T-54/55 Main Battle Tank

T-54/55 Main Battle Tank

Service: ? Bosnia,
209? - Croatia
? Macedonia
721? Serbia
46 Slovenia
750 former Yugoslavia (1990)
...

Manufacturer: Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia

History: Most numerous MBT during the war, JNA had around 750 T-54/55 when the war begun.

Technical information's

Armament: 100mm D-10T gun
12.7mm DShK AA machine-gun (older tanks have 7,62mm AA MG)
coaxial 7.62mm SGMT machine-gun
bow 7,62 mm machine-gun

Ammunition: 34 x 100mm
500 x 12,7mm
3000 x 7,62mm

Crew: 4

Length: 9 meters with gun forwards
6.04 meters hull only

Width: 3.27 meters

Height: 2.4 meters without AA MG

Ground clearance: 0.425 meters

Weight: 36,000 kg combat
34,000 kg empty

Power-to-weight ratio: 14.44 hp/tone

Ground pressure: 0.81 kg/cm2

Engine: V-12 water-cooled diesel developing 520hp at 2,000 rpm

Maximum road speed: 50 km/h

Maximum road range: 510 km
720 km with long range fuel tanks

Fuel capacity: 812 lit

Fording: 1.4 meters
5.0 meters with preparation

Vertical obstacle: 0.8 meters

Trench: 2.7 meters

Gradient: 60%

Side slope: 40%

Armor: 203mm maximum

Armor type: Steel

NBC system: none

Night vision equipment: yes (infra-red for commander, gunner and driver)

Variants:

T-54 many tanks received hand made heat armor (old tires, extra steel plates...)

T-55

T-55A(M) modification during the war was replacing 7,62 AA MG with 12,7 AA MG for protection against AT-3 Sagger's

TMP-55 (Croatia) modernization program has begun under designation TMP-55

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Source: Hrvatski Vojnik & Velebit

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Service:	? Bosnia, 209? - Croatia ? Macedonia 721? Serbia 46 Slovenia 750 former Yugoslavia (1990) ...
Manufacturer:	Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia
History:	Most numerous MBT during the war, JNA had around 750 T-54/55 when the war begun.


Technical information's
Armament:	100mm D-10T gun 12.7mm DShK AA machine-gun (older tanks have 7,62mm AA MG) coaxial 7.62mm SGMT machine-gun bow 7,62 mm machine-gun
Ammunition:	34 x 100mm 500 x 12,7mm 3000 x 7,62mm
Crew:	4
Length:	9 meters with gun forwards 6.04 meters hull only
Width:	3.27 meters
Height:	2.4 meters without AA MG
Ground clearance:	0.425 meters
Weight:	36,000 kg combat 34,000 kg empty
Power-to-weight ratio:	14.44 hp/tone
Ground pressure:	0.81 kg/cm2
Engine:	V-12 water-cooled diesel developing 520hp at 2,000 rpm
Maximum road speed:	50 km/h
Maximum road range:	510 km 720 km with long range fuel tanks
Fuel capacity:	812 lit
Fording:	1.4 meters 5.0 meters with preparation
Vertical obstacle:	0.8 meters
Trench:	2.7 meters
Gradient:	60%
Side slope:	40%
Armor:	203mm maximum
Armor type:	Steel
NBC system:	none
Night vision equipment:	yes (infra-red for commander, gunner and driver)


Variants:
T-54	many tanks received hand made heat armor (old tires, extra steel plates...)
T-55
T-55A(M)	modification during the war was replacing 7,62 AA MG with 12,7 AA MG for protection against AT-3 Sagger's
TMP-55 (Croatia)	modernization program has begun under designation TMP-55


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