| T-80 | T-80B | T-80A | T-80BV | T-80U | T-80UM | T-80UK |
The T-80UM is a prototype Soviet Main Battle Tank that appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.
Overview and tactics[]
The T-80UM is one of the two Soviet superheavy tanks, the other being the T-72BU. Compared to the T-72BU, the T-80UM has slightly inferior armour and worse autonomy, but a better stabiliser for its main gun, a much better GLATGM, superior offroad speed and more ammunition for its machine gun, all for five command points less. In essence, these differences spell out the following: the T-80UM excels at dealing damage, compared to the superior brawling capabilities of the T-72BU. For example, the 3 Top Armor makes T-80UM vulnerable to NATO planes (e.g. F-117).
A Soviet armoured commander should keep the T-80UM in reserve mainly for fending off other heavy and superheavy tanks. The Invar missile is one of the few weapons available to a tank that can reliably punch through the Challenger 2's beefy front armour, and the exceptional range - comparable to a Hellfire missile - ensures that the T-80UM always gets the first shot off. The other key advantage that the T-80UM has over NATO's superheavies is size: it is physically smaller, while NATO tanks have a larger profile, thus easier to hit. When trained to Elite rank (conferring a whopping 92% base accuracy for the Invar), the T-80UM almost always hits its mark in the open field. By the time the enemy tank gets into gun range, it has already taken a beating, giving the T-80UM a big advantage.
The T-80UM's key weaknesses come from the lack of ammo for its missiles (true of all ATGM-armed REDFOR tanks) and, compared to other superheavies, its paper-thin front armour. In a gun-on-gun fight, even a K1A1 can do heavy damage to a T-80UM, and when going up against numbers, the T-80UM usually loses. These weaknesses help to emphasise the importance of combined arms in battle. A T-80UM works best in a Soviet armoured assault group comprising other tanks, plus a Biryusa or two for anti-air defence and a BMPT to ward off infantry. In such a wrecking-ball formation, the T-80UM is used to engage other superheavy tanks; played competently, this wrecking-ball formation is nearly unstoppable.
Weapons[]
| Weapons | 
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| Type | Main Gun | ATGM | HMG |
| Name | 2A46M | Invar | NSVT |
| Caliber | [KE] [AoE] 125mm |
[HEAT] [SA] SALH |
12.7mm |
| Ammo | x 24 | x 4 | x 1000 |
| Range | Ground = 2275 m Helicopters = N/A m  Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 2800 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 1050 m Helicopters = 875 m Airplanes = N/A m
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| Accuracy | 65% | 60% | 15% |
| Stabilizer | 55% | 50% | 5% |
| AP Power | 23 | 24 | N/A |
| HE Power | 4 | N/A | 0.75 |
| Suppression | 144 | 150 | 90 |
| Rate of fire | 9 r/min | 6s r/min |
588 r/min |
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