There is an important feature: what will help upgraded T-55 Ukrainian Army (photo)

The Armed Forces will receive several dozen M-55s, which require 4 crew members, as well as on modern M1 Abrams, Leopard or Ariete. Slovenia will transmit 28 M-55s tanks to Ukraine. It is a deep modernization of the Soviet T-55, but it has one feature that will allow the Armed Forces to master Western tanks faster. Forbes reports. Instead, 28 tanks will receive 40 German military transport vehicles. M-55S is in the Slovenia reserve.

On paper, any T-55 is a hopelessly outdated tank, although it is used in developing countries. However, the Israeli-Slavic modernization has made it more capable. According to the authors, the T-55 crew consists of four people: commander, gunner, mechanic-driver, charging. There is an independent sight for the commander so that he can also speak to the gunner where the tools. We will add that in the Armed Forces all tanks that are in service consist of three crew members-T-64, T-72, T-80, T-84.

There are no charging in Ukrainian tanks. At the same time, all Western tanks M1 Abrams, Leopard and many others also require 4 crew members. Also, in the modernization process, the tank received: so the authors summarize that after the tank there is only a base, and all the filling on it is new. Modernization was carried out in 1999. The M-55S will help the Armed Forces in the areas where the Russian Armed Forces use the T-62, which if modernized, not so deep.