In 1993, A Soviet Army Division Left 350 T-80 Tanks In Ukraine. Today, They Fight Against Russia.

Early T-80s in Soviet service. Soviet army photo The Soviet army’s 20th Tank Division was one of the most powerful ground-combat formations of the late Cold War. The Poland-based division had no fewer...

Now Russia Is Adding Inferior Optics To Its T-80 Tanks, Too

A T-80 with the 1PN96MT-02 sight. Russian defense ministry photo We already knew that the Russian army—in a desperate effort to make good its losses in Ukraine—was pulling old T-72 tanks out of storag...