T-54/55
Soviet main battle tank
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Summary
T-54/55 is a combat vehicle family[1]. T-54/55 ranks in the top 9% of combat vehicle family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,864 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Follows: T-44[3]
- Followed by: T-62[4]
- Manufacturer: Malyshev Factory[5]
- Collection: Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology[6]
- Subclass of: main battle tank[7], medium tank[8]
- Designed by: Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau[9]
- Commons category: T-54/T-55 tanks[10], T-55 tanks[11]
- Country of origin: Soviet Union[12]
- Powered by: V-2[13], V-2-55[14]
- Armament: D-10[15], SGMT[16], DShK[17]
- Has part(s): armor[18]
- Service entry: January 1, 1946[19]
- Service retirement: January 1, 1980[20]
- Ammunition: 100 mm ammunition[21], 7.62×54mmR[22], 12.7×108mm[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:T-54/T-55 tanks[24], Category:T-55 tanks[25]
- Commons gallery: T-54/T-55[26]
- Maximum capacity: 4 crew member[27]
- Total produced: 86,000[28]
- Described by source: Jane's World Armoured Fighting Vehicles[29]
- Used by: Albanian Joint Forces Command[30], Afghan National Army[31], Algerian Land Forces[32], Angolan Army[33], Bangladesh Army[34], Bulgarian Land Forces[35], Revolutionary Army[36], Czechoslovak Army[37], East German Land Forces[38], Egyptian Army[39], Ethiopian Army[40], Finnish Army[41], Bissau-Guinean Army[42], Hungarian Ground Forces[43]
- Length: 9.02 m[44], 6.45 m[45]
- Height: 2.4 m[46]
- Width: 3.27 m[47]
- Speed: 30 mile per hour[48]
- Mass: 36,500 kg[49]
Why It Matters
T-54/55 has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] T-54/55 is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]