Description
The T-80U main battle tank is a further development of the T-80. It entered service with the Soviet Army in 1985.
The T-80U has a welded hull and cast turret. Armor of this MBT was improved comparing with the previous version. It features composite armor and is fitted with built-in Kontakt-5 ERA blocks. This main battle tank is also fitted with automatic fire suppression and NBC protection systems.
The T-80U is armed with a fully-stabilized 125 mm smoothbore gun, fitted with an autoloader. It fires armor-piercing, APDS, HEAT and HE-FRAG rounds. The tank can also launch 9M119M Refleks (Western designation AT-11 Sniper-B) anti-tank guided missiles in the same manner as ordinary projectiles. These missiles have a maximum range of 5 km and can target low-flying helicopters. Secondary armament consists of 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun and 12.7 mm machine gun, mounted on top of the roof.
The T-80U MBT was originally produced with a GTD-1000TF gas turbine engine, developing 1 100 hp. Tanks produced in the early 1990s were fitted with a more powerful GTD-1250 gas turbine engine, developing 1 250 hp.
| Item No | : 09525 |
| Item Name | : Russian T-80U MBT |
| Bar Code | : 9580208095257 |
| Scale | : 1:35 |
| Item Type | : Plastic Model Armor Kit |
| Model Brief | : Length: 207.2mm: Width: 103.5mm: |
| Total Parts | : 940+ |
| Metal Parts | : n/a |
| Photo Etched Parts | : 1 piece |
| Film Parts | : n/a |
| Resin Parts | : n/a |
| Total Sprues | : 28 sprues , lower hull and turret |
| Released Date | : 2018-08 |
| More Features | : The kit consists of over 940 parts >the kit w/refined detail >multi-slide moulded: turret and lower hull >192 individual tracks links >Etched Photo parts included |