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T-55AGM

Field	Value
name	T-55AGM
image	SCQ_Y_TIFON-2.jpg
image_size	300
caption	T-55M8-A2 Tifon II, a variant of the T-55AGM
type	Main battle tank
origin	Ukraine
is_vehicle	yes
designer	KMDB
developed_from	T-55
mass	46000 kg
length	9.857 m
width	3.65 m
height	3.004 m
crew	3
armour	Nizh explosive reactive armour
primary_armament	1× 125 mm BKM1 or KBM2 smoothbore gun (30 rounds)
secondary_armament	1× coaxial PKT machine gun (3,000 rounds)
1× roof mounted NSV machine gun (450 rounds)
12× 81 mm turret mounted smoke grenade launchers
engine	5TDFMA V5 engine, diesel
engine_power	1000 hp at 2,600 rpm
pw_ratio	21.7 hp/t
transmission	7 gears (6 forward, 1 reverse)
suspension	Torsion bars and hydraulic shock absorbers
clearance	0.45 m
speed	69.3 km/h
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1× roof mounted NSV machine gun (450 rounds) 12× 81 mm turret mounted smoke grenade launchers

The T-55AGM is a Ukrainian modernization of the T-54/T-55 medium tank developed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB). Although the T-54/T-55 series are over 70 years old, a significant number of vehicles still remain in service worldwide, and after successfully working on the development of the T-80UD and T-84 tanks, KMDB turned its attention to the export market in the 2000s, and built a prototype called the T-55AGM featuring significant improvements in protection, mobility, and firepower. As of early 2011, the T-55AGM remained at the prototype stage although it has been shown outside of Ukraine.

Description

The tank is fitted with a 5TDFM, two-stroke liquid-cooled multi-fuel supercharged diesel engine with opposed pistons which develops 850 horsepower (hp) (634 kW), improved running gear. The driver has an automated movement control system with a steering handlebar control.

The T-55AGM has built-in explosive reactive armour, countermeasures system, new fire suppression system with over-ride facilities at the commander's station, automatic loader which holds 18 rounds and anti-aircraft machine gun that can be aimed and fired from within the turret under a complete armour protection. The anti-aircraft machine gun is installed on the commander's cupola and can be fired at air or ground targets.

Prospective buyers can choose between two main smoothbore gun armament options: 125 mm KBM1 or 120 mm KBM2. Both of them, with use of enhanced performance conventional ammunition, or a barrel-launched anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), can defeat modern tanks from a distance of 2 – and up to 5 km using an ATGM. The tank can carry at least 30 rounds. The 125 mm KBM1 smoothbore gun weighs 2.5 tonnes, has a barrel length of 6 m (48 calibers) and can fire armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), and high explosive (HE) fragmentation (HE-FRAG) rounds, while the 120 mm KBM2 smoothbore gun weighs 2.63 tonnes, has a barrel length of 6 m (50 calibers) and can fire all types of ammunition that meet the requirements of NATO standards and Ukrainian-made ATGMs. Both guns have normal recoil length of 26 – and maximum recoil length of 31 cm. The tank can be armed with either a KT-7.62 or the PKT-7.62 coaxial machine gun and can carry 3,000 rounds for it, and either a KT-12.7 or NSVT-12.7 heavy machine gun for AA protection and can carry 450 rounds for it. The approximate successful range is 2 km during day and 0.8 km during night. The AA HMG can be elevated between -5 and +70 degrees. The remote control for anti-aircraft machine gun is stabilized in the vertical axis during automatic mode (by using the TKN-5 sight) and is using the PZU-7 sight for semi-automatic mode.

References

Bibliography

References

Tkach, Volodymyr. (April–June 2015). "Powerplant system". Ukrainian Defense Review.

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