Two prototypes based on the Chinese Type 59 tank, a clone of the Soviet Union era T-55, named Jaguar were produced in Detroit, Michigan. Modifications included a new turret design and an improved hull. The engine compartment and fuel tanks on the shelves over the tracks were armour-protected.

The Kharkiv model V-2 (Russian: В-2) was a Soviet diesel tank V-12 engine, the V angle at 60°, with dual overhead camshafts per bank, four valves per cylinder opened by bucket-style followers and direct fuel injection.

T-55E Mark 0 ("E" stands for Egyptian variant) - T-55 modernization fitted with a new Russian engine developing 580 hp. It came in two variants:

Engine. The T-55 was fitted with the new V-55 12-cylinder 4-stroke one-chamber 38.88 liter water-cooled diesel engine (581 bhp) to cope with the additional weight. Fuel pressure was augmented. The pneumatic starter with AK-150S charger was new. A new heating system for the engine compartment was introduced, as well as a MC-1 diesel fuel filter.

2024年12月17日 · The T-55 is a Soviet-made main battle tank, a derivative of the T-54B, which was adopted for service in 1956 by the Russian armed forces. Developed by Nizhniy Tagil under the designation Obiekt 155, this is a T-54 with a new turret without the rooftop mushroom ventilator dome. The hull is completely pressurized. T-55 MBT main variants:

The T-54 was redesigned in 1958 as the T-55, with a thicker turret casting, more powerful engine, and NBC protection. Production continued until 1981 in the Soviet Union. It was also produced in Czechoslovakia, Poland and in China as the Type 59, later redesigned as the Type 69; the Type 69 is still manufactured in China for export today.

The T-54/55 is a non-amphibious main battle tank built in the former Soviet Union, China (as type 59), Czechoslovakia and Poland. T-54/T-55 basic models have all-welded hulls divided into three main compartments with the driver at the front, fighting compartment in …

2024年5月9日 · The T-55M-1 marked T-55M production models delivered with the V-46-5M series diesel engines of 691 horsepower. A laser range finder was fitted over the main gun near the mantlet. The T-55AD was given the "Drozd" active vehicle countermeasures system intended to better protect the tank from incoming anti-tank missiles.

2015年10月23日 · The chief difference between the T-54 and T-55 is a more powerful diesel engine. With the largest production run of any tank in history, the T-54/T-55, even at the end of the Cold War, constituted 38 percent of the Soviet tank inventory and about 85 percent of the non-Soviet Warsaw Pact inventory.

It is powered by an up-graded V-12 water-cooled diesel engine, which produces 580 hp and a top road speed of 50km/h. Its armour plating is 200 mm thick on the turret and 120 mm thick on the hull.