Weapon tag archive

Soviet Legacy Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 7 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Soviet Legacy, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

7 weapon systems

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Soviet Legacy Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Soviet Legacy Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Soviet Legacy Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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Soviet Legacy Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Soviet Legacy Tanks

Heavy armor built around direct fire, protection, and battlefield shock.

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T-62, Main battle tank, TanksTanksT-62Main battle tankSide: EgyptSoviet Union and Afghan government forcesIraqRussiaSyrian government and alliesLibyan National ArmyTigray forcesHouthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Uralvagonzavod / Soviet UnionThe T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank built around a 115 mm U-5TS/2A20 smoothbore gun, a four-person crew, and a conventional tracked armor layout inherited from the T-54/T-55 design line. Produced in large numbers by Uralvagonzavod, it moved from Cold War export and Soviet service into long-tail combat use: Egyptian and Iraqi T-62s appear in 1970s and 1991 conflict records, while upgraded or inherited T-62M/T-62MV stocks reappeared in Syria, Libya, Ukraine, Tigray, and Yemen.
T-34/85 Tank, Medium tank, TanksTanksT-34/85 TankMedium tankSide: RussiaUkraineYemeni government and coalition forcesHouthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Soviet state tank factories / Polish and Czechoslovak manufacturers / Soviet Union / Poland / CzechoslovakiaThe T-34/85 is the 85 mm-gun version of the Soviet T-34 medium tank, built in large numbers in the Soviet Union and later in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Its modern relevance comes from isolated post-Cold War survival rather than contemporary capability: sources document reactivated Yemeni tanks used as mobile direct-fire support and exceptional Russia-Ukraine War 2014-present appearances involving recovered monument vehicles.
M-55S, Upgraded T-55 main battle tank, TanksTanksM-55SUpgraded T-55 main battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: ST Ravne / SloveniaThe M-55S is Slovenia's modernized T-55 main battle tank, rebuilt by ST Ravne with a 105 mm gun, explosive reactive armor, fire-control upgrades, laser-warning equipment, and NATO-compatible ammunition. During the Russia-Ukraine War 2014-present, Slovenia committed 28 of the scarce upgraded tanks to Ukraine through a ring exchange with Germany, turning a reserve Cold War chassis into a Western-supported Ukrainian fire-support vehicle.