The T-54/T-55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and has seen service in over 50 countries. It has also served as the platform for a wide variety of specialty armoured vehicles.

Current operators

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Former operators

Evaluation-only operators

Models and variants

Models

T-54

T-55

Modernization

T-54

T-55

Early on during the production T-55s were fitted with the TSh-2B-32P sight. Starting in 1970 T-55s were being armed at Uralwagonzavod with either a 12.7 mm DShK 1938/46 or KPVT loader's anti-aircraft heavy machine guns. These tanks were known as Model 1970, or sometimes T-55AM. KTD-1 or KTD-2 laser rangefinders and R-123 or R-123M radio sets were fitted to older tanks starting in 1974 (Model 1974). At the same time efforts were made to modernize and prolong the life of the drive train.

Experimental vehicles

Table of tank models

Variants

Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Armoured Recovery Vehicle

Bridge-layer

Combat engineering

Mine clearing

Flamethrowers

Armoured personnel carrier

Self-propelled gun

SU-122-54 (Ob'yekt 600) (Samokhodnaya Ustanovka) – Self-propelled 122 mm gun, based on the T-54A and sometimes known as IT-122. Between 1955 and 1957, 77 vehicles were built with minor differences between production lots (different commander's cupola etc.). The SU-122-54 had a modified chassis, with small spaces between the first, second and fourth pair of wheels and a large gap between the third, similar to the T-62's; and a superstructure, built into the hull, housing the 122 mm D-49 L/48.4 gun for which the vehicle carries 35 rounds. The secondary armament consisted of two KPVT heavy machine guns, one mounted as an anti-aircraft machine gun near the commander's hatch and the other mounted coaxially with the main gun. The vehicle carried 600 rounds for the machine guns. The main gun has a fume extractor positioned right behind the muzzle brake, some vehicles did not have the fume extractor. Other variations included a different commander's cupola.

Firefighting

International derivatives

Afghanistan

Argentina

Bangladesh

Croatia

Cuba

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic

East Germany

Egypt

Finland

Germany

United Kingdom

Hungary

India

Iraq

Iran

Israel

Pakistan

People's Republic of China

Peru

Poland

Republika Srpska

Rhodesia

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sudan

Ukraine

Vietnam

Yugoslavia

Notes and references