Obiekt 785

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|name= Obiekt 785

|image= Object 785.jpg

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|caption= Obiekt 785 during trials

|origin= {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|type= Main battle tank

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|production_date= late 1970s

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|weight= 43 metric tons

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|armour= 700 mm (hull front) (steel laminate with corundum pellets)
600 mm (turret) (steel laminate with corundum pellets)

|primary_armament= 125 mm 2A82 smoothbore gun
130 mm rifled gun

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|engine= 2V-16 multifuel diesel engine

|engine_power= 735 kW

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|speed= 75 km/h

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The Obiekt 785, or Object 785 (Объект 785), was a Soviet experimental main battle tank built in the late 1970s.[http://mega.km.ru/weaponry/encyclop.asp?TopicNumber=1837 Опытный танк "Объект 785"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719234440/http://mega.km.ru/weaponry/encyclop.asp?TopicNumber=1837 |date=2011-07-19 }} It was an improved variant of the T-80B, with seven road wheels.{{Cite web |url=http://tank.start.bg/article.php?aid=8858 |title=Челябинский тракторный завод |access-date=2010-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808035322/http://tank.start.bg/article.php?aid=8858 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |url-status=dead }}

The tank was testing the new generation 125 mm 2A82 smoothbore gun, carrying 50 rounds of ammunition, 30 of which in the loading mechanism.[http://btvt.narod.ru/3/obj780.htm Проекты перспективных танков 70-х годов] It was also testing a 130 mm rifled gun, an improved variant of the M-65 gun used on tanks like the Object 279.[http://www.meshwar.vistcom.ru/tech/t-80.htm Основной боевой танк Т-80] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126204622/http://www.meshwar.vistcom.ru/tech/t-80.htm |date=2010-11-26 }}