Photo : Ukrainian T-80 tanks in the training center in Zhytomyr

Photo : Ukrainian T-80 tanks in the training center in Zhytomyr

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 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion. 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.