T-80BV main battle tank on display in 2010.
Source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin -
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The T-80BV is armed with the 125mm 2A46M-1 smoothbore cannon connected to an automatic loader.
A 12.7mm NSVT heavy machine gun is mounted at the commander's hatch.
The majority of T-80BV are upgrades of existing T-80B tanks, but some were produced new from factory.
The T-80U is the successor of the T-80BV. It has a new turret design and Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armor.
The T-80BVM is a modernization and service life extension of existing T-80BV tanks.
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