T-55 Driving The Tank Warrior Experience
Product Details
Drive a real Soviet T-55 tank in Budapest! One-on-one experience with pro guidance. 45 minutes of adrenaline. 15 minutes driving + 10 minutes riding. Spectators welcome for 30€
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Take control of a real Soviet T-55 tank at Cold War Park Budapest! Our personal tank driving experience offers a thrilling 45-minute program: drive for 15 minutes, then ride as a passenger for 10 more — all under expert instructor supervision.
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| Type | |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1949–present |
| Production history | |
| Designer | |
| Designed | 1945–1958 |
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| Produced |
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| No. built | 86,000–100,000+ est. |
| Variants | See Operators and variantssection below |
| Specifications (T-55) | |
| Mass | 36 tonnes (39.7 ST) |
| Length | 9.00 m (with gun forward) |
| Width | 3.37 m |
| Height | 2.40 m |
| Crew | 4 |
| Armour | 205 mm turret front 130 mm turret sides 60 mm turret rear 30 mm turret roof 120 mm hull front at 60° (100 mm after 1949)[1] 79 mm hull upper sides 20 mm hull lower sides 60 mm at 0° hull rear 20 mm hull bottom 33-16 mm hull roof |
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Main
armament |
D-10T 100 mm rifled gun |
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Secondary
armament |
7.62 mm SGMT coaxial machine gun, (12.7 mm DShK heavy machine gun) |
| Engine | Model V-55(V-54) V-12 water-cooled. 38.88-l diesel 500 hp (373 kW) up to 800 hp (597 kW) (late versions) |
| Power/weight | 14.6 hp (10.4 kW) / tonne |
| Transmission | Mechanical [synchromesh], 5 forward, 1 reverse gears |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
| Ground clearance | 0.425 m |
| Fuel capacity | 580 l internal, 320 l external (less on early T54), 400 l jettisonable rear drums |
| Speed | 48 km/h (30 mph) |
