Many consider the T-80 Main Battle Tank to be no more than a variant of the T-72. Some even consider the &quot;T-72&quot; to be an export version and the T-80 to be the true T-72 MBT used by the Soviet military.  The T-80 is a faster, more heavily armored tank than the T-72. The T-80 is powered by a gasoline turbine engine that gives the tank a ground speed in excess of 40 miles per hour. The tank is equipped with the Kobra missile system and can fire an antitank missile through its 125mm smoothbore…