Top Ten Tanks- #8: Soviet T-54/55

The Soviet's designed this tank to crush all before it. Find out why the Soviet T-54/55 placed on the list as one of the top tanks around!

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[kurdishgeneral]

it was a bad tank in tank on tank battles? gulf war?

the gulf war was 50 years after this tank was made.and the abrams was much,MUCH more modern. stupid documantary. this was one of the best tanks at its time. and im not a russian or communist,im just telling the truth

[MrDunkol]

The first T54's were delivered to the Red army in March 1945, so years before the M60 arrived in 1960. It's more accurate to compare the M60 to a T64 as both are from the same era. The T64 had composite armor, was 12 tons lighter than the M60, over 1 meter lower, better power to weight, had a 125mm gun versus the M60's 105, and could fire guided anti-tank rounds & only needed 3 crew versus the M60's 4, and could pierce 500mm armor at 2km.

Put an M1 against a T90 for an accurate comparison.

[vonkaunaz]

The T-54 was WAY ahead anything even conceived by Western designers; it´s sound evidence of how advanced Soviet/Russian tanks have always been since ww2. The accurate comparison of the T-54 with U.S. tanks is with contemporary toys: the M26 and M46...and none stood any chance against the more advanced and more powerful T-54. This documentaries, as many guys point out correctly, are rubbish.

[XXAndriuchaXX]

@redneck10ivan Don't worry I know that. Also Iraq T62 (a further development of the T-55) won against Chieftain tanks in Iraq - Iran war.

[redneck10ivan]

@XXAndriuchaXX In the Indo Pakistani conflict, Indian T-54 T55 tanks crushed the tanks Paton Pakistani army. India has lost about a hundred Т54, Pakistan has lost all his first army of about a thousand tanks Paton.

[XXAndriuchaXX]

T54\55 was very good tank of that period when he came. "In tank vs tank combat soviet work horse was crush by western counterpart in Israel and Gulf war.."-As always discovery channel documentary full bullshit. In Israel: All knows how Arabs can "fight".. and about Gulf war-how long Americans will be proud about that they modern tanks and jets won against old type59(Chinese copy of t55) uh?

[azotjakter09]

the reason these tanks failed in most wars is bad tactics bad crews and bad ammo !

[Schulzffw]

@peyo001 Nope, Lenin sayd that.

[peyo001]

"Much like Lenin said, quantity has a quality all of its own......"

Ahh, I think it is widely accepted that is was Stalin that made that remark...

And rating its performance against generation 3 tanks is simply stupid.

Sorry, but U.S. documentaries are by and large full of rubbish..

[AHighPwner]

@kurdishgeneral Yea that was kind of bullshit, but it did get absolutely hammered when it went up against the Centurions.

[zard1214]

when russians have new tanks or fighters and have weapons to counter it, they sell it to other countries but as a down graded version. US under same condition, sells even upgraded one once in a while but in an outrageously high price. it's is hard to tell the actual russian weapons. South Korea got a hand on a russian version of t-80 in a exchange of a debt. t-80 surprised everyone because it was better than what US faced before

[Rimmon1000]

the patton can beat this shit