T-80U MAIN BATTLE TANK

The T-80 main battle tank has been in production since the late 1970’s. KBTM of Omsk, Russian Federation, manufactures the T-80U for general use in infantry and tank units and the T-80UK command tank and XKBM, Kharkov, Ukraine, manufactures the T-80UD and the T-84. 320 T-80UD tanks have been ordered from Ukraine by Pakistan, and are fully delivered. In August 2002, it was announced that South Korea is to purchase from Russia a number of T-80 tanks.