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T-80BVM vs T-80U: how to tell them apart

Two versions of the same family. Name the wrong one in Spotrep and you still get family points, but the exact model scores most.

16 % of wrong answers to the T-80U were the T-80BVM.

T-80BVM, main battle tank from Russia

T-80BVM

Main battle tank, Russia. In service since 2018

What gives it away

Six rubber-rimmed road wheels with return rollers, gas-turbine exhaust grille at the rear, rounded turret with reactive armour.

Used by

Russia

Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
T-80U, main battle tank from Soviet Union

T-80U

Main battle tank, Soviet Union. In service since 1985

What gives it away

Six rubber-tyred road wheels with return rollers, Kontakt-5 explosive armour giving the turret a blocky, flat-faced front, and a gas-turbine exhaust at the rear.

Used by

Russia, Cyprus and others

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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