The T-54 is a Soviet main battle tank of the Cold War era. The first prototypes of this car were built in 1945-1946, and serial production in the USSR began in 1946 and lasted until 1958. During his time, about 35,000 machines of this type were created - only in the Soviet Union! The combat weight of the tank was up to 36 tons. Drive was provided by one W-54 engine with a capacity of 520 horsepower. The main armament was a 100-mm tank gun D-10T wz.1944, additional - two 7.62-mm machine guns SGMT and a 12.7-mm machine gun DSzK. Work on the T-54 actually began during World War II and dates back to the T-44 tank. When developing the T-54, the goal was, on the one hand, to retain all the advantages of the T-34/85 (especially its good maneuverability), but also to use a clearly more powerful main armament and more effective armor. Finally, a machine was created, which was probably the first to be called the Main Battle Tank (MBT). Without a doubt, it was a successful tank when it entered service. In the course of serial production, several versions of this machine were created, including the T-54 mod. 1946 (version with a tower similar in shape to the T-44), T-54 mod. 1949 (variant with a changed shape of the tower) or T-54A (variant with a gun stabilizer at the same level and night vision devices for the mechanic-driver). It should be added that the T-54 received a license in
