TR-85

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TR-85 M1

General characteristics
Crew	4
Length	9.96 m
Width	3.435 m
Height	3.10 m
Weight	54 tonnes
Armour and armament
Armour	580mm against KE
Main armament	100 mm gun
Secondary armament	7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, 12.7 mm antiaircraft machine gun
Mobility
Power plant	Model 8VS-A2T2M 8-cyl. diesel 860 hp
Suspension	torsion bar
Road speed	60 km/h
Power/weight	17 hp/tonne
Range	400 km

TR-85 is a Romanian main battle tank. It is a drastically modified version of the Soviet T-55 with a new turret, a new MAN German diesel engine (the same engine as on the Leopard 1) tank, and a completely redesigned suspension, stabilised main armament, muzzle reference system and thermal sleeve and laser and thermal acquisition system. The tank is equipped with laser warning receivers, which are able to pick up reflected laser radiation. So even if the tank is not lased but there are LRF/LD in the area, the crew will be warned. There are 12 smoke grenades and a thermal trap. For the main gun the newly designed 100mm APFSDS round BM-412Sg gives a penetration of 450mm at over 1 Km.

The Romanian Land Forces have 1350 of them in the inventory. TR-85 M1 is the modernised version of the TR-85, followed up by the TR-85-M2.