Soviet medium tank Т-55АМ

Modernization of the T-55A tank. It took part in local wars and conflicts, including in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Soviet tank T-55AM, a museum in Kubinka, photo of 2016.

View of the T-55AM tank on the other side.

The Soviet medium tank T-54AM is a modernization of the T-55A development of 1981. Improvements in design have been associated with studying the experience of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

The main differences from the basic model:

Additional armor protection for turrets, hulls and bottoms
rubber-fabric onboard anti-cumulative screens
complex of guided weapons 1К116-1 “Bastion”
engine V-55U, capacity of 620 horsepowers
a new fire control system “Volna” (“Wave”) (laser range finder KTD-2, ballistic calculator BV-62, sight “ТШСМ-32ПВ” (TShSM-32PV) and stabilizer “Cyclone” М1)
heat shield on the gun barrel
system for starting smoke grenades 902B “Tucha” (“Cloud”)
system of protection against napalm “Soda”
the modernized undercarriage, track belts of GMSH with the raised grousers.
radio station R-173 and radio receiver R-173P.

Some of the machines were equipped with a DKKM anti-aircraft machine gun.