Comparing: Object 430 Version II vs. T 55A

Developed at the Construction Bureau of Factory No. 73 in early 1953. From March 8th through March 10th, 1953, the Ministry of Transport and Heavy Engineering considered the project, along with an alternate version of the tank with a more conventional configuration. However, later development was discontinued.

An upgraded version of the T-55 tank. The T 55A had a higher level of nuclear protection and no bow machinegun. From 1962 through 1970, about 1,800 of the T-55 and T 55A tanks were supplied to East Germany by the U.S.S.R.