The Armed Forces of Ukraine seized the unique ‘women’s’ tank T-80UE-1
Ukrainian servicemen were able to seize a very rare Russian T-80UE-1 tank. One of the tankers posted a video of the combat vehicle on YouTube on the Shawshank Redemption channel.
The tank was adopted in 2005. The captured T-80UE-1 once belonged to the famous 4th Guards Tank Kantemyriv Division. It is a modernization of the T-80BV combat vehicle with a new turret borrowed from the T-80UD and updated equipment.
The main armament is represented by the 22A46M-4 gun. The tank is also equipped with a complex of guided missile weapons ‘Reflex’, which is designed to eliminate armored vehicles, helicopters, aircraft that fly low at long distances, and fortifications.
The T-80UE-1 is equipped with a GTD-1250 gas turbine engine with a capacity of 1250 horsepower. This is enough to compensate for the weight increase to 47 tons. The air intake device makes it possible to overcome a ford with a depth of no more than 180 cm. The combat vehicle also received a complex of dynamic protection of the second generation ‘Contant-5’.
Note that the T-81UE-1 is used not only in the war against Ukraine. Female crews took part in such tanks in a strange Russian competition called tank biathlon.
