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T-54/T-55

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The T-54 and T-55 are a series of Soviet medium tanks introduced after the Second World War, with the first T-54 prototype completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945. From the late 1950s the T-54 became the main battle tank of the Soviet Army and the armies of the Warsaw Pact, and the combined T-54/55 series is the most-produced tank in history, with estimated production between 96,500 and 100,000 units. The tanks have seen service in many of the world's armed conflicts since their introduction and remain in use by dozens of armies worldwide, and their appearance in the West in the 1950s spurred the United Kingdom to develop the Royal Ordnance L7 tank gun and the United States to create the M60 tank. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Caliber
100mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Medium tank 1
Introduced Year
1948 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
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Operated By

People's Liberation Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: T-54/T-55
Red Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: T-54/T-55

Used In

Angolan Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: T-54/T-55
Iran-Iraq War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: T-54/T-55
Kosovo War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: T-54/T-55
Sri Lankan Civil War, Wars
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1. Wikipedia: T-54/T-55
Wikipedia
  • Lead, first sentence
    a series of Soviet medium tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War
  • service-status
    service = 1948-present
  • Infobox, service field
    Infobox service field: 1948-present
  • Used In: Angolan Civil War, Wikipedia article text
    Survivability of opposing medium-armour vehicles deployed by UNITA and the South African Defence Force (SADF) against late model MBTs used in the Angolan Civil War remained a major concern throughout that conflict.
  • Used In: Kosovo War, Wikipedia article text
    T-55s were also used by Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War and Macedonia (now North Macedonia) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia and by Russian peacekeepers after the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo.
  • Used In: Sri Lankan Civil War, Wikipedia article text
    Due to the operation demands of the escalating Sri Lankan Civil War, T-55As of the regiment were deployed in pairs to forward bases to support infantry with limited training.
  • Used In: Iran-Iraq War, Wikipedia article text
    The tank was heavily used during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88.
  • Operated By: Red Army, Wikipedia article text
    It was accepted for service with the Red Army on 8 May.
  • Operated By: People's Liberation Army, Wikipedia article text
    China produced thousands of Type 59 tanks (based on the Soviet T-54A) for the People's Liberation Army, which were used during the Vietnam War and used en-masse against Vietnam in the Sino-Vietnamese War and sold the similar (but upgraded) Type 69 tanks to both Iran and Iraq during the Iran-Iraq
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Wikidata: T-55
Wikidata Q328272, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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