T-55AGM

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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^[1]
Length	985.3 cm^[1]
Width	356.0 cm^[1]
Height	300.4 cm^[1]
Crew	3^[1]

Main armament	125mm cannon^[2]^[1]
Secondary armament	12.7mm NSVT^[1]^[2] 7.62 PKT^[2]^[1]
Engine	5TDFM^[2] 850^[1]
Ground clearance	450

T-54 and T-55 tanks

T-54, T-55

Main battle tanks	Al-Zarrar T-55AM Merida T-55AGM Tifon 2a Type 59 Type 59 Durjoy Type 69 Ramses II Type 72Z
Other variants	BTR-T IDF Achzarit M-1978 Koksan Marksman MT-55 Type 62 VIU-55 Munja WZT ZSU-57-2
T-54/T-55 operators and variants

T-62

Main battle tanks	T-55AGM Chonma-ho
Other variants	Juche-po

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.^[1] 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),^[3] improved running gear. The driver has an automated movement control system with a steering handlebar control.

The T-55AGM has built-in

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

vertical axis during automatic mode (by using the TKN-5 sight) and is using the PZU-7 sight for semi-automatic

mode.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j T-55AGM upgraded tank // Military and special purpose vehicles. Spetstechnoexport catalogue 2020. page 12
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Михаил Лавров. Последняя реинкарнация Т-55 // "Техника и вооружение", No. 2, 2016. стр.35-41
^ Tkach, Volodymyr (April–June 2015). "Powerplant system". Ukrainian Defense Review (2): 10–13.

External links

Official website, Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau