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Fiche
Pertinence pour les conflits
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Opérateurs
Russia: The gas-turbine tank of the Russian ground forces, concentrated in the northern and Baltic-facing formations before 2022 and committed from the first days; the T-80BVM is the current standard, drawn from storage and modernised at Omsk. No holdings recorded. · Ukraine: Inherited T-80BV and the Kharkiv-built T-80UD, in service alongside the T-64 and T-72; captured Russian T-80BVM documented in Ukrainian use. No holdings recorded.
Rôle sur le champ de bataille
Main battle tank in Russian assault and fire-support roles across the front, and in Ukrainian service beside the T-64 and T-72; in the module's terms, the type through which the question of Russian tank production against attrition is most visible.
Points forts
A gas turbine giving high power and cold-weather starting, the reason it equipped the northern formations; the T-80BVM's reactive armour, sights and fire control bring it close to the T-90M; a large Soviet storage base that has sustained years of refurbishment.
Limites
A thirsty engine and a demanding supply chain; the same carousel autoloader vulnerability as the T-72, with the same documented catastrophic losses; and a production base at Omsk whose new-build capacity, as opposed to refurbishment of Soviet hulls, is disputed in specialist analysis and is not established. Fleet and production figures are not reproduced here.
Identification visuelle
A low hull with six road wheels and a rounded turret carrying reactive armour blocks; the T-80BVM shows Relikt armour arrays on the turret front and sides and a distinctive rear exhaust arrangement from the turbine. Hard to separate from a T-72 except by the wheels and the turret rear.
Emploi documenté dans les conflits
Documented in Russian use from February 2022 — including in the Kyiv and Kharkiv axes — and continuously since; open-source trackers record T-80 losses in excess of a thousand by the end of 2024, and captured T-80BVM in Ukrainian hands. Russian ministry announcements of T-80BVM deliveries continued through 2025–2026; specialist analysis disputes whether Omsk builds new hulls at all. Ukrainian T-80 use is documented with heavy losses in the 2022 defensive battles. Counts are not reproduced here.
Formations documentées
- 4th Guards Tank Division « Kantemirovskaya » Documenté · confiance élevée
Évalué au — 2026-02 Dernière revue — 2026-09-28