T-55: How an obsolete tank will be useful in NWO

A wide discussion was caused by the personnel of the trains that were transported to the NVO zone Tanks T-55, removed from the "conservation". Some of our fellow citizens even had a "panic", they say - everything weapons no, they send "junk" to the front. But, everything is not so simple here.

However, before talking about the likely functions that will be assigned to the T-55 in the NVO zone, let's start with what kind of car it is.

The medium Soviet tank went into mass production in 1958. Until 1979, 23600 units were produced, which made this armored vehicle one of the most massive in the world. About 10 countries became tank operators.

It is worth noting that one of the important features of the T-55 was dictated by the "nuclear race" between the US and the USSR.

In this regard, the hull and turret of the armored vehicle became airtight, and inside it was possible to create excess pressure so that radioactive dust would not enter.

Regarding the armor of the T-55, it, as well as in its predecessor T-54, has become differentiated. That is, in places of the greatest threat to the tank, the armor was strengthened. But this happened due to its decrease in other areas.

For example, the forehead of the hull was protected by 100 mm rolled steel armor, and the lower part of the stern was protected by 20 mm. At the same time, the armor thickness of the cast turret ranged from 70 to 200 mm.

A 55-horsepower engine was installed on the T-580, which allowed the 36-ton car to accelerate on the highway up to 50 km / h and up to 27 km / h along the “crossroads”.

But the main thing is the gun of the tank, which received a rifled 100-mm D-10T2S gun. It is she who is one of the most likely reasons for sending an obsolete car to the NWO zone.

The fact is that in the current confrontation there are very few tank duels. The latter are often used as mobile artillery weapons.

So, the use of the T-55 from closed positions will allow delivering accurate strikes (thanks to the rifled gun) at a distance of up to 13 km (with a hinged trajectory). These tanks can be an excellent means of destroying enemy manpower and lightly armored vehicles.

At the same time, unlike towed artillery, in the conditions of active and operational reconnaissance of the enemy, the T-55 will be able to work out on given targets and quickly change the firing position.

Comments

[Ross xnumx]

The Soviet current analogue of the "Coalition-SV".

The main thing is that they can shoot and move....

[Saburov_Alexander53]

Interestingly, when in the past I suggested just such a possibility of using the T-55 and T-62 as artillery self-propelled guns, and not in tank battles, I was downvoted in the trash ... And then I look, my views have changed and the critics have diminished ... And what happened in these six months?

[Dart2027]

Quote: Saburov_Alexander53

when in the past I suggested just such a possibility of using the T-55 and T-62 as artillery self-propelled guns, and not in tank battles, I was thrown into the trash

Similarly.

[bayard]

Quote: Saburov_Alexander53

And then I look, the views have changed and the critics have diminished ... And what happened during these six months?

The realization came that in a war everything that can shoot, and for which there is ammunition, should shoot.

[Arkady Pakhomov]

Me too. Magnificent 100 mm gun. Powerful high-explosive projectile. Excellent firing range - 14,5 km Long barrel life. In terms of armor protection, it surpasses Acacia and Carnation.

[URAL72]

I would not compare it with Carnation and Acacia, but with the Terminator and BMP. It is they who perform the functions of supporting infantry and tanks. Here the T-55, having a caliber like the BMP-3, has much better armor. But the terminator is definitely better. But where can you get so many of them in a short time and at practically no cost?

[hagen]

Quote: Saburov_Alexander53

Interestingly, when in the past I suggested just such a possibility of using the T-55 and T-62 as artillery self-propelled guns, and not in tank battles, I was downvoted in the trash ... And then I look, my views have changed and the critics have diminished ... And what happened in these six months?

Nothing happened. It's just that you are in a resource that does not have professional analysts capable of evaluating non-obvious ideas. Here are ordinary people with a very average, as a rule, education .....

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

But I didn’t panic at all, but I thought that the generals in this matter are smarter than me.)

[air wolf]

And that we have run out of Carnations? That one will be more interesting and a more powerful shot and range.

[isv000]

Quote: air wolf

And that we have run out of Carnations? That one will be more interesting and a more powerful shot and range.

And where to put these, again for conservation? In 2014, the men in the Donbass removed the IS from the pedestal, started the engine, installed a machine gun and notably trolled the horses, dismantling several checkpoints along the way.

[Uncle lee]

Quote: isv000

back to conservation?

And for me, at least "Katyusha" on Studder! If only the Nazis were smashed!

[Mavrikiy]

Quote from Uncle Lee

And for me, at least "Katyusha" on Studder! If only the Nazis were smashed!

Not everything is so simple, dear ... Katyusha, this is good, but how long will she live on the battlefield and the "crew of the combat vehicle." Modern similar systems are more mobile and more long-range, and this is survivability ... Our MO seems to be preoccupied with saving money and agree to pay with the blood of soldiers. Instead of promoting the military-industrial complex to fight the West, poultices also prefer resuscitation.

[Escariot]

And what to do with the checkers forged under the tsar? Let's give you and send her into battle

[Mamin-Sibiryak]

You write everything correctly. Three-rulers, DP-27 and PTRD have already been issued to the militiamen of Donbass before. Well good to disappear? Maybe Rdultovsky's grenades were still lying around in the warehouse.

[NeRTT]

Well, yes, they significantly trolled .. There I remember not only one IP was removed from the pedestal !!

[Arkady Pakhomov]

Gvozdik has anti-bullet (anti-fragmentation) armor, which is easily penetrated by fragments of a 150 mm gun.

[svp67]

Quote: air wolf

And that we have run out of Carnations?

And who is firing shells for her now? What was already heavily spent, but there are still 100-mm shells and they are enough for at least a year of hostilities
And the presented story about the "truth of life" made me laugh a little. Did the author think that while telling a story about the T-55, he stands and often then shows the T-54?

[Grossvater]

The sailors use hundreds, given that the D10 fires shots from the B34, it seems that ammunition is still being produced today.

[dmi.pris1]

Chassis for "Solntsepeka"? Not?

[Novel_]

1. ... at a distance of up to 13 km ... - what will be the dispersion ???
2. Again the generals will distort everything - as artillery it is justified, but there is a but. According to the documents, this is a TANK !!! and our brave general (as I see it) will use it as it is written in a piece of paper / charter.

[Grossvater]

Hm! Does it mean that the BS 3 (3,6 tons), which bounces with each shot with accuracy, is fine, but the 35 ton tank has no accuracy?

[Alekseev]

'generals, it is written in a piece of paper..'
Some kind of bolt-fuck, not a reasonable thought.
Or is it possible to fight seriously without "generals", that is, trained military leaders? Or does the presence of incapable peacetime military leaders mean that "any cook" or couch talker can control the troops?
Much has already been written about the T-55 and T-62. Serviceable weapons and ammunition, although outdated, were used always and everywhere where high-intensity hostilities were fought.
And these tanks can be reasonably used as self-propelled guns closer to the front line, where lightly armored self-propelled guns will be
"uncomfortable", and if "wrapped" properly in remote sensing and screens, put a thermal imager and give a modern r / st as an assault weapon. That is, almost MBT.
Another thing is that old vehicles must be passed through a tank repair plant, and not transferred to the front directly from storage.

[Kostadinov]

So, the use of the T-55 from closed positions will make it possible to deliver accurate strikes (thanks to the rifled gun) at a distance of up to 13 km (with a hinged trajectory).

With the addition of some position tilt, you can shoot at a maximum of 20 kilometers.

[Gomunkul]

So, the use of the T-55 from closed positions will make it possible to deliver accurate strikes (thanks to the rifled gun) at a distance of up to 13 km (with a hinged trajectory).

I will give an alternative opinion for what T-55s can be used in the NWO zone:

The strength of the T-55 was its rifled 100-mm D-102TS gun, which until recently was considered hopelessly outdated. The D-102TS cannon is distinguished by excellent ballistics and combat accuracy. At a distance of 1000 meters, a high-explosive fragmentation projectile hits the point at which the gunner was aiming. In fact, the T-55 is a large-caliber sniper weapon protected by thick armor.

[Vadim S]

As a mobile checkpoint, as part of a system of defensive structures, as a self-propelled rapier :))) why not, where to put them, they will rot at the bases, but still the gun is superfluous in the ranks!

[Escariot]

If you have a tank in your state, then it is desirable that it be a normal tank, and not a rarity. If you don’t have a tank in your state, then who will supply this rarity?

[Wer best do]

In a year, we should probably wait for an article called

T-34: How an obsolete tank will be useful in NWO

[Aken]

You late. Remember, a few years ago they bought a T-34 from Laos? Banderlog has already shown their transportation to Russia as being sent to the front.

[Kronos]

And then: why the cart is no worse than a modern armored personnel carrier.

[Reluctant volunteer]

So, the use of the T-55 from closed positions will make it possible to deliver accurate strikes (thanks to the rifled gun) at a distance of up to 13 km (with a hinged trajectory)

But the fact that the tank does not have a sight for shooting from closed positions does not bother the author of this opus? Although, given that many of our motorized rifle brigades have long become just rifle brigades, tk. they don’t have armored vehicles at all, then the T-55 will do for something, it will be able to divert fire at least for a couple of minutes. It’s a pity for the crews, of course, but in war as in war ...

[Repellent]

Quote: Reluctant volunteer

And the fact of the absence from the word in general of a sight for firing from closed positions at the tank

Ahem ... and where did you put the side level?

[Victor Masyuk]

Since the tanks were mothballed, and not cut into metal, it means that the Ministry of Defense had plans to use them. It is logical that in the current situation everything that can still be useful should be used. At the same time, warehouses will be freed ...

[1 z1]

it means that the Ministry of Defense had plans for their use.

Quite the contrary, if officials from the Moscow Region had plans for t54-55, then there would be nothing to re-open

[Reluctant volunteer]

Quote: Repellent

Quote: Reluctant volunteer

And the fact of the absence from the word in general of a sight for firing from closed positions at the tank

Ahem ... and where did you put the side level?

And what about the level? And although not, let's do it differently, tell me a sight for firing HE at a calculated range of 10200, for example. And what is there, by the way, in tanks with a goniometer, remind ....

[Vladislav Volokhov]

Banned on google? In 2 minutes I found the tables.
Since when was the tower goniometer screwed up?

[Repellent]

Quote: Reluctant volunteer

And what about the level?

Yes, with the same

Quote: Reluctant volunteer

tell me a sight for firing HE at a calculated range of 10200, for example

Why is it for me? They will bring it to me, centrally, as part of a unit.

Quote: Reluctant volunteer

And what is there by the way in tanks with a protractor

It's sad there with a goniometer. But there is still an azimuth indicator

[wladimirjankov]

it seems that the army pulled the T-55 out of mothballs not from a good life. If this ancient tank was forced to be used, it means that there are not enough more modern t-72, 80, 90. Or there really were not enough shells of 120, 152 calibers for our artillery and decided to at least somehow compensate for this due to 100 and 110 mm shells for t -55, t-62. With such a mediocre use of artillery at the beginning of the NWO, this may well be. Therefore, as a temporary measure, it is justified. It's better to have something than nothing at all. If our military-industrial complex manages to increase the production of shells of the required calibers, the DPRK will help us a little, and finally our artillerymen will learn how to use them correctly, then the need for obsolete tanks will disappear.

[Reluctant volunteer]

Quote: wladimirjankov

The DPRK will help us a little, and finally our gunners will learn how to use them correctly ...

My friend, on the fourth gun in my battery I shot 6 with horseradish thousand, the barrel is cool there, without rifling already, maybe you will come to us near Bakhmut for another day and teach us how to use it correctly?

[Escariot]

Taxi drivers without rifling have been shooting for so many years and nothing, but you are spreading alarmism.

[Lord Zedd]

IMHO, but using from closed positions has a number of disadvantages: insufficient maneuverability, short range, etc. It seems that the people from Wagner were right, because they got the M-1 guns (1943, range up to 12.5 km only). Lots of vids. I really hope that people at the top will rely not on the mass character of such artillery (the range is less than that of NATO models, the accuracy is also worse, which is very sad), but on the development of systems like tornadoes, but here it is necessary to develop a satellite constellation, which is associated with big problems in electronics (this is all pure IMHO, maybe someone will enlighten me)

UPD: for people throwing dizas: please write, what am I wrong about? For me, this is not stubbornness, from any point of view, but an opportunity to gain new knowledge and experience. Therefore, write what you think. IMHO, the counter-battery rests on hurricanes and lancets. What do you think?

[Alexander Emrys]

- the Germans give Leopard 1 - "fu, junk, a target for our fighters"

- we throw the T-55 into battle - "and our old man, but he still fights cool"

the logic of sofa "patriots" is understandable - they can't burn in an old tank, they have age and sciatica, and the war is like a live world of tanks live. but they are disgusting to watch. to mobilize this old people and send them to the T-55 to fight, even though they would burn "with honor", as they like to broadcast

[Reluctant volunteer]

Quote: Repellent

Why is it for me? They will bring it to me, centrally, as part of a unit.

How will you get it if you don't have it? What is the elevation angle you are measuring? In parrots? What tables? Lotto cards?

Quote: Repellent

It's sad there with a goniometer. But there is still an azimuth indicator

Yeah, if you shoot according to the principle "well, somewhere there" then it will go ...

[Repellent]

Quote: Reluctant volunteer

How will you get it if you don't have it?

That's how nervous you are. Well, it's better to see...

Here it is. Please love and respect

Here's another. From 2.45 approximately in the video. The aforementioned azimuth indicator has been seen many times before, at the bottom left, round like that.

[pavelpavel]

With ventilation, 4 people would still be protected from drones. But the army of the GDR demonstrated good qualities in Prague at 68!

[AdAstra]

Leave Grandpa alone." """

[Mamin-Sibiryak]

Isn't self-propelled guns more appropriate for such purposes? Or did the USSR mainly rivet tanks, and self-propelled guns did much less?

[Hassan Shamoyan]

Obsolete ... google it, it is still the main one in many countries. In addition, the potential for modernization has not yet been exhausted. In the USSR, they did things over which time has no power, they are always relevant. As an example, the Niva car, it’s impossible to think of a better one