Talk:T-80 models

B class assessment

All this article needs to reach B-class on the military history wikiproject's assessment scale is a brief introductory section explaining the development of the T-80 and citations for all the different models. Nick Dowling (talk) 00:17, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd also like to improve the quality of the references used. Not sure whether that's necessary for B-class assessment. —Michael Z. 2008-10-04 03:30 z

Ob'yekt 219A name

Ob'yekt 219A should not be referred to as T-80A, as it was never accepted for service and therefore was not afforded a designation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.241.5 (talk) 16:12, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Thermal Sight

@User:MarkusDorazio Did a little research here and found a few interesting things.

The 1P96MT-02 (the 02 bit is key) isn't a 1970s sight, unless we are going to say a Leopard 2A8 is a 1970s tank. True the exterior is more or less the same, knobs, housing etc. However the -02 is a 2nd generation thermal with a 640x480 res and uncooled microbolometer that is actually pretty good. Granted resolution is low compared to visual optics, but this is true of most thermals which tend to sacrifice FOV in favor of zoom. 640x480 is better than all Leopard 2 sights prior to the A7, or the M1A2 pre-SEP. Additionally it's not a Russian sight, but rather a PRC import.

Whereas the Sosna-U is a Russian sight, the internals have been produced from scratch in Russia since 2011. All T-90ms have it, the majority of which have been produced since February 2022. The sight block, is made by VOMZ, the thermal matrix comes from Mikron, and the Catherine-XP is produced under license.

I know defense UA is biased, but see [1] and [2].

Several sources also state that some obr. 2023 are using the Sosna-U so in reality the production is a mixture. Finally, we can't put multiple sources together to say something that none of them say individually, that is a violation of WP:SYNTH. So we can either find new sources that say exactly what the article says though that seems like cherry picking. Bloat the article with a bunch of sources saying different things, which is unhelpful for short list entries like this one, or just omit as too complicated for a short list entry.

Final mostly irrelevant note, the 1P96MT-02 likely is worse than the Sosna-U for these tanks but not because of any problem with the sight itself, but due to poorer systems integration.

I thought it best to omit anything about the thermals, as too complicated for a list entry, so I just removed it. 144.121.121.105 (talk) 22:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree thanks for the clarification. I didn't know what to do and I had a feeling there was a rule on this kind of thing already.

Although the T-80BVM Obr.2023 I believe uses the 1P96MT-01 sight which is manufactured by JSC VOMZ, this one is not imported. The Stats of the 1PN-96MT-01 are the following:

Vertical Guidance Angles: From -10 to +20 on horizon

Video Resolution: 800 x 600 pixels, 5.7 inches

Wavelength: Microbolometer UFPA 640x480

Detection Ranges

--- Targets: 3000

--- Recognition: 2000

Sosna-U are the following

Range: "Up to 5000 meters"

Missile Control Range: 5500

So I'd say it is worse than the 1PN96MT. I would like a link to the sources which say the obr.2023 has Sosna-U as well. MarkusDorazio (talk) 00:42, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Also Russia never produced Catherine-XP, only FC, they imported 100 or so models from France however. MarkusDorazio (talk) 01:32, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Also the Leo2a8 isnt a 1970s tank in terms aof thermals, it uses 3rd Gen ATTICA from the PSO-VT's PERI RTWL from 2009. MarkusDorazio (talk) 14:36, 25 October 2023 (UTC)