T-54

Presentation

In 1947 appeared this new Soviet tank . It derived from the T-44, of which it took again the frame but by adapting a new broader turret to it being able to embark a gun of 100mm. If the T-44 had known a confidential production, it was not the same for the new tank which entered very quickly in mass production to take the changing of its ancestor the T-34/85. It became with its derivatives the standard armoured tank of the communist bloc and its fitting, the prototype of the Soviet armoured tanks . The suspension included/understood five large wheels of road, without tread roller, characterized by a space between the first and second wheels. The armament, in addition to the gun, included/understood a coaxial machine-gun of 7,62 mm, one of glacis and anti-aircraft of 12,7 mm.
The vehicle evolved/moved gradually, in particular on the level of the turret which by a gradual evolution becomes of hemispherical form. The armament was equipped with a stabilizer, initially vertical then on the two axes, the anti-aircraft machine-gun ends up disappearing. In 1958, a version, remotorized with V-55 of 580 horses and equipped with a protection NBC of model PAZ and with an again redrawn turret incorporating a floor, accepted T-55 designation. The capacity in ammunition and fuel was increased, autonomy passed to 500 km (715 with two releasable tanks assembled to the back) and the number of shell to 43 instead of 34.
In 1963, the T-55A was equipped with a complete protection PAZ/FVU which was characterized by an outgrowth of the hatchways of the crew. The Char T-62 succeeded to him.

Alternatives

Soviet production

T-54

T-54-1 or model 1946, initial model with lengthened turret.
T-54-2 or model 1949, back of shortened turret.
T-54-3 or model 1951, back of removed turret.
T-54 or model 1953, model with hemispherical turret.

radiators.

T-54K version of command of T-54
T-54A new gun D-10TG with a crest gate of smoke and stabilized in site. Improvement of the air filter and the radiators.
T-54AK version of command of the T-54A, additional radio, capacity reduced in ammunition.
T-54B new gun D-10T2S stabilized on the two axes, appearance of the Infra-red projector OU-3 for the chief of tank, of sight TPN-1 for the gunner and the Shnorkel, allowing him guéer deep rivers.
T-54BK version of command of the T-54B
T-54M T-54 upgradé with standard T-55M.
T-54MK version of command.
prototype object 483 of the OT-54.

OT-54 version flame thrower with a ATO-1 in the place of the coaxial machine-gun and a capacity of 460 L of flammable liquid which can carry up to 160 m.

BTS-1 version without turret.

BTS-1M' improvement of the precedent.
BTS-2 version of breakdown service.
BTS-2M improvement of the precedent.
BTS-4B version of breakdown service, produced starting from the very first models.
BTS-4BM experimentation starting from the BTS-4B which can winch on the glacis.
MTU-1 layer of bridge.
MTU-20 layer of long bridge of 20 m.

T-55

T-55 new V-55 engine of 580 horses, redrawn turret embarking 43 shells for the gun. Removal of the anti-aircraft machine-gun, appearance of the first kits of anti-radiation protection and antichimic PAZ.
T-55K versions of command of T-55

T-55K1 for the companies, 2 R-123 radios or R-123M and R-124
T-55K2 for the Battalion S, 2 R-123 radios or R-123M and R-124
T-55K3 for the regiments, a R-130M, R-123, R-124 and a telescopic aerial of 10 Meter S.

OT-55 version flame thrower with a ATO-200 in the place of the coaxial machine-gun and a capacity of 460 L of flammable liquid which can carry up to 200 m.
T-55A enlarging of the hatchways assembly of protection NBC PAZ/FVU and removal of the machine-gun of glacis.
T-55AM assembly of an anti-aircraft machine-gun of 12,7 mm.
T-55AM model 1974, assembly of a Rangefinder laser KTD-2 with the top of the gun.
T-55AM1 T-55AM equipped with the shielding horseshoe (out of horseshoe on the front of the turret).
T-55AM2 T-55AM1 remotorized with an engine V-55U compressed developing 620 CH and a radio R-173P.
T-55AMV T-55AM, generally T-55AM2, with reactive shielding of first generation.
T-55M
T-55MV T-55M equipped with reactive shielding with first generation.
T-55AM2PB new fire control system Volna , with the sight 1K13 BOM for the gunner, a Rangefinder laser KTD-2 a ballistic calculator BV-55, the TShSM-32PB sight, and Tsiklon-M1 stabilization for the gun. It is able to fire anti-tank missile AT-10 STABBER through its gun.

Polish production

T-54AD version of command with capacity in ammunition preserved and radios placed in a small outgrowth of the turret.

Chinese production

For its own needs and export (Africa and Asia), China developed many derivatives of T-54.

type 59

China initially produced a simplified version of the T-54A without stabilizer of shooting nor apparatus of night vision. It was then modified, rearmed and equipped with an active shielding (Standard 59/II, Type 59/III has and Standard 59/III). There exist also versions of command (improved radio operator equipment) and of breakdown service. Type 59 are used by China, Congo, the North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan (Standard 59M), Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Principal alternatives of Type 59

Standard 59 construction under license of the Standard T-54A
59-II rearmament with a gun of 105 mm, probably derived from British L-7.

Standard 62

It is the version of reduced size (21 tons) army by one 85 mm. It is in service in the APL (of which the navy) and was exported in Albania, in Bangladesh, in Congo, in North Korea, in Mali, in Sudan, in Tanzania and in Vietnam.

type 69

These tanks of Type 59 are improved. It have thus of a system of night vision modernized, a NBC protection and a laser telemetry. In service in Bangladesh, in Burma, in China, in Iraq, in Iran, in Pakistan and Zimbabwe, Types 69/79 (gun of 105mm), they were declined in:

Standard 69-I : Optics IR, laser telemetry, kit NBC and gun improved with crest gate of smoke moved behind.
Standard 69-II : new gun of 100mm.
Standard 69-IIB : VERSION EXPORT OF the Standard PRECEDENT
69C
Standard 79
Standard 80

Israeli production

Achzarit Transport of troop armoured

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/armored_personnel_carriers/achzarit/Achzarit.html

Ti-67
Ti-67 Model S

Rumanian production

TR-580
TR-800

External bonds

Data sheet and photographs of T-55 on the ArmyRecognition.com site

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