#t 80

[blueiscoool]

Hide and Seek

The Ukrainian police have discovered that a man living in Sumy has been hiding an abandoned Russian T-80 main battle tank in his yard ever since the Russians retreated from Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions in April last year.

The man wanted to keep the tank as his “war souvenir”.

[jerboa-man-lolol]

Ha! This took me 4 hours to make!

Ahahahahah! Yes

[ramesseum]

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

Obiekt 292 - Soviet tank prototype from the early 90s. Notable in that it's essentially a T-80BV hull, with a T-80U turret, modified to house an autoloaded 152.4mm gun (the largest tank cannon ever made to date). It was a prototype so it didn't have things like extra machine guns or additional armor. It held 30 total rounds of 152.4mm ammo, but only 16 rounds of ammo in the autoloader.

[neo07]

Лапотний танчик після влучання птура

[ramesseum]

[whydidisavethistomyphone]

[georgy-konstantinovich-zhukov]

4th Guards Tank Division, Moscow, Oct. 4th, 1993

When first delivered to the 4th GTD in the late 1980s, the T-80UD tanks were finished in the standard three-color scheme. When repainted after extensive training use, this was simplified to dark green and gray-yellow as seen here. The tactical number of this tank, 187, is seen in shortened form on the right side due to a lack of space. The two last digits, "87," are also found on the rear-facing red night formation light at the top of the turret. The 4th GTD traditionally used a pair of oak leaves as its symbol, usually painted on the searchlight cover, and the "2" in the center indicates the 13th GTR. This was one of the tanks taking part in the confrontation between Boris Yeltsin and the Russian parliament, and the burning "White House" can be seen in the background after being shelled by several tanks. 

(Tony Bryan)