The T-64 formed the design basis of the Soviet T-80, which entered service in 1976. Īt present the T-64 is in use in very few nations or regions, but is currently undergoing significant factory overhauls and modernization in Ukraine. This led to the T-72 being designed as an emergency design, only to be produced in the case of a war, but its 40% lower price led to it entering production in spite of Morozov's objections. Several proposals were made to improve the T-64 with new engines, but chief designer Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov's political power in Moscow kept the design in production in spite of any concerns about price. This was especially true of the powerpack, which was time-consuming to build and cost twice as much as more conventional designs. These features made the T-64 expensive to build, significantly more so than previous generations of Soviet tanks. In spite of being armed and armoured like a heavy tank, the T-64 weighed only 38 tonnes (42 short tons 37 long tons). It introduced a number of advanced features including composite armour, a compact engine and transmission, and a smoothbore 125-mm gun equipped with an autoloader to allow the crew to be reduced to three so the tank could be smaller and lighter. It was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62: the T-64 served in tank divisions, while the T-62 supported infantry in motorized rifle divisions. The tank was introduced in the early 1960s.
The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov.
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