T-55 A/AM

T-55 is a Soviet medium tank. Created on the basis of the T-54 tank. Produced from 1958 to 1979. The world's first mass-produced tank equipped with an automatic anti-nuclear defense system (PAZ) is a pioneer of a new generation of combat vehicles capable of conducting combat operations in the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons. It became the first battle tank available in the troops to receive an active protection complex (KAZ "Drozd"). Since 1958, in staff methods for assessing the combat effectiveness of tanks of a potential enemy, the coefficient of technical excellence of the T-55 tank corresponded to units
The T-55 and its modification T-55A were widely exported and are in service with many countries of the world. In Western sources, the T-54 and T-55 are often referred to as T-54/55.