T-64
Sign in to saveThe T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov. The tank was introduced in the early 1960s. It was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62: the T-64 served in tank divisions, while the T-62 supported infantry in motor rifle divisions. It introduced advanced features including composite armour, a compact engine and transmission, and a smoothbore 125-mm gun equipped with an autoloader to allow the crew to be reduced to three so the tank could be smaller and lighter. In spite of being armed and armoured like a heavy tank, the T-64 weighed only .
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- T-64
- Weapon.image
- File:T-64BV mod 2017, Kyiv 2021, 16.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A Ukrainian T-64BV model 2017 in 2021
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Main battle tank
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1966–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- Transnistria War Angolan Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas Russo-Ukrainian war Kamwina Nsapu rebellion
- Weapon.designer
- KMDB
- Weapon.design_date
- 1951–1962
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Malyshev Factory
- Weapon.production_date
- 1963–1987
- Weapon.number
- ≈13,000
- Weapon.spec_label
- T-64A
- Weapon.length
- (gun forward)
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Article
36 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Development history
- Object 430
- Object 432
- T-64A
- T-64B
- Modernisation in Ukraine
- Production history
- Models
- Modernisations
- Variants
- Service history
- Soviet Union
- Post-Soviet period
- Ukraine
- Other foreign service
- Capabilities and limitations
- Firepower
- Movement
- Protection
- Concerns of 3-man and 4-man crew maintenance
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- Specifications (T-64BV)
- Dimensions
- Crew
- Propulsion
- Performance
- Armament
- Equipment
- Protection
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov. The tank was introduced in the early 1960s. It was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62: the T-64 served in tank divisions, while the T-62 supported infantry in motor rifle divisions. It introduced advanced features including composite armour, a compact engine and transmission, and a smoothbore 125-mm gun equipped with an autoloader to allow the crew to be reduced to three so the tank could be smaller and lighter. In spite of being armed and armoured like a heavy tank, the T-64 weighed only .
These features made the T-64 expensive to build, significantly more so than previous generations of Soviet tanks. This was especially true of the power plant, which was time-consuming to build and cost twice as much as more conventional designs. Several proposals were made to improve the T-64 with new engines, but chief designer Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov's political power in Moscow kept the design in production in spite of any concerns about price.