T-64

The hidden father of T-80 and, by rivalry, T-72.

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Specifications

Crew: 3
Combat weight: 39 t
Engine: 700 hp
hp / tonne: 17.9
Road speed: 60 km/h
Range: 500 km
Main gun: 125 mm 2A46 + 9K112 Kobra ATGM
In service: 1966–present (Ukraine)

5TDF opposed-piston, 700 hp — compact and fussy

Armor: First Soviet composite (Combination K) in the glacis and turret cheeks

Secondary: PKT, NSVT

Briefing scores

Relative 1–10 for teaching, not a wargame rating.

Firepower: 8/10
Protection: 7/10
Mobility: 7/10
Awareness: 6/10
Logistics: 4/10

Ammunition natures

APFSDSHEATHE-FragGun-launched ATGM

History

Morozov’s radical Kharkiv design. Reliability issues and the unique engine kept it Soviet-only. Ukraine inherited the type and still fights in T-64BV and modernized BM hulls.

Doctrine

The elite tank of Soviet Guards units in the Western TVD. Autoloader, composite armor, and a gun that fired missiles. Not for export — that was T-72’s job. Three-man crew became the Soviet standard.

Strengths

First composite MBT
ATGM from the gun
Low mass for 125 mm

Limits

Engine maintenance
Autoloader carousel under the crew
Cramped

Related hulls

T-72B

Soviet Union

T-80U

Soviet Union

T-55

Soviet Union

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