In the Naro-Fominsky district in region of Russia, T-80 main battle tank overturned while being transported.
Something must have gone wrong with the fastening and the tank fell off the trailer transporting it.
According to the military-informant.com, the T-80U tank may belong to the 12th guards tank regiment of the 4th guards armored division (military unit No. 31985, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia). This regiment has T-80U tanks in service.
The T-80 is a third-generation main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976. The T-80U was last produced in a factory in Omsk, Russia, while the T-80UD and further-developed T-84 continue to be produced in Ukraine.
