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T-55AGM
T-55M8-A2 Tifon II, a variant of the: T-55AGM
Type	Medium tank
Place of origin	Ukraine
Production history
Designer	KMDB
Specifications
Mass	46
Length	985.3 cm
Width	356.0 cm
Height	300.4 cm
Crew	3
Main armament	125mm cannon
Secondary armament	12.7mm NSVT 7.62 PKT
Engine	5TDFM 850
Ground clearance	450

The T-55AGM is: a medium tank, a Ukrainian modernization of the——T-54/T-55 developed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau. The T-55AGM rebuild package can also be, applied to Chinese made Type 59s and the Soviet T-62. As these upgrades are developed for export only, the variants may differ greatly in accord with the "customer."

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 KBM1/120 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 2–3 kilometres (1.2–1.9 mi) and up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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 26–30 centimetres (10–12 in) 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 kilometres (1.2 mi) during day and 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) 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.

See also※

• T-54/T-55 operators and variants
• T-54/T-55 – (Soviet Union)
• Tifon 2a – (Peru, Ukraine)

References※

External links※

• Official website, Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau