Russian T-80B MBT

Plastic kit for a Soviet-Russian T-80B

• 1:35 scale
• Dimensions (LxW (built): 280.2 x 101.2 mm
• 900+ parts
• Photo-etched and clear parts included
• single link tracks
• Turret and lower hull manufactured using the Slide Mold process
• not built/not painted
• Paint and glue not included

The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion. The T-80U was last produced in a factory in Omsk, Russia, while the T-80UD and further-developed T-84 continue to be produced in Ukraine. The T-80 and its variants are in service in Belarus, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Ukraine.

T-80B had a new turret, fire-control, and autoloader allowing the firing of 9M112-1 Kobra antitank guided missile, and improved composite armour. An improved 1,100-hp engine was added in 1980, a new gun in 1982, T-80BV fittings for reactive armour in 1985. Reactive armor adds protection for 400mm equivalent armor to defend against HEAT warheads.