Key facts
- Type
- Heavy tank
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1954–1996 (sources vary)
- Used by
- Soviet Union, Russia, South Ossetia
- Wars
- Cold War , Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
- Designer
- Jozef Kotin
- Designed
- 1949–53
- Manufacturer
- Factory 185 , Factory 174
- Produced
- 1954–66
- Number span no built
- 1,439
- Mass
- 52 tonnes
- Length
- 7.41 m, 9.87 m over gun
- Width
- 3.56 m
- Height
- 2.43 m
- Crew
- 4 (Commander/Radio Operator, Gunner, Loader, Driver)
- Armour
- Turret: T-10, A/B: 203 mm@24° to 129 mm@57° T-10M: 230 mm@24° to 137 mm@57° Upper Glacis: 120 mm@55°&40° compound angle 273 mm LoS Lower Glacis: 120 mm@50° 186 mm LoS Upper Side: 80 mm@62° + 30 mm@30° 205 mm LoS Lower Side: 80 mm@10° Rear: 60 mm, Mantlet: 252 mm
- Main armament
- 122 mm D-25TA gun, T-10M: 122 mm M-62-T2 gun
- Secondary armament
- 2 × 12.7 DShKM machine gun, T-10M: 2 x 14.5 KPVT heavy machine gun
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 52
- Image
- T-10 tank.jpg
- Height
- 2.43
- Width
- 3.56
- Speed
- 42
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- 1954-01-01
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The T-10 (also known as Object 730 or IS-8) was a Soviet heavy tank of the Cold War, the final development of the IS tank series. During development, it was called Object 730. It was accepted into production in 1953 as the IS-8 (Iosif Stalin, Russian form of Joseph Stalin), but due to the political climate in the wake of Stalin's death in 1953, it was renamed T-10.
The biggest differences from its direct ancestor, the IS-3, were a longer hull, seven pairs of road wheels instead of six, a larger turret mounting a new gun with fume extractor, an improved diesel engine, and increased armour. General performance was similar, although the T-10 could carry more ammunition, from 28 rounds to 30 rounds.