Main Agency of Automobiles and Tanks of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union

Main Automotive-Armoured Tank Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union ([Главное автобронетанковое управление МО РФ, Glavnoye Avtobronetankovoye Upravleniye MO RF] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), abbr. GABTU; another translation: Main Directorate of Armoured Forces) is a department of the Soviet/Russian Ministry of Defence which is subordinated to the Chief of Armaments and Munitions of the Armed Forces, vice-minister of defense (nachal’nik vooruzheniya VS RF – zamestitel’ Ministra oborony RF). Its director appears to currently be General Major Vladislav Polonskiy, as identified by Krasnaya Zvezda on September 14, 2004.

Object numbers

GABTU is responsible for assignment of object (Russian: Объект) numbers to almost all the tanks and other combat vehicles entering service in the Armed Forces of Soviet Union and Russian Federation. Объект is often transliterated as obyekt, ob'yekt, obyect, obiekt, etc. These names are sometimes referred to incorrectly as "industry designation" or "factory names".

The initial digit corresponds to the design bureau.

• 0 Altai Tractor Plant
• 1 Uralvagonzavod
• 2 Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ)
• 3 Uraltransmash
• 4 Malyshev Factory, Kharkiv
• 5 Omsk 172
• 6 Omsktransmash
• 7 Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant
• 8 Various
• 9 Volgograd Tractor Factory
• 10 Kutaisi Automotive Plant (KAZ)

List

Object Number	Vehicle	Type	Year	Notes
019		Infantry fighting vehicle		Experimental wheeled IFV
105	SU-100P	Self propelled gun	1949	Experimental, rear mounted 100 mm D-50
108	SU-152G	Self propelled gun		Experimental, with 152 mm D-1
112		Armoured personnel carrier		105 variant
116	SU-152P	Self propelled gun		Experimental, with 152 mm M-53
117		Self propelled floodlight
120	SU-152 "Taran"	Tank destroyer	1965
126	T-50	Light tank	1941
135	T-34-85	Medium tank	1943
136	T-44	Medium tank	1944
137-1	T-54-1	Main battle tank	1946	M1946
137G	T-54A	Main battle tank
137G2	T-54B	Main battle tank
137G2K	T-54BK	Main battle tank
137GK	T-54AK	Main battle tank		Command version
137GM	T-54AM	Main battle tank		137G modernization
137GMK	T-54AMK	Main battle tank		137GM command version
137K	T-54K	Main battle tank		137-3 command version
137M	T-54M	Main battle tank		137-1, 137-2, 137-3 modernization
137MK	T-54MK	Main battle tank		137M command version
137R	T-54-2	Main battle tank	1949	M1949
137Sh	T-54-3	Main battle tank	1951	M1951
138	SU-100	Tank destroyer	1944
139	T-54M	Main battle tank		Accepted for service, but not produced
140		Main battle tank		137 experimental modernization
150	IT-1	Main battle tank	1968	Missile armed
155	T-55	Main battle tank
155A	T-55A	Main battle tank
155AD-1	T-55AD-1	Main battle tank	1983	155A with Drozd and V-46-5M engine
155AD	T-55AD	Main battle tank	1983	155A with Drozd
155AK	T-55AK	Main battle tank		155A command version
155K	T-55K	Main battle tank		155 command version
155M	T-55M	Main battle tank	1984
164	T-62A	Main battle tank	1962
165		Main battle tank		166 experimental with 100 mm D-54
166	T-62	Main battle tank	1962
166D	T-62D	Main battle tank	1983	166 with Drozd
166K	T-62K	Main battle tank	1964	Command version of 166
166KN	T-62K	Main battle tank	1964	166 with TNA-2 Navigational Aid
166M-1	T-62M-1	Main battle tank		166M with different engine
166M	T-62M	Main battle tank	1983	166 modernization
166M1-1	T-62M1-1	Main battle tank		166M-1 without missile
166M1-2-1	T-62M1-2-1	Main battle tank		166M-1 without missile or armor upgrade
166M1-2	T-62M1-2	Main battle tank		166M without missile or armor upgrade
166M1	T-62M1	Main battle tank		166M without missile
166M1V-1	T-62M1V-1	Main battle tank		166M1-1 with K-1 ERA
166M1V	T-62M1V	Main battle tank		166M1 with K-1 ERA
166MD-1	T-62MD-1	Main battle tank	1983	166M-1 with Drozd
166MD	T-62MD	Main battle tank	1983	166M with Drozd
166MK-1	T-62MK-1	Main battle tank		166M-1 command version
166MK	T-62MK	Main battle tank		166M command version
166MV-1	T-62MV-1	Main battle tank	1985	166M-1 with K-1 ERA
166MV	T-62MV	Main battle tank	1985	166M with K-1 ERA
167	T-72	Main battle tank	1963
167TU	T-72A	Main battle tank		“Dolly Parton” armor
174M	T-72B1	Main battle tank
187	T-72BM	Main battle tank
188	T-72BU / T-90	Main battle tank
188M	T-90M	Main battle tank
195	T-95	Main battle tank
199	BMPT	Tank support fighting vehicle	1995
211		Light tank		126 (T-50) with changed hull
219	T-80	Main battle tank	1976
219A	“Olkha”	Main battle tank		219R with 476 turret
219AS	T-80U	Main battle tank	1983	Merged 219A and 219V
219E	T-80BM1	Main battle tank		219R with Arena
219R	T-80B	Main battle tank	1979
220	KV-220	Heavy tank	1941	Single prototype 85 mm gun
222	KV-222	Heavy tank	1941	Single prototype
223	KV-3	Heavy tank	1941	Single prototype
224	KV-4	Super heavy tank		Never built
225	KV-5	Heavy tank		Cancelled
226	KV-6	Heavy tank	1941	Flamethrower tank, single prototype
227	KV-7	Self propelled gun	1941	Single prototype
228	KV-8	Heavy tank		Flamethrower tank
229	KV-9	Heavy tank	1941	Prototype
230	KV-10	Heavy tank	1942	Single prototype. Also known as KV-1K. A KV-1S with 4 rocket launchers on the back of the hull
232	KV-12	Heavy tank		Experimental chemical tank
233	KV-13	Medium tank		Prototype
236	SU-152	Self propelled gun	1943	Initially KV-14
237	IS-1	Heavy tank	1943	Also known as IS-85
239	KV-85	Heavy tank	1943
240	IS-2	Heavy tank	1943
241	ISU-152	Self propelled gun	1943	M1943
241K	ISU-152K	Self propelled gun	1953
241M	ISU-152M	Self propelled gun	1959
242	ISU-122	Self propelled gun	1944
243		Self propelled gun
244	IS-3	Heavy tank	1945	237 variant
245	IS-4	Heavy tank		240 variant
246	ISU-152BM	Self propelled gun	1944	241 variant. Also known as ISU-152BM-1 & ISU152-1
247	ISU-152-2	Self propelled gun	1944
248	IS-5	Heavy tank
250	ISU-130	Self propelled gun
252	IS-6	Heavy tank		240 variant, mechanical transmission
253	IS-6	Heavy tank		252 variant, electro-mechanical transmission
254		Heavy tank		Planned
255		Heavy tank		Planned
256		Heavy tank		Planned
257		Heavy tank		Planned
258		Heavy tank		Planned
259		Heavy tank		Planned
260	IS-7	Heavy tank	1946
268		Self propelled gun		272 chassis
271		Self propelled gun
272	IS-10 / T-10	Heavy tank
272	T-10M	Heavy tank		Leningrad-Built
272K	T-10MK	Heavy tank	1959	272 command version
273		Self propelled gun
277	-	Heavy tank	1958
279	-	Heavy tank	1957	Experimental
287		Main battle tank		Missile armed (Taifun)
282		Main battle tank	1961	Missile armed
288		Main battle tank		T-80 engine prototype
292		Main battle tank	1990	Prototype
317	2S19 Msta	Self propelled artillery	1989
416	-	Medium tank	1951
430		Main battle tank	1957	T-64 prototype
432		Main battle tank		T-64 prototype
434	T-64	Main battle tank
437	T-64A	Main battle tank
447A	T-64B	Main battle tank
450	T-74	Main battle tank		Prototype
476		Main battle tank	1976	437 development
477	“Molot”	Main battle tank	1987	Prototype
478B	T-80UD	Main battle tank		“Bereza”
481	OT-54	Main battle tank		Flamethrower variant
482	OT-55	Main battle tank		Flamethrower variant
483		Main battle tank		Flamethrower variant, not produced
500	ZSU-57-2	Anti Aircraft
600	IT-122		1949	Also SU-122-54. Tank destroyer based on 137 hull
630	T-80BK	Main battle tank		219R command version
630A	T-80UK	Main battle tank		219AS command version
634	TOS-1	Self propelled rocket launcher	1988
640	“Black Eagle”	Main battle tank
675	BMP-2	Infantry fighting vehicle	1980's
685		Light tank	1975	Light tank prototype
688	BMP-3	Infantry combat vehicle
701-2	IS-4	Heavy tank		Tested with 122mm D-25T, 100mm S-34-II, 100mm S-34-I
701-5	IS-4	Heavy tank
701-6	IS-4	Heavy tank	1949
704	ISU-152 M1945	Self propelled gun	1945	Single prototype variant
730	IS-8	Heavy tank		Ten prototypes built
730A	T-10A	Heavy tank
730B	T-10B	Heavy tank	1957
730BK	T-10BK	Heavy tank		730B command version
734	T-10M	Heavy tank		Chelyabinsk built
740	PT-76	Light tank	1949	Amphibious
757		Main battle tank		Missile armed
764		Infantry fighting vehicle		BMP-1 prototype competitor
765	BMP-1	Infantry fighting vehicle	1966
770	-	Heavy tank
775		Main battle tank	1962	Missile armed
780		Main battle tank	1971	Prototype
785		Main Battle tank	1978	Prototype
907				Prototype
914		Infantry fighting vehicle		BMD-1 prototype, former BMP-1 competitor
915	BMD-1	Infantry fighting vehicle	1969
916	BMD-2	Infantry fighting vehicle	1985
925	BTR-D	Infantry fighting vehicle	1975
950	BMD-3	Infantry fighting vehicle	1990
952	2S25 Sprut-SD	Light tank
955	BTR-MD	Infantry fighting vehicle
958	RKhM-5	Infantry fighting vehicle		Chemical reconnaissance
960	BMD-4	Infantry fighting vehicle
1200		Infantry fighting vehicle		Wheeled BMP-1 ?

See also

• GRAU
• Soviet tank factories

External links

• Chief of Armament and Munition of the Armed Forces (Russian)
• History of GABTU (Russian)