T-80 Standard Tank: The Soviet Army's Last Armored Champion

by Steven J. Zaloga and Johnny Shumate

The Soviet T-80 Standard Tank was the last tank fielded before the Soviet collapse, and the most controversial. Like the US M1 Abrams tank, the T-80 used a turbine power plant rather than a conventional diesel. Although the design was blessed with some of the most sophisticated armament, fire controls, and multi-layer armor ever fielded on a Soviet tank, its power plant remained a source of considerable trouble through its career. It saw very little...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184603244X
• ISBN13: 9781846032448
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.2" x 9.5"