70% Lost in Grozny: Russia’s T-80 Tank Was Slaughtered in the First Chechen War — and Then Wrongly Blamed for the Disaster

70% Lost in Grozny: Russia’s T-80 Tank Was Slaughtered in the First Chechen War — and Then Wrongly Blamed for the Disaster

Among all the tanks produced by the Soviet Union, the T-80 stands out as the black sheep of the family. Forever stuck in the shadows of its younger brother, the T-72, the T-80 never received glowing reviews in either Soviet or later Russian service. Today, in the West, the tank has a reputation for largely being a flop. In the author’s humble opinion, this perception is mostly unwarranted. T-80 Tank Russian Army. Image Credit: Creative Commons. …