Kuriles got “flying tanks”

Military units located on the Kuril Islands received gas turbine tanks T-80BVB, Interfax-Avn reports, referring to the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO).

“In 2021, the military units of the Army Corps of VVO, stationed on the Kuril Islands, received a party of modern modernized T-80B tanks. A distinctive feature of the T-80 tanks is a single gas turbine power plant, for which it was named” flying ” Tank, “- said in the message.

It is noted that T-80BVB, which manifested itself in extreme climatic conditions, accelerates to speed more than 70 kilometers per hour. The tank has also received modern equipment, in particular, multichannel gun sights, weapons stabilizers, monitoring devices, radio stations and dynamic protection systems.

In December 2021, the network published a video with a Russian tank T-80 who failed under the ice.

/Media reports.