Description
Product ID: | 9781846032448 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | New Vanguard |
Title: | T-80 Standard Tank |
Subtitle: | The Soviet Army’s Last Armored Champion |
Authors: | Author: Steven J. Zaloga, Tony Bryan |
Page Count: | 48 |
Subjects: | Land forces and warfare, Land forces & warfare, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The Soviet T-80 Standard Tank was the last tank fielded before the Soviet collapse, and the most controversial. This title charts the history of the T-80, covering the initial construction, through the development to the subsequent variants, the T-84 and Russia's enigmatic Black Eagle Tank. The Soviet T-80 Standard Tank was the last tank fielded before the Soviet collapse, and the most controversial. Like the US M1 Abrams tank, the T-80 used a turbine power plant rather than a conventional diesel. Although the design was blessed with some of the most sophisticated armament, fire controls, and multi-layer armor ever fielded on a Soviet tank, its power plant remained a source of considerable trouble through its career. It saw very little service in the Chechen War, though T-80 tanks were used in some of the regional conflicts in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-02-10 |