Can a tank really fly?
Published: 06 June, 2009, 09:20
The Russian T-80 tank has been put through its paces once more at the 8th international military equipment show in the Siberian city of Omsk.
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Published: 06 June, 2009, 09:20
The Russian T-80 tank has been put through its paces once more at the 8th international military equipment show in the Siberian city of Omsk.
And yet production will be ceased. The Omsk plant has had trouble finding buyers for it. India has the largest batch in operational condition (bought from the Kharkov plant), since the russian army has chosen the T90 as MBT due to poor performance in Chechnya of the T80's initial variant. Both Omsk and Kharkov will only be making spare parts. The T80 is a good tank, but not up to the standards of vehicles like the newest versions of the leopard, merkava and abrams.