David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Feb 16, 2023, 07:12pm EST Updated Feb 16, 2023, 07:13pm EST An upgraded Ukrainian T-64BV with modern optics and reactive armor. The ...
Designed in Kharkiv during the Cold War, the T-64 was one of the Soviet Union’s most advanced tanks, pioneering composite ...
The T-64 sported many firsts for the Soviet Union — the first tank with composite armor, first tank with an autoloader, first tank with a smoothbore gun. It was innovative, but expensive, and ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The T-64 was intended to fit the armor protection and firepower of a heavy tank onto a medium platform. This would, in theory, allow the tank to remain relatively ...
August 12, 2017: In Congo it was recently revealed that Ukraine had delivered 25 refurbished T-64BV1 tanks for a 2104 order that was thought to be cancelled. The tanks apparently arrived, largely ...