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Tanks in Ukraine 2022 | 341 |
T-80UK OF THE 4TH DIVISION - Were it not that Russia so desperately needed tanks to make up for the losses it was suffering, the mauling the 4th Guards Kantemir Tank Division’s T-80s received in 2022, especially during their retreat from the Ukrainians’ Kharkov counteroffensive, would likely have guaranteed the final withdrawal of the T-80 into mobilization storage. As is, attrition will likely ensure the Russian army soon has few of their old T-80/T-80U stocks left. This is a T-80UK command tank version of the basic T-80U, with improved communications gear and an auxiliary generator to power it when the tank is stationary. Although the decision was made not to make it standard for the T-80 for reasons of cost, the T-80UK mounts the Shtora-1 countermeasures suite also fitted on the T-90 tank,