. The streets of Grozny were full of burning T-80Us firing simple RPGs.
Show me
one single photo whit burn in Grozny T-80
U.
There where burned T-80B and BW but losses both type "T-80" was smaller then T-72BW.
You completly misunderstand problem:
pakistani T-80UD are menufactured from Ukraina and Charkiv factory. Those tank is Ob.478BE whit new welded turret and completly diffrent turret and hull "special armour".
T-80B and BW is from diffrent factory (Leningrad) and it's Ob.219 whit complelty diffrent (whorse) armour and turret then Charkiv Ob.478BE...
Nah, it can't survive 880mm hull penetration
Forstly MILAN have mucht smalle rpenetration, second - there is ERA and precursor in ATGM not alway guaranteed proper ERA ignit, second think about hull in pakistanie T-80UD hull composition:
(for 0. degree)
66mm RHA
gap for ERA on hull
135mm RHA
80mm ceramics
135mm HHS
gap whit distanser
80mm ceramics
135mm RHA.
Protection is at least:
630-640mm vs APFSDS
without ERA
750mm vs HEAT
without ERA
So front hull whit MILAN-2T give nothing in that case.
Second:
Penetration values are tested and accurate.
No, they are not. There is no "wunderwaffe" or mirracle in case copper SC warhed (HEAT) peentration is well known and I had DOZENS pdf from balistic symposium and PHDs in this thema. Not, it's not possible to achive from 115mm dimatere SC warhed penetration equal to circa 800mm RHA.
It's really simple in thic case.
Given in wikipedia and "army recognition" or other pages values are worth shit - it's the same bullshit as chineese data on sinodefense.
Wana example?
Look - BASIC TOW and ITOW:
Original armor penetration estimates were 600 mm for BGM-71A/B and 700–800 mm for BGM-71C.
And sucht values was given in most sources, when sudently now declassified CIA study become "open", and the true penetration values against a vertical target are much lower:
See?
And here is the same story whit MILAN, MILAN-2T, etc.
MILAN 2 have warhed caliber 115mm . In erly 90s penetration was equal to 6 warhed diameter, now is close to 6.5.
115x6 = 690mm
115x 6.5 = 750mm
End of story here. Any walue above this is bullshit and fairy tails.