TR-85

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The TR-85 is a Romanian main battle tank developed during the Cold War as an improved, domestically produced evolution of the Soviet T-55 design.

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TR-85 canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armored fighting vehicle ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
armorType steel armor ⓘ
basedOn T-55 ⓘ
linked to: T-55 tank
caliber 100 mm ⓘ
category 100 mm artillery ⓘ
Cold War tanks of Romania ⓘ
main battle tanks of the Cold War ⓘ
combatWeight approximately 50 tonnes ⓘ
configuration tracked ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Romania ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
crewRoles commander ⓘ
driver ⓘ
gunner ⓘ
loader ⓘ
designedFor conventional land warfare ⓘ
designedIn 1970s ⓘ
designGoal domestic improvement of T-55 design ⓘ
designPeriod Cold War ⓘ
engineType diesel engine ⓘ
enteredProduction 1980s ⓘ
era Cold War armored vehicle ⓘ
fireControlSystem improved over T-55 ⓘ
gunStabilization two-plane stabilization (later variants) ⓘ
gunType rifled tank gun ⓘ
hasUpgradeProgram TR-85M1 modernization ⓘ
hasVariant TR-85M1 Bizonul ⓘ
hullLayout driver front, fighting compartment center, engine rear ⓘ
improvementOver Soviet T-55 ⓘ
linked to: T-55 tank
manufacturer Uzina Mecanică București ⓘ
nationalDesignation Tank Românesc model 1985 ⓘ
nationalServiceStatus in service with Romania (21st century) ⓘ
numberOfRoadWheelsPerSide 6 ⓘ
operator Romania ⓘ
originBloc Eastern Bloc ⓘ
originContext Warsaw Pact design lineage ⓘ
powerplantLayout rear-mounted engine ⓘ
primaryArmament 100 mm A308 rifled gun ⓘ
role main battle tank ⓘ
secondaryArmament 12.7 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun ⓘ
7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun ⓘ
serviceEntry 1986 ⓘ
suspension torsion bar suspension ⓘ
trackType steel tracks ⓘ
turretType cast turret ⓘ
usedBy Romanian Land Forces ⓘ
usedIn training operations in Romania ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TR-85M1 Bizonul → basedOn → TR-85 ⓘ
subject linked to: TR-85 main battle tank
TR-85M1 Bizonul → basedOn → TR-85 ⓘ