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Název: Name:	T-55A	T-55A
Originální název: Original Name:	T-55A
Kategorie: Category:	střední tank	medium tank
Výrobce: Producer:	DD.MM.1967-DD.MM.1982 Turčianske strojárne n.p., Martin /
Období výroby: Production Period:	DD.MM.1967-DD.MM.1982
Vyrobeno kusů: Number of Produced:	3820
Prototyp vyroben: Prototype Built:	DD.RR.1967 ověřovací série / initial batch
Osádka: Crew:	4
Technické údaje: Technical Data:
Bojová hmotnost: Combat Weight:	36000 kg	79366 lb
Délka s kanónem dopředu: Length with Gun Forward:	9000 mm	29 ft 6 ⅜ in
Délka korby: Hull Length:	? mm	?
Celková šířka: Overall Width:	3270 mm	10 ft 8 ¾ in
Celková výška: Overall Height:	2350¹⁾ mm	7 ft 8 ½ in ¹⁾
Světlá výška: Ground Clearance:	425 mm	1 ft 4 ¾ in
Šířka pásu: Track Width:	? mm	?
Měrný tlak: Ground Pressure:	0,0795 MPa	11.53 psi
Pancéřování: Armour:	?	?
Pohon: Propulsion:
Typ: Type:	V-55A - čtyřtaktní vznětový s kapalinovým chlazením - počet válců: 12 - maximální kroutící moment: (2354 ± 49) Nm při 1200 ot/min	V-55A - four-stroke, diesel, water cooled - number of cylinders: 12 - maximum torque: (1736 ± 36) lb.ft at 1200 rpm
Výkon: Power:	427 kW při 2000 ot/min	572.6 bhp at 2000 rpm
Převodové ústrojí: Transmission:	- počet převodových stupňů: 5+1 - ovládání: mechanické	- number of gears: 5+1 - control: mechanical
Výkony: Performance:
Rychlost na silnici: Road Speed:	50²⁾ km/h	31²⁾ mph
Rychlost v terénu: Cross-country Speed:	27³⁾ km/h	17³⁾ mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici: Cruising Range on Road:	500⁴⁾ km	311⁴⁾ mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu: Cross-country Cruising Range:	320⁵⁾ km	199⁵⁾ mi
Překonávání překážek: Obstacles Crossing:
Svah: Gradient:	30 °	67 %
Boční náklon: Side Slope:	30 °	67 %
Překročivost: Trench Crossing:	2,7 m	106 in
Výstupnost: Vertical Obstacle:	0,8 m	31 in
Brodivost: Fording Depth:	1,4⁶⁾ m	55 in⁶⁾
Výzbroj: Armament:
Hlavní: Main:	kanón D10-T2S - ráže: 100 mm - náboje pro kanón: 43 kusů - stabilizátor kanónu: STP-2 Cyklon - stabilizace ve svislé a vodorovné rovině - maximální rychlost střelby z místa: 7 ran/min - maximální rychlost střelby za pohybu: 4 rány/min - maximální dálka střelby: - se zaměřovacím dalekohledem: 6900 m - s polohovou libelou: 14600 m - dálka přímé střelby při výšce cíle 2 m: 1000 - 1100 m - navádění kanónu: - ve svislé rovině: pouze střelec - ve vodorovné rovině: střelec i velitel	D10-T2S gun - calibre: 100 mm - ammunition: 43 rounds - gun stabilizer: STP-2 Tsyklon - stabilization in vertical and horizontal plane - maximum rate of fire at standing: 7 rpm - maximum rate of fire at moving: 4 rpm - maximum firing range: - with aiming binoculars: 4.29 mi - with longitudinal bubble: 9.07 mi - range of direct fire at target with height 78.7 in: 0.62 - 0.68 mi - cannon guiding: - in vertical plane: gunner only - in horizontal plane: gunner and commander
Vedlejší: Secondary:	spřažený kulomet PKT - ráže: 7,62 mm - maximální dálka mířené střelby: 2200 m - náboje pro spřažený kulomet: ? kusů protiletadlový kulomet vz. 36/48M DŠKM - ráže: 12,7 mm - náboje pro protiletadlový kulomet: 300 kusů - maximální dostřel se zaměřovačem: 3500 m	PKT coaxial machine gun - calibre: 7.62 mm - maximum range of aimed shooting: 1.37 mi - ammunition for coaxial machine gun: ? rounds vz. 36/48M DShKM anti-aircraft machine gun - calibre: 12.7 mm - ammunition for anti-aircraft machine gun: 300 rounds - maximum range with gunsight: 2.17 mi
Uživatelské státy: User States:	⁷⁾ ⁷⁾	⁷⁾ ⁷⁾
Poznámka: Note:	¹⁾ bez kulometu DŠKM ²⁾ maximální, 30 - 35 km/h průměrná ³⁾ průměrná v terénu ⁴⁾ bez přídavných sudů, s přídavnými sudy 650 - 715 km ⁵⁾ bez přídavných sudů, s přídavnými sudy 410 - 450 km ⁶⁾ bez přípravy, s přípravou: - maximální rychlost proudu: 1,5 m - maximální hloubka vody: 5 m - maximální šířka vodní překážky: 1 000 m ⁷⁾ dodáno z Německé demokratické republiky spotřeba paliva: - na silnici: 190 - 210 l/100 km - v terénu: 300 - 330 l/100 km spotřeba oleje: - na silnici: 6 - 8 l/100 km - v terénu: 7 - 11 l/100 km ochrana proti ZHN: - ochrana při výbuchu atomové zbraně: kolektivní, automatické uzavírání bojového a řidičského prostoru - ochrana při průjezdu zamořeným prostorem: vytvoření přetlaku požární zařízení: - automatická signalizace požárů a uvedení zařízení do chodu, možnost ručního ovládání zadýmovací zařízení: tepelné, trvale zabudované napětí v elektrické síti vozidla: 24 V objem všech palivových nádrží: 960 l (z toho přídavné nádrže 280 l) Zaměřovací, pozorovací a orientační přístroje: přístroje používané ve dne: - zaměřovací dalekohled střelce: TŠ-2B-22 přístroje nočního vidění: - zaměřovací infradalekohled střelce: TPN-1-22-11 (dálka viditelnosti 800 m) - zaměřovací infradalekohled velitele: TKN-1 (dálka viditelnosti 300 m) - infrahled řidiče: TVN-2 (dálka viditelnosti 60 m) střelecký infrasvětlomet: L-2 Spojovací prostředky: radiostanice: R-123 - dosah: do 20 km tankové hovorové zařízení: R-124	¹⁾ without DShKM machine gun ²⁾ maximum, 19 - 22 mph average ³⁾ average in terrain ⁴⁾ without auxiliary fuel barrels, with barrels 404 - 444 mi ⁵⁾ without auxiliary fuel barrels, with barrels 255 - 280 mi ⁶⁾ without preparation, with preparation: - maximum speed of water flow: 295 ft/min - maximum depth of water: 16 ft - maximum length of water obstacle: 3281 ft ⁷⁾ delivered from the German Democratic Republic fuel consumption: - road: 1.49 - 1.35 mi/Imp gal - terrain: 0.94 - 0.86 mi/Imp gal oil consumption: - road: 47.08 - 35.31 mi/Imp gal - terrain: 40.35 - 25.68 mi/Imp gal NBC protection: - protection at nuclear weapon explosion: collective, automatic closing of combat and driver´s compartment - protection at crossing through contaminated area: creation of overpressure fire-fighting equipment: - automatic signalization of fires and initiation of fire extinguishing, manual control available smoke equipment: of heat type, permanently installed nominal voltage: 24 V volume of all fuel tanks: 211.2 Imp gal (from that auxiliary tanks 61.6 Imp gal) Sighting, vision and orientation devices: day vision devices: - gunner´s aiming binoculars: TSh-2B-22 night vision devices: - gunner´s aiming infrared binoculars: TPN-1-22-11 (visibility up to 2625 ft) - commander´s aiming infrared binoculars: TKN-1 (visibility up to 984 ft) - drivers´s infrared sighting device: TVN-2 (visibility up to 197 ft) infrared searchlight: L-2 Communication equipment: radio station: R-123 - range: up to 12,4 mi tank intercom system: R-124
Zdroje: Sources:	Hlavní takticko-technická data tankové a automobiní techniky ČSLA, Naše vojsko 1976

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T-55A

Soviet T-55A medium tank produced under Czechoslovak license.

The conversion of the Soviet license documentation to Czechoslovak production conditions was carried out between 1965 and 1966. Production at the ZTS Martin plant took place between 1967 and 1982 and totalled 3,820 units.

Differences from the T-55 version:
- Increased protection of the crew from the effect of weapons of mass destruction (the tank is equipped on the inside and partly on the outside with a protective layer improving the protection of the crew from the flow of neutrons - it can thus approach the epicenter of a nuclear explosion by about 200 meters)
- Reinforcement of the main clutch and planetary directional gear
- new belt tensioner design
- Improved engine start-up with compressed air, with the original electric start-up retained as a back-up
- new fluid control of the planetary directional gear
- Improvements to the underwater tank travel device
- installation of a new G-6.5 dynamo
- new R-124 tank-caller and radio R-123
- the absence of a fixed 7.62 mm machine gun in the front of the hull

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During the production of the T-55A tank, its armament was changed. PL machine gun vz.38/46 was mounted on the tower. The machine gun can also be used against ground targets. The machine gun was mounted on one tank in the platoon.

Instead of the original charger hatch on the right side of the tower, a rotating turret was installed, in which the machine gun is mounted.
Lafeta allows location:
- freight,
- marching,
- Combat.
Turret allows:
- 360 ° measurement,
- elevation + 77 °,
- depression - 5 °.

The function of the gunner from the pl machine gun was held by the tank cannon charger.

Main technical data:
Height of tank with machine gun: 2820 mm
Height of the tank with a machine gun in the fighting position: 3990 mm

Weight of carriage with machine gun: 82 kg
Weight of the machine gun itself: 34 kg.

Source: Stefan ZUPKO Juraj ZUPKO - OBRNENA TECHNIKA - Magnet Press Slovakia 2002

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Tank T-55A with 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun DŠK vz.38/46.

The following changes are made against the T-55 tank:
- in the ceiling of the tower, instead of the charger cover, there is a turret with a cover, on which a modernized carriage with 12.7 mm PLG DŠK is attached. Equipping the tank with this machine gun increases the tank's defenses and crew defenses against aircraft and helicopters, thus extending its life.
The machine gun shoots a charger, which stands on its seat when shooting.

Changes in tank design

Battle area
In the combat area, two handles are welded on the right side of the engine bulkhead, to which a bag with equipment for PLG DŠK vz.38/46 is attached to the belt.

Korba
On the left fender at the very front in front of the box with the equipment, the handles for fixing 2 spare belt links are removed. On the right fender in front of the fuel tank, the handles for attaching 2 spare belt links are also removed. Spare parts are located in other places of the tank hull.

Tower
At the back of the tower are welded brackets for storing machine guns. On the right side of the tower are welded holders for attaching 6 hanging boxes to ammunition belts for PLG DŠK - a total of 300 ammunition.

Source: Tank-21-4 Tank T-55 A Modernized carriage 12.7 mm PLG vz.38/46 Brief description - ČSĽA regulation, Prague, 1979

Lafetovanie 12,7 mm PLG DŠK - popis.

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Medium tank T-55A.

Details of armaments and equipment.

Source: Tank-21-4 Tank T-55 Technical description - ČSĽA regulation, Prague, 1968

Uloženie streliva - popis.

Uloženie kanónu - popis.

Veža - popis.

Výstroj - popis.

T-55A - popis.

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Stredný tank T-55A.

Detaily korby.

Zdroj : Tank-21-4 Tank T-55 Technický popis – predpis ČSĽA, Praha, 1968

Korba - popis.

Bojový priestor - popis.

Priestor - vodiča.

Článok koľajového pásu - popis.

Podvozok- popis.

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Rozmiestnenie skupín v motoroprevodovom priestore T- 55A

1- spojovací prevod
2- hlavná spojka
3- prevodovka
4- planétové smerové ústrojenstvo
5- koncový prevod
6- hnacie kolesá
7- vetrák
8- čerpadlo posilňovača PSÚ
9- kompresor

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... and then it doesn't work this way !! T-55AM ("white 9421") from the armament of the East German army equipped with a demining track KMT-5. T-55AM was an East German designation for T-55A tanks equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun DŠKM. 32 T-55AM tanks were still delivered to Iraq during the GDR's existence, and another 100 T-55As were delivered to Ethiopia. 52 tanks traveled to the same African country T-55AM2.

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T-55A ("white 255") from the CSLA armament.

Source : ATOM 1978 No. 11

T-55A pri nácviku bojových činností ...

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T-55A ("white 244") from the CSLA arsenal, pictured in the early 1970s.

(Lidová armáda)

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T-55A ("white 029") with vyorávačem MOV, photo from 1977.

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In the set of 12.7 mm pl machine gun DŠK was used Sa vz.58 for training in shooting at low-flying targets.

Source: People's Army 1982, No. 10

DŠK v zostave so samopalom Sa vz.58.

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In 1991 was from Czechoslovakia to Sri Lanka delivered 25 tanks T-55A (+ 2 VT-55A ?). This was the first ever tank technique used by the sri lankan army. In October of the same year, therefore, arrived at a group of czechoslovak instructors, that laid the foundations of the newly built sri lanka tank troops. The tanks have been operationally deployed in a local civil war continued between the years 1983 to 2009. One of the T-55A was captured by the Tamil tigers, when in 1993 they attacked a government base in Poonarynu. The Tank was subsequently used to shelling by the sri lankan naval vessels sailing around the northern part of the island.

After the initial delivery of the T-55A is also in the upcoming period enjoyed the favor of the sri lankan army tank surplus from the CZECH army, so the island should be in the course of other years, supplied this technique:


the Course of the supply	Version	Number of units
1996-1997	T-55AM2	18
2000-2001	T-54AM2 / T-55AM2	36
2001	MT-55A	2
2002-2003	VT-55A	16 (?)

Sources
1) SIPRI Trade Registers
2) Janes World Insurgency and Terrorism, Issue 23, 2006.

Vojáci doplňují munici do tanku T-55A před tím, než vyjedou na frontu u křižovatky Paranthan ležící v oblasti města Killinochchi zhruba 240 km severně od metropole Colomba, neděle 4. ledna 2009 (autor neznámý, via Internet)

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T-55A bez věže. Akce Slovenské piesky 2010 konaná 13. 8. 2010.

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T-55A tanks of the Czechoslovak People's Army. The vehicle in the foreground has a MOV ploughing machine mounted on it and is pulling a VO trailer behind it.

(archiv)

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In the summer of 2008, a territorial dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the area of the medieval temple of Preah Vihear escalated into a series of armed clashes between the armed forces of both countries. As a result, Cambodia began to purchase decommissioned military equipment from Eastern European countries. Thus, on Monday 20 September 2010, a cargo ship carrying T-55A tanks from Serbia and BTR-60PB armoured personnel carriers from Bulgaria arrived at the Cambodian port of Preah Sihanouk. Cambodia purchased a total of 60 (according to other sources 50) T-55A tanks, some of which were manufactured in Czechoslovakia. The territorial dispute escalated in February, April and May 2011, when fighting between Thai and Cambodian infantry, supported on both sides by guns and rocket launchers, flared up in the disputed territory. Both armies also sent their tank equipment to the area. In the case of the Royal Cambodian Army, these were newly delivered T-55A machines. The situation was eventually calmed by a ceasefire, so there were no tank clashes between the two armies.

Vykládání T-55A v přístavu Preah Sihanouk, 20. září 2010. (Reuters)

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Cambodian T-55As (former Yugoslav) and BTR-60PB move from their garrison in Longvek town to the disputed area around Preah Vihear temple, January 28, 2011. The machine with turret number 20527 was manufactured in the Czechoslovakia, while vehicle 19827 came from Poland.

Source

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A pair of Cambodian T-55As patrol the disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple, Sombok Khmum, February 4, 2011. In the foreground is a "Polish" machine with original turret number 20476.

(Reuters)

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T-55A from the collections of the Military Museum on the demarcation line, Military Hideout Brdy, Mud 2015, June 2015.

by Josef Holek

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In the last picture,it is a mine digger,which in the tank tracks removed mines in such a way that it pushed them to the side.In front between the ploughshares it had an apron,which led to the detonation of mines,which had sensors and would explode under the tank.Otherwise the tank was pulling a trailer behind it,in which there were about 6 or 9 drums on which the detonating hoses were wound (I have forgotten the name after all these years).After leaving the minefield by means of the device at the tank commander,the latter carried out the detonation of these mines.If anyone has the manual for this device,I would be happy to repeat it again.Personally,in the 6 years I commanded a tank company,we used this only once.If anyone has further details I would be glad to learn

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What you describe was a VO (explosive ordnance disposal): forum.valka.cz
Explosive hose = tractor charge

There was also a ROD (rocket deminer): forum.valka.cz

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But if I'm not mistaken, the ROD was not used in tank divisions, but only in motorized divisions and worked on a completely different system than the Explosive Ordnance Disposal.Otherwise I forgot to add that in the tpr(tank battalion)there were two of these RODs,and the third company used the so called TRAL for mine clearance,which were two large and very heavy cylinders (it was several heavy steel wheels that formed a cylinder) that pushed the tank in front of them,in the places where the tank tracks went.According to what I still remember,it was said that these TRALs could withstand a maximum of about 6-8 anti-tank mines

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Something to TRAL (or the original KMT-7). By the way the "ploughman" has a topic here I think: KMT-6, or here: MOV.

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Citace - Miroslav Hlavatý :

In the 12,7 mm pl machine gun DŠK was used to shoot Sa vz.58.

Source : Lidová armija 1982, No. 10

The claim (albeit quoted from the source) about "shooting" is somewhat misleading given the different ballistic properties of the two weapons and their ammunition.

It is a training device (de facto a modified "universal stand"), allowing tank loaders to train in aiming and firing the anti-aircraft machine gun at low-flying and ground targets by "switching" and at reduced ranges within the so-called anti-aircraft polygons of garrison firing ranges and tank shooting ranges.
A (scaled down) mock-up of an aircraft, suspended and moving on a steel cable, carried on poles/structures with pulleys, was used as a target.
The polygon allowed training in firing at a target on approach, on departure, flying laterally and obliquely or at a target in the hover or on the ground.

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Citace - Miroslav Hlavatý :

Medium tank T-55A.

Hull details.

Source: Tank-21-4 Tank T-55 Technical Description - ČSĽA prescription, Prague, 1968

I would like to ask you about the armour above the engine (position 14 in the picture by Mr. Hlavate). Was it put down during normal maintenance or only during major repairs at the workshop. And does anyone have a photo of the open engine compartment?
Thank you

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