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[modifier] T-80 light tank

First, I mistakenly tell that T-80 had 2 persons crew. It had 3 actually: tank driver in the hall, gunlayer in the turret on the right side and tank commander/loader in the turret on the left sight. It was built at the base of T-70 M. So main differences T-80 from T-70 are new bigger turret (2 persons). It was also bigger:

Dimension T-70 T-80
Combat weight, tonnes 9.8 11.6
length, mm 4285 4420
width, mm 2420 2500
height, mm 2035 2175
road clearance, mm 300 300

Due it's bigger weight, it had new engine GAZ-11 (6 cylinder, in-line, carburettor, liquid cooling, 2 x 85 hp at 3600 rpm) instead of T-70 GAZ-203 engine. Chassis was similar. Armour was thicker (front hull 35-40 mm, side hull 25, rear hull 15-25, top and bottom hull 10-15, turret 35 mm). Cannon and machine guns were also similar, but T-80 had 94 cannon rounds (instead of 70 in T-70) and 1008 MG rounds instead of 945. Road speed was almost similar (47 kph vs 45 kph T-70).

Important difference was new system of gun placing. T-70 and T-80 were both infantry tank, they could fight in towns, so they should fire at upper floors. So, T-80 has bigger cannon elevation — 65°

Main constructor was N.A. Astrov (Николай Александрович Астров) (he also was main constructor of T-29, amphibious T-38 and T-40 and light T-30, T-60 and T-70). See ru:Астров, Николай Александрович.Bilou 16 mai 2005 à 13:05 (CEST)