by TankNutDave | May 18, 2017 | French Fighting Vehicles, Light Tanks
The French AMX-13-75 Light Tank was the first of the AMX-13 Tank series. It was initally built with a 75mm main gun and referred to as simply “AMX-13” until production swapped to a new production model with a 90mm main gun, the AMX-13-90 in 1966. In...
by TankNutDave | May 2, 2017 | Main Battle Tanks, Russian Fighting Vehicles
The Russian Object 640 Black Eagle Tank, was a design developed by the former State owned Omsktransmash manufacturing plant (and its design bureau) in the mid to late 1990’s. The Black Eagle project has generated a high level of speculation as to its existence. Two...
by TankNutDave | May 2, 2017 | Main Battle Tanks, Russian Fighting Vehicles
The Russian T-80U Tank was the second major upgrade of the T-80 Main Battle Tank series and is the most common production model exported and featured in the media. It featured improvements in firepower, armor and mobility. The T-80U could be identified quickly by the...
by TankNutDave | May 2, 2017 | Main Battle Tanks, Russian Fighting Vehicles
The Russian T-80B Tank was the first major upgrade of the T-80 Main Battle Tank and was the most common production model built. It featured improvements in firepower, such as the ability to fire a radio-guided anti-tank missile and improvements in the vehicles armor....
by TankNutDave | May 2, 2017 | Main Battle Tanks, Russian Fighting Vehicles
The Russian T-80 Tank is a 2nd Generation Main Battle Tank currently in service with the Russian Army and exported to a small number of countries. The T-80 was developed as a replacement to the problematic T-64 Tank series. The T-80 was considered to be a more...