Ukrainian Armed Forces receive new batch of T-64 tanks
Kharkiv Armoured Plant specializes in diagnostics, repair, refurbishing and modernization of armoured vehicles. (Photo: Ukroboronprom)
Ukroboronprom subsidiary Kharkiv Armoured Plant delivers T-64 tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukroboronprom’s Kharkiv Armoured Plant has shipped a batch of T-64 tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The tanks underwent major repairs with elements of modernisation.
The plant completed the works ahead of schedule. The contract was detailed in the state defence order for 2021, including the schedule, framework and conditions of limited funding.
Thanks to the modernisation elements, the combat capabilities of the machines were expanded and the reliability of their components, units and weapons was increased.
The T-64 is the main battle tank of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. In 2017, a modernisation programme of this platform began in Ukraine.
The tank received an updated night vision sight, a modern radio station, an upgraded engine and more.
According to Shephard Defence Insight, the T-64 was a revolutionary main battle tank developed by the Soviet Union. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the majority of the T-64s were inherited by Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Civil War resulted in efforts to overhaul previously mothballed T-64 tanks.
The Kharkiv Armoured Plant has previously upgraded T-64s, the last batch of upgraded T-64BVs was delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in March 2021.
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