 |
| ||||||||
| |||||||||
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 |