class: Tank description: The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. When it entered service in 1976, it was the second MBT in the world to be equipped with a gas turbine engine after the Swedish Strv 103 and the first to use it as a primary propulsion engine. The T-80U was last produced in a factory in Omsk, Russia, while the T-80UD and further-developed T-84 continue to be produced in Ukraine. The T-80 and its variants are in service in Belarus, Cyprus, Egypt, Kazakhstan,[12] Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Ukraine. introduced: 1985 manufacturer: Omsk Transmash origin: USSR/Russia price: 25 role: Main Battle Tank variants: T-80UD: {}