T-54/55

T-54/55

T-54/55 Main Battle Tank

Specification

Country of Origin = Soviet Union

Manufacturer = State Factories- Soviet Union/China/Czechoslovakia/Poland/                                                                                   Romania.

Produced In = 1946 - 1983

Number Produced = 86,000 - 100,00 units

Crew = 4

Length = 9.00 m

Width = 3.27 m

Height = 2.40 m

Weight = 40,500 kg / 89,287 lb

Powerplant = Model V-55, 12 cylinder diesel engine

Engine Power = 800 h.p.

Maximum Speed = 50 km/h

Maximum Range = 500 km

Armament = 1 x 100mm D-10 rifled main gun ( capable of launching guided missile)
                            1 x 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun
                             1 x 12.7 mm DSHK anti-aircraft machine gun



About

It is worth noting that T-54/55 are actually two type of tanks which is T-54 and T-55. Since both of the tanks have a lot in common, it is designated as T-54/55. It is designated like that because the T-55 had a minor but significant improvements from its predecessor, the T-54 and due to the facts that the tanks have the same silhouette. These tanks are intended to counter the threat of the new American M60 Patton tanks. Compared to T-54, the T-55 had a new turret which was revised and improved from the T-55 and T-55 also have the NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protection to protect the crew. In the late models of T-55, the tank's gun was capable of launching ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) which greatly improved the tank's killing range and the tanks could also be fitted with the latest ERA (Explosive Reactive Armor) and applique armor which significantly increased the tank's level of protection and secured the tank's reputation as a menacing weapon even on the 21st century's battlefield.


Combat Action

1. Arab-Israeli War
2. Six-Day War
3. Yom-Kippur War/ Ramadan War
4. Soviet-Afghanistan War
5. Jordanian Civil War
6. Vietnam War 
7. Angolan Civil War
8. Indo-Pakistan War
9. Yugoslav War
10. Sri Lankan Civil War
11. Sino-Vietnamese war
12. Iran-Iraq War
13. Operation Desert Storm
14. Operation Iraqi Freedom
15. Libyan Civil War
16. Ukrainian Civil War

Variants

                                                               T-55A

                         

                                                                         T-55AM2B

                                                             T-55AM Marksman SPAAG