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MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the tanks category.
01 / Overview
T-80BV
Category
Country
Production
1985–
Unit Price (current)
$6.3M↗ 111% inflation · 1995→2025
Original Price
$3.0M (1995)
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
TANKS · COLD WAR
51
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
45
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$6.3M
Original: $3.0M (1995)
Inflation: +%111
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the tanks category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎General2MOD.2
- Combat Weight42.5 t
- Crew Size3
◈Firepower4MOD.4
- Main Gun Calibre125 mm
- Can Fire APFSDSYes
- Can Fire HEATYes
- Can Fire ATGMYes
▣Protection2MOD.2
- Has ERAYes
- Smoke GrenadesYes
◇Mobility2MOD.2
- Engine Power1,000 hp
- Power-to-Weight Ratio23.5 hp/t
◆Dimensions3MOD.3
- Length (Hull)7.4 m
- Width3.4 m
- Height2.202 m
▤Electronics & Optics1MOD.1
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
- 1985Production started
- 1994First deployment: First Chechen War
41
years in service
5
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it. 7 countries retired it.
04 / Operators
05 / MASS Score
TANKS RANKING Tanks · Cold War
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
178TANKS51COLD WAR · TANKS1089RUSSIA · ALL WEAPONS25PRICE · TANKS388PRICE · ALL WEAPONS284PERFORMANCE/PRICE · TANKS
ⓘ Rankings are within theTankscategory.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE6terms
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot: a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition.
Anti-Tank Guided Missile: a missile designed to destroy tanks.
Automated loading system for tank guns, reducing crew workload.
Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA): Modular armor system that detonates upon impact to disrupt incoming warheads, reducing penetration of shaped charges and kinetic energy projectiles.
High-Explosive Anti-Tank: a type of projectile that uses a shaped charge to penetrate armor.
Handheld or vehicle-mounted devices that release dense smoke to obscure vision, conceal movements, or screen friendly forces from enemy observation.
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