Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: T-64BM Main Battle Tank (Obiekt 447A obr.1975 G.) (A late evolution of the T-64 model)

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Production Numbers: 12000 (Across all variants)

Dimensions (Length/Width/Height): 9.295/3.539/2.170 meters

Main Armament: Large Caliber Smoothbore cannon.

  • 125mm D-81TM (2A46M-1) Smoothbore Cannon with 6EhTs40 fully automatic carousel-style autoloader
  • Ammunition available:
    • 9K112-1 “Kobra” anti-tank missile with 600mm rolled homogenous steel armor penetration
    • 3BK18 high-explosive anti-tank fin-stabilized (HEAT-FS) round with 500mm rolled homogeneous steel armor penetration
    • 3BM22/23 Armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot tracer (APFSDS-T) with 380mm rolled homogeneous steel armor penetration (kinetic)

Secondary Armament: 12.7mm NVST anti-aircraft machinegun

Shell Capacity: 36 rounds, with 28 rounds active in autoloader

Armor: World-first Composite Armor

  • Frontal Hull Armor: Sandwich style Rolled homogenous steel armor with Textolite (Glass fiber-like material) insert (80mm steel, 105mm Textolite glass fiber material, 20mm steel). Equivalent thickness of 450mm rolled homogenous steel armor against chemical projectiles (HEAT)
  • Turret Armor: Egg-Shaped turret with Corundum (Crystalline form of aluminum oxide) inserts. Equivalent thickness of 450mm rolled homogenous steel armor against chemical projectiles (HEAT)

Combat weight: 42.4 metric tons

Top Speed: 60.5 km/h

Max Range: 600 km (700km with auxiliary fuel tanks)

Engine: 5TDF two-stroke opposed-piston diesel engine, 700 Horsepower

Power to Weight ratio: 17.9 HP/Ton