2018’s new reactive armor is particularly beneficial in a close fight. Ukraine has written off more than 40 T-80s, but has captured from Russia around 150 of the 1980s-vintage tanks-more than making good its own losses. 2018s the factory has completed since then. The Malyshev Factory in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, had upgraded around 90 of Ukraine’s roughly 350 active and stored T-80s by the time Russian widened its war on Ukraine 16 months ago.
2018 program adds to the baseline T-80BV new thermal optics, satellite navigation and the latest Nozh reactive armor. A 70-ton M-1s is much better-protected than a 42-ton T-80 is. This fall Kyiv is getting an initial batch of 31 turbine-powered M-1A1 tanks from the United States. 2018 variants, making them the best turbine tanks in the Ukrainian inventory-for now. The 35th Marine Brigade’s T-80BVs are the latest Mod.
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