past for the event ceremony openings. Everyone has been using T-72s to compete (first B, then B3,) except China, but their Type 96 seems close enough. Keeps things a bit more standardized to allow focus on the crews' performance. I'd say this contrasts a bit to the Strong Europe Tank Challenge were you have a whole variety of different tanks competing. India did try running T-90s on year, but they all broke down of course and were thus disqualified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic88 Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 Well, lots of info in the original article (sorry I forgot the link yesterday) http://gurkhan.blogspot.com/2019/07/80-1.html All 3 of them are actually medics, but they received training to operate the tank. Scolopax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 I've posted about this thing before here (can't find where/when), but this is what I interpret to be a T-80UM. I have not been able to find any info beyond sentence-long notes on wikis and random tank ID webpages that talk about it being a 1992/93 upgrade of the T-80U. Said upgrades include mounting the Agava(-1M or 2?) thermal sight, the ability to fire the 9M119M Invar GLATGM, and the addition of a new radio. You can also see that the self-entrenching blade has been moved further up on the lower front plate and what looks to me to be a wind sensor mast has been mounted on the turret roof. As a note, the Luna IR lamp is deleted as a result of the thermal sight. I'm wondering if it's just a modernization that never really took off due to the USSR falling apart. Really don't have any solid idea. More pictures from another, relatively more recent event. The first image seems to be used frequently enough around the web, but not with regards to anything specifically about the T-80UM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 I'm not sure either about that vehicle, will ask people around who may have better knowledge on a subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molota_477 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Object 291 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karamazov Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Yes, this is Object 291. It was created on the basis of the T-80U, but never received the designation T-80UM. There is a T-80UA - a modernization of the T-80U with minor changes to the fire control system and sight. With the "Agava-2". And there are T-80UM-1 and 2 - platforms for testing ADS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karamazov Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Scolopax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Here are some more picture of its turret. The first three photos spoilered in my previous post were also by Vitaly V. Kuzmin, someone just cropped out the watermarks. They can be found as larger files on his gallery page here towards the bottom of the page . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy75 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Object 292 Spoiler and more pics here. enjoy! https://www.dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=3283&np=all Scolopax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheburashka Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 9:35 PM, Stimpy75 said: Object 292 Hide contents and more pics here. enjoy! https://www.dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=3283&np=all What are those boxes on the turret? ERA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karamazov Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 23 minutes ago, Cheburashka said: What are those boxes on the turret? ERA? weight simulator. Like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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