TR-85
| Type | Main battle tank |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Romania |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1986–present |
| Used by | Romanian Land Forces |
| Wars | Romanian Revolution of 1989 |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Institute 111 |
| Direcția Tancuri și Auto | |
| Designed | 1978–1986 |
| Manufacturer | Mechanical Factory Bucharest (part of ROMARM military consortium). |
| Produced | 1986-1990 (TR-85) |
| 1997-2009 (TR-85M1 upgrade)[1] | |
| No. built | 617[2] |
| Variants | TR-85, TR-85 M1, DMT-85 M1 |
| Specifications (TR-85M1 Bizonul) | |
| Mass | 50 tonnes (55.12 tons)[3] |
| Length | 9.92 m (32.5 ft) (with gun forward) |
| Width | 3.43 m (11.3 ft) |
| Height | 2.38 m (7.8 ft)[4] |
| Crew | 4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader) |
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| Armor | turret: 320 + 20 mm add-on composite armour (580mm of RHAe) |
| hull: 200 mm composite armour | |
| Main | |
| armament | 100 mm gun A-308 |
| 41 rounds | |
| Secondary | |
| armament | 7.62 mm coaxial PKT machine gun |
| 4595 rounds | |
| 12.7 mm DShK AA machine gun | |
| 750 rounds | |
| 81 mm smoke grenade launcher (20 grenades) | |
| 2 four-barreled flare launchers | |
| Engine | Model 8VS-A2T2M C.N. ROMARM S.A, 8-cyl., turbo charged direct injection diesel |
| 860 hp (640 kW) at 2300 rpm | |
| Power/weight | 17.2 hp/tonne |
| Transmission | THM-5800 hydromechanic (4 fwd, 2 rev gears) |
| Suspension | Torsion bar with eight telescopic hydro-gas shock absorbers |
| Operational | |
| range | 400 km (250 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |