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The T-80UD main battle tank was developed by the KMDB at the beginning of the 1980s and entered series production at the State Enterprise Malyshev Plant in 1985.

T-80UD MBT Specifications

Dimensions:

length (gun forward) 9.72 m
length (hull) 7.085 m
width (with skirts) 3.56 m
height (including roof-mounted 12.7mm MG) 2.74 m
Ground clearance 0.515 m
Track width 0.58 m
Track 2.8 m
Length of track on ground 4.29 m
Combat weight 46 t
Power-to-weight ratio 21.7 hp/t
Ground pressure 0.93 kg/cm2
Max road speed 65 km/h
Average cross-country speed 45 km/h

Cruising range:

road 580 km
cross-country 360-450 km
Fording:
without preparation 1.8 m
with preparation 5 m
Gradient 63 %
Side slope 36 %
Vertical obstacle 1 m
Trench 2.81 m
Engine Model 6TD-1 twin-stroke, multi-fuel, liquid-cooled 6-cylinder diesel engine, fuel injected, developing 1,000 hp at 2,600 rpm
Transmission mechanical, epicycle train with 7 forward and 1 reverse gear
Suspension torsion bar

Armament:

main 125mm smoothbore KBA3 gun
coaxial 7.62mm PKT KT-7.62 machine gun
anti-aircraft 12.7mm KT-12.7 machine gun
Ammunition:
for main armament 45 rds (28 in automatic loader)
for coaxial machine gun 1,250 rds
for anti-aircraft machine gun 450 rds
Operating temperature range -40 to +55°C
Crew 3


T-80UD main battle tank


Armament

The T-80UD MBT armament includes a 125mm gun, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun. The tank crew is also equipped with sub-machine guns, hand grenades and a signal pistol.

The main armament comprises a 125mm KBA3 smoothbore gun fed by a carousel-type automatic loader and fitted with a thermal sleeve and fume extractor (bore evacuator). The main gun has a quick-replacement barrel which can be changed under field conditions without the need to remove the gun from the tank.

The number of rounds that T-80UD could carry is 45 two-piece rounds (projectile and charge), of which 28 rounds are placed in the automatic loader, with the remainder being stored at the driver's station and in the fighting compartment. Types of ammunition that can be fired by the gun include APFSDS (armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot), HEAT (high explosive anti-tank), HE-FRAG (high explosive fragmentation) rounds and laser beam-riding guided missiles.

The specific feature of the tank is that it is fitted with a guided missile system to enable the main gun to fire a laser guided missile with a maximum range of 5,000 m. The missile consists of two parts. The first part includes a pusher and an equipment compartment with control surface device. The second part includes a sustainer engine and a tandem warhead. Both parts are stowed in the automatic loader in the same way as conventional ammunition.The two parts get united into one body in the gun bore at the moment of firing.

The missile can be fired while both the tank and target are moving. The tandem warhead enables the missile to defeat targets fitted with explosive reactive armour with a high degree of efficiency.

Although the primary role of the missile is to engage battle tanks operating at ranges beyond the effective range of the 125mm tank gun firing conventional ammunition, it can also be fired against other battlefield targets such as hovering helicopters and pillboxes.

The coaxial machine gun can be aimed and fired from either gunner's or commander's station.

The anti-aircraft machine gun is mounted on the commander's cupola and is intended for use in the ground/air and ground/ground roles being aimed and fired while remaining in the vehicle under full armour protection from the commander's station. The machine gun can be elevated from -5° to +70° and traversed through +/-75° to the right and left of the vehicle longitudinal axis, or through +360° together with the tank turret. The machine gun is fitted with a vertical stabilisation system providing stabilisation in the vertical angle range of -3° to +20°.

Fire Control System

The T-80UD is fitted with an advanced fire control system, and either the gunner or commander can lay and fire the main armament at stationary and moving targets while the tank is stationary or moving with a high first round hit probability.

The fire control system comprises a gunner's 1G46 day sight, gunner's TO1-KO1E night vision system, commander's PNK-4S observation and sighting system, PZU-7 anti-aircraft sight, 1ETs29 anti-aircraft machine gun mount control system, 1V528-1 ballistic computer with input information sensors, 2E42 armament stabiliser and other devices.

The gunner's 1G46 day sight has a two-axis stabilised line of sight and incorporates a laser range-finder and a missile guidance capability.

In the standard version the gunner has a TO1-KO1E sighting system with TPN-4E image intensification sight, but as an option, the Buran-Catherine-E thermal imaging sight can be fitted.

The commander's PNK-4S observation and sighting system comprises a commander's TKN-4S combined day/night sight and a gun position sensor. The commander's TKN-4S combined sight is stabilised in the vertical plane and has three channels: a day unity vision channel, a day channel with magnification of x8 and a night channel with magnification of 5.4x. A simple switch enables the commander to change from the daylight channel to the night (image intensification) channel and back again.

The commander's anti-aircraft sight enables the commander to engage air targets by using the anti-aircraft machine gun from within the safety of the turret.

In order to calculate ballistic corrections, the 1V528-1 ballistic computer automatically takes into account all the inputs from the sensors including tank speed, angular target speed, gun trunnion axis cant, crosswind speed, target range, and course angle. Additionally, the following parameters are manually input: ambient air temperature, charge temperature, barrel wear ambient air pressure and so on. The computer also computes the time when the high-explosive fragmentation projectile with controlled detonation should be detonated over the target.

The fire control system has a so-called fire gating capability, i.e., after the gun firing button has been pushed, the gun will only fire when the misalignment between the line of sight and the gun bore axis is within pre-determined limits. The fire gate size is adjusted when calibrating the fire control system after installing it in the tank.

To enable a broad sector of terrain to be observed, the crew members are provided with unity magnification periscope vision blocks.

Protection

The armour protection of the T-80UD, which includes advanced multi-layer armour and explosive reactive armour package for the turret and chassis, provides to the T-80UD a high level of battlefield survivability.

The T-80UD can disguise itself on the battlefield by laying a smoke/aerosol screen. Mounted on either side of the turret is a bank of four electrically operated smoke grenade launchers.

The T-80UD can lay its own smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel in the engine exhaust (i.e. by using so-called engine smoke emitter).

To reduce the thermal signature of the tank on the battlefield, the T-80UD power pack compartment top deck is fitted with special heat insulation.


Mobility

The T-80UD is powered by a model 6TD-1 6-cylinder diesel engine developing 1,000 hp.

The air inlet of the engine allows air to be ducted from the least dusty quarter and enables water obstacles to be crossed to a water depth of 1.8 m without preparation.

There are two parts to the air filtration system, the centrifugal pre-cleaners and the air cleaner casing. This enables the tank to be operated in hot and dusty conditions for up to 1,000 km without a change of filters and to carry out combat under radioactive conditions.

The suspension is of the torsion bar type with each side having six dual rubber-tyred road wheels with the idler at the front, drive sprocket at the rear and track support rollers.

The upper part of the suspension is covered by a skirt, the forward part of which is armoured (fitted with explosive reactive armour).

A rubber mat hangs at the front of the vehicle and this helps to keep down dust.

Other Features

The T-80UD MBT standard equipment also includes an NBC system, provision for deep fording, fire detection/suppression system, radiation shielding and a dozer blade mounted under the front of the hull.

The NBC protection system protects the crew and inner equipment of the tank against the effects of nuclear explosions, radioactive dust, toxic agents and bacteriological materials.

The deep fording equipment enables the tank to cross water obstacles to a water depth of 5 m (1.8 m deep water obstacles can be crossed without preparation).

The fire detection/suppression system enables internal fires to be detected and suppressed in both crew compartment and power pack compartment.

The radiation shielding is designed in the form of liner fixed on both internal and external surfaces of the tank.

The dozer blade enables the tank to dig up a tank caponier within 15-40 minutes depending on the type of ground.

The T-80UD can be fitted with various types of mine-clearing system at the front of the hull including KMT-6 plough-type system and KMT-7 roller-type system. Two long-range fuel tanks and an unditching beam can be mounted at the rear of the hull.

The T-80UD MBT design and configuration can be changed to suit foreign customers' specific requirements.

Support Vehicles

The following key support vehicles can also be supplied to provide the T-80UD MBT with technical and logistic support during its operational life:

-armoured repair and recovery vehicle (based on the T-80UD chassis)
-armoured vehicle-launched bridge (based on the T-80UD chassis)
-tracked carrier with a carrying capacity of 12 t (its main sub-assemblies are similar to those of the T-80UD);
-various tank maintenance mobile workshops (based on the chassis of cross-country vehicles)

Product Support

Throughout the operational life of the T-80UD MBT the KMDB and its sub-contractors provide users with the following product support:

-training courses
-training equipment
-assistance and advice on equipment management
-in-country support
-scaling and supply of spare parts
-post-design services
-publications

Participation in Comparative Evaluation Trials

The T-80UD MBT was demonstrated and subjected to trials in Pakistan in 1993 and 1995 to meet this country's re requirement for a new MBT.

In 1996 Pakistan placed a contract with Ukraine for the supply of 320 T-80UDs. The first batch of 15 vehicles was delivered early in 1997, with final deliveries taking place in late 1999.

The vehicles of the final batches incorporated many features of the T-84, including an all-welded turret and other improvements.

Status

The T-80UD main battle tank is now in service with Ukraine, Russia and Pakistan.

SOME PICTURES

T-80UD in service with the Pakistan Army

Front view of T-80UD in service with the Pakistan Army

Side view sketch

Front view sketch

Plan view sketch

Dimensions Front

Dimensions Side

T-80UD Picture one

T-80UD Picture two

T-80UD Picture three

T-80UD with its ammo

Self-entrench device

Mine clearing system

Explosive reactive armour installed on the Glacis plate

Crossing a river

This tank is really something!!!

Nice pics and info.

When greece made a test for its new tank leopard 2 a5,M1A2 abrams,Leclerc,
Chellenger 2,t 80,t84 took part.

The t 80 had the worst performance in greece.

Positives:Low profile,low price,easy maintenance,Good armor and gun

Disadvantages:Crappy electronics,the engine produces a lot of heat,
Only short people can fit it(people under 1,70 cm).

T 80 ud will fight against t 90 and upgraded t 72 so it can blast them to sky.


Question:the t 80 ud pakistan ordered to ukraine were used?

that's funny,

nearly all the greek friends I know ..... you can't say they are "tall" people ... !!!

no ..... they were new .... and with ToT .... being build in Pakistan now ...

I do not think that the T-80UD is being built in Pakistan. The only tanks under construction are T-85IIAP, AK, AZ upgrade.

the t-80ud is perfect for the desert condition in pakistan, and it has a powerful engine and all the goodies that ruskies usually have on their tanks

i heard the last batches delivered had welded turret and other improvements making them t-84, and the old ones were to be upgraded to t-84 standards. and ukraine is making us a tank fired missile and protection system similar to the arena and shotra. i think our t84s are du round capable also.

and the ukranian t80 is different from the russian t80, and the russians don't have the t84 or UD tanks that ukrain produces



the t84/t80ud would've been good for the greeks, since only short ppl can fit in it

it's actually quite better based on the fact these were used to fight the russians

I was talking about russians who are tall people.Greeks are not short people
for example i am 1,96



The ukrainians build their own t 80 called t 84,why not t 84?



You are right here.Arjun is completely useless in paki-indian border.

no we're not building the t-80s, we don't have ne t-80s, we have the t-80uds being upgraded to t-84. though i think we're building/getting tot for the engine for the t84 which will be used on the alkhalid.

Pakistani t 80 ud and al khalid seem preety equal.What you think?

yeah, pretty equal, but the t84 i think is better than the alkhalid, which the t80uds will become

The T-84 has SHOTORA systems when these went to trial with the indian army for the T-90 it fialed but they still inducted it all it is tht are T-80ud are T-84 without SHOTRA

no, t80ud is a t84 without welded turret, western fcs, etc...

I HAVE READ IT MANY TIME THAT PAKISTAN IS RECEIVING THESE T80 AND ALLSO T 84 FOR SOME 4/5 YEARS SO MAY BE BOTH THESE VARIANTS COULD BE IN GOOD QUANTITY

The Al Khalid and Al Zarrar were meant to replace the bulk of our old tanks, the T-80UD is meant for our better forces.

It seems quite reasonable to me...


You have to admit that t 80/84 looks soooo good!I really love it

The Al Khalid Tank is a good tank, it can handle pretty much everything the Indian Army has, and it is also quite cheap compared to it's Western Counterparts, but yet again, the Pakistan Army has even cheaper options, like Al Zarrar and T-85IIAP.

I'd expect that the Al Khalid Tank would form our invasion and defence forces, and I'd expect they'll replace the T-69, T-55, M48A5, and M47 tanks, so I'd think we'll have around 600 Al Khalid Tanks ultimately.

Then we have the Al Zarrar Tank, well I'd expect around a total of 600 T-59s be upgraded to Al Zarrar standards, while the other 600 be stored away for spare-parts and replacements.

The T-85IIAP has been under mass production in Pakistan since the 1980s, but anyways I'd expect that we'll see 600 at the end, because we need to replace those stored Al Zarrars.

So at the end we should expect around;

• 300 T-80UD Tanks
• 600 Al Khalid Tanks
• 600 Al Zarrar Tanks
• 600 T-85IIAP Tanks

WRONG!Tanks are the ultimate offensive machines,when they are used to defence
they have a bad end!When the tanks stop advancing they are vulnerable to artillery,mlrs,atgm.

Al khalid is totally apropriate for the dessert grounds in pak-indian border.A fast
tank with awesome firepower and good armor,it is like a punch of teofilo stevenson

what aout 225 extra t84 orderd by pakistan

We have about 2200 tanks now that is a great number I am sure we could give a tough fight to India

Its a light class tank. Its cheap because its not advanced. Its just a basic tank.

Agreed but In a offensive desert scenario, the faster and lighter the tank the better.

Does pakistani t 80 have shtora and arena defence systems?If they do then
you have a tank that m1a2 cannot pierce its frontal armor at >1 km!!!

they don't. even if, neither arena nor shtora are useful against apfsds rounds. and i don't really get your 1km thing.

regards
axl

www.kampfpanzer.de

"Its cheap because its not advanced"

Yeah like the Arjun..suited for the typical Indo-Pak sort of an engagement.

I was reading the globalsecurity.org report about the T-80UD's and I read this line:

By early 2002 Pakistan had taken delivery of 320 Ukraine-manufactured T-80UD main battle tanks, with orders for 250 more.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/wor...aine/t-80ud.htm

Is this true that PA is getting 250 more T-80UD's?

from where I can read these tanks feature in Urdu. PLZ tell me web site

I have 2 questions
Why Pakistani Armored did not perform well in Indo-Pak War Like First Elite Armored Division?

Is that Our AK and AZ have equal abilities as compare to MIA2?

I no, It is a fake. When Pakistan build own Tanks like AL-AZ. Then no need to buy these tanks in such a highly quantity.
Yes I accept this news in this way if Pakistan wants to transfer this technology.

Pattons weren't that great for those conditions back then, they performed pporly in the jungles in Vietnam too.

Pakistan ordered and got 320 T-80UD tanks.
Pakistan ordered 300 Al Khalid Tanks, and got more than a hundred, with the remaining to be delivered in the next 2-3 years. IMO the Al Khalid-2 will be developed to be the mainstay of the Pakistan Army from 2012.

so by 2010, what would pakistans tank fleet consist off?

peace

Al-Khalid 1 and 2 perhaps buying T-84 wouldn't be a bad idea.

Maybe any new Chinese Tank can also be inducted.

Nice Collection

Any chance of Pak getting the Shtora system from France for the T-80 ? india is getting that system installed on its T-90s ..

Can you please elaborate? I never heard of such a system. What is it?

I thought the system was french, but its produced by Russia. There was a French system india was trying to buy for the T-90, i'll try to find the link and info on that one too.




SHTORA-1 Active Defense System

Produced by: Electromachina JSC, Russia


A typical deployment of IR jammer can be seen on the Russian T-90, which mounts the Shtora-1 Defensive Aids System (DAS) shown on picture, with Kontakt5 ERA modules (left). The system protects the tank against guided missiles, using both the semi-active command to line of sight (SACLOS) guidance, by an IR source that mimics the flare on the back of missiles, as well as laser beam riders and laser-homing weapons. It should be effective against missiles such as the TOW, HOT, AT-4, AT-5 and Sagger (Malyutka). The Russian system also has some capability to counter laser-guided munitions and ATGMs (Such as Hellfire, Kornet etc).
Shtora-1 uses a laser warning device operating in the 0.65-1.6 micron range, comprising of an array of coarse (photo below right) and fine resolution (photo below left) sensors, mounted externally on the turret. Each of the rough (coarse) laser sensor covers a sector of 135 degrees, while the fine sensor covers a 45 degrees, with 3.75 degrees angle of arrival resolution, and -5 to 25 deg. elevation coverage. The system can automatically slew the turret and gun at the direction of the threat, to optimize the deployment of a thermal smoke screen or activation of active protection systems. The sensor detects laser illuminating and alerts the crew and defensive systems. The warning display provides the commander and gunner with threat warning cueing, by sector (at a resolution of 5 degrees) and at a resolution of 3.75 degrees at the 90 deg. frontal arc. The display also provides jammer and countermeasures status indication. Countermeasures can employ a 81mm thermal instant smoke grenades, which deploy an instant smoke screen at a range of 50-80 meters from the tank, within 1.5 - 3 seconds. The 20 meter wide, 15 meter high screen blocks visual, thermal and laser (0.4 - 14 micron) wave bands. The system also employs a pair of electro-optical jammer, designated TShU1-7, which "hijacks" the missile's command link by feeding the tracker with modulated signals that cause the missile to deviate from its course, and away from its intended target.

Guys, the tanks in the Pakistani service are not T-80UDs. Only the first batch was composed of the UDs, but the rest of them have been T-84s and the first batch has been upgraded to the T-84 standards. So its misleading to suggest that Pakistan has T-80UDs any longer.

There have been reports that the PA acquired or is to acquire ~200 more T-84s, although this news is 2-3 years old, its possible that many tanks were transferred, but undisclosed.

Why would Pakistan need more T-84's when it has Al Khalid? I think Pakistan wanted to buy more T-84's, bt they probably cancelled the deal when the PA was satisfied with the Al Khalid.

Sorry went off on another tangent here...but afaik, no more T-84s are coming Pakistan's way...will stick with AK production.

Because the T-84 program was initiated when the Al-Khalid program was starting to ramp up...meaning that a lot of stuff was still on the drawing board and the GHQ was working through the details of how many Pakistan could realistically produce and the timeframe it would take...all these things went into consideration before going for the Ukrainian T-84 deal...also keep in mind that by going with this deal, Pakistan was able to
get pretty good cooperation with the Ukrainians on the Al-Khalid project.

howcan we compare it with Alkhalid keeping the pakistani terrain in mind.

PA has T80UD's. I havent heard from any tanker stating that PA has T84.but yes there r Chinese T85's.

UD was the original batch which was upgraded and all of the later batches were T-84s. The name T-80UD has stuck now. All of Pakistani tanks are Ukrainian T-84s (this has been confirmed by a source close to Pakistani Armd Corps).

Good to see your still posting here Blain.

And yes PAK operates the T-84. The main difference
is the 6TD-2 diesel engine producing 1200hp
plus an upgraded armour package and an all welded
turret (as opposed to a cast one).


I am not sure which specific systems Pakistan recieved or
operates on its T-84 fleet though. The Shtora-1 system
as fas as I know was not exported to Pakistan because
of Russian concerns. Other members may confirm or deny
its existence within Pakistan. AFAIK, our tanks are without it.
And I havent seen any pictures of the latest batch of the 84s so
I dont know if they have the muzzle refference system.
Other members may also know if our T-84s have the French ALIS
thermal imagers or Ukranian sights.

Side Note: The T-80 series by the way is based on the T-64, and
the T-90 series is based on the T-72. The T-64 was an
elite Soviet tank, superior to the T-72. Better protected, better
design, and a better autoloader. The T-84 (except the NATO standard
120mm version) still uses the same autoloader of the T-64.

GOT ANY PICS OF THE INSDE? LOL

I remember reading a news aticle in dawn( almost 2 years ago), stating Pakistan has recieived an upgrade package for the T-80 including new electronics and a new gear transimission