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70% lost in Grozny: Russia’s T-80 tank was slaughtered in the first Chechen war — and then wrongly blamed for the disaster

Among all the tanks produced by the Soviet Union, the T-80 stands out as the black sheep of the family. Forever stuck in the ...
Newsweek

Video Shows Russian T-80 Tank Destroyed in Precision Drone Strike

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ukraine's military has shared footage of what it says is a targeted ...
Newsweek

Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley Takes Out Russian T-80 Tank in Video

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ukraine's military shared a video on Wednesday of a U.S. Bradley ...
Forbes

Russia Might Restart Production Of The T-80 Tank. Don’t Expect It To Happen Soon.

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Russia will resume production of new T-80 tanks—“from scratch,” according to Alexander Potapov, CEO of tank-maker Uralvagonzavod.
The National Interest

The T-80 Tank’s First Test Came in the First Chechen War

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The T-80 saw its baptism by fire in the First Chechen War. The tank incurred a mixed performance record during the catastrophic siege of Grozny, with records ...
Forbes

Now Russia Is Adding Inferior Optics To Its T-80 Tanks, Too

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Feb 09, 2023, 08:53pm EST A T-80 with the 1PN96MT-02 sight. We already knew that the Russian army—in a desperate effort to make good ...
SlashGear

The Soviet Union's T-72 Vs T-80: The Big Differences Between Two Battle Tanks

Regardless of what the world of video game slang may have you believe, tanks aren't all intended to simply turtle up and absorb heavy damage. Lighter, more maneuverable models exploit their mobility ...
StrategyPage

Armor: South Korea Retires Its Russian Tanks

April 6, 2019: South Korea is finally retiring the 33 T80U tanks it received from Russia in the late 1990s, along with 33 BMP3 IFV (infantry fighting vehicles) and a thousand ATGMs (anti-tank guided ...