The Soviet Russian T-55 Main Battle Tank ☭

AusArmour Assistant Manager, Jason Belgrave, gives us a tour of the Cold War-era Soviet Russian T-55 Main Battle Tank

One of the most produced Soviet Union vehicles being used even to this day! 🇺🇦 ⚔️

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[TheSerbTube]

Hello.Commander on T-55 here. Everything is correct. Except one small correction. That Boron layer was added in transition from T-55 to T-55A variant. It also included reworked steering mechanics and PKt instead of SGMT gun 7.62mm. I also remember track repair was easier due to corrections on front small driving wheel release which was called "a lazy". That small wheel in front was not a driving wheel. It was used to guide the tracks and to tighten or release the tracks manually according to terrain the tank has to cross. It also had a significant impact on track repair. It took less time and and it was much easier to repair the tracks. The back wheel, close to engine, was a driving wheel, and between them 5 big supporting wheels each side. Also, I remember having a laser range finder on commander's place. It had pretty accurate gun but not so easy to drive. The driver had to have experience, much experience. The guys on T-72 we used to call "the spoiled ones". A lot of things has been much easier to do on that tank.

[berserker]

T-55 looks so good. No matter what you think of the USSR or Russia, Soviet tanks looks so cool

[rixithyellas]

By far one of my all time favorite tanks. Love the good commentary and wonderful imagery

[charlienewbery]

that drone with the grenade cracked me up nice touch Kurt

[yattaran]

Thank you for posting this awesome tour of AK- 47 of the battle Tank !. 👍

[laurisikio]

T-55 is the most produced tank in the world, maybe it deserves its name to get to the calenders on the wall as well as having a birthday

[Sleepy.Time.]

thank you for restoring and properly storing this piece of history

[mbenvids]

Great video and a great laugh starting at 6:30

[thisisafact]

People don't understand the fact that "tank is a tank" it's meant to be a giant sniper that can take out or suppress the enemy. doesn't matter how old they are or how outdated their armor is. it's still a valuable weapon if it can point at distance target and fire a shot. and old tanks always can be upgraded with new thermals and other equipments

[kiwifruit]

Always a pleasure to watch anything you guys put out, highly informative and interesting

[andrewsteele]

Thanks Jason, that was the best rundown on a T55 or any tank for that matter that I have every watched. Cheers

[gabrielovich]

To see the T-55, I traveled a lot in the former USSR, Mongolia and China.

T-55 is one of my favorite Soviet/Russian tanks ever built, in the Australian museum I think that is a T-55A Mod.1965 upgraded into T-55AM standard, but without BDD armor.

[Irish]

I had a number of opportunities to inspect the inside of a T-55 when I was in the Army, including the outdoor armor museum at the Hohenfels training center in Germany. I was an Abrams tank crewmen, so I knew about cramped workspaces, but I just couldn't believe how little crew space there was inside the turret of the T-55. No space, no matter how small, has ever given me claustrophobia. But the T-55 turret came close.

[Mr_Fu_Manchu]

Great presentation of a tank, I have my attention concentrated to Aussies TV news, documentary and so on, and I am never disappointed. Greetings from Bucharest, thank you.

[larsbr]

In Sweden, we used the east German BLG-60M2 during 1997–2011 in Sweden as "Brobandvagn 971".
It's a German-built bridge builder based on the T55 Chassie. So no T55s were used as tanks in Sweden.

[lordlapswans]

as usual, great information, great video ! Awesome

[fredfarnackle]

Another masterclass from someone who knows what they are talking about. I HAVE to get up to the museum one day for a good look around - a very long way to go from south NSW though.

[vig]

There was data that more than 90000 had been made in USSR and by licensees in China and Eastern Europe. D10 gun was outstanding for it's time. Overall, the best tank for it's time.

[obsidianjane]

@6:34 You're gonna give that poor old tank nightmares.

[ИльяЧендемеров]

У обоих сторон сейчас огромное количество противотанковых комплексов. Поэтому в 80-90% случаев танк стреляет не прямой наводкой. Обычная работа это стрельба как САУ ( self propelled artilery) : с закрытой позиции + корректировка с дрона. Но танк лучше бронирован чем САУ и он может выдвигаться гораздо ближе к линии соприкосновения. Когда работает артиллерия слышен выстрел ( выход) через 3-4 секунды взрыв ( прилет). При работе танка этого нет выстрел и тут же взрыв. Для такой работы Т-90, а Т-55 вполне может справится. Тем более у него нарезная пушка, что дает большую кучность и самое главное : огромное количество боеприпасов на складах, оставшиеся от СССР.