This tank served as Soviet Russia's primary ... led to the T-55 – an improved variant of the T-54. It also received a more powerful diesel engine and greater range from its additional fuel ...

The T-55 medium main battle tank is the world’s first mass-produced ... is holding talks with potential customers on upgrading Soviet T-55 main battle tanks, Company CEO Igor Lobov told TASS ...

The early Soviet-era tanks mentioned by Shakhnazarov — the medium tank T-55 and light tank PT-76 — were produced in the 1940s and 1950s. The T-55, one of the most produced tanks in the world ...