As many people may know, the introduction of turret baskets on the NATO tanks like the Leopard 2’s as well as the Abrams has been a very bumpy one, notably with the very minor changes or nerfs to their Russian MBT counterparts.
The T-80 and T-90, while both are different vehicles, they both have various different systems, generators, turret drives, gun cradles, and large sight systems that can very easily be destroyed similar to that of their NATO counterparts.
I’ve already have gone in depth on another thread talking about how the Autoloader alone wasn’t enough of a nerf, and how the introduction of the the actual drives of the turrets (specifically the T-80 in question here) and and hydraulic systems and reservoirs which take up the very holey interiors of these tanks should be added to have them match performance of their NATO counterparts given their exceptional armor profiles and weapon capabilities.
On a side note, the T-80 would notably spew flaming hot hydraulic fluid all over the interior of the tank, while quiet gruesome in the real world, this could be modeled as a simple internal fire that cannot be extinguished and will eventually burn out (similar to other vehicles external fuel tanks) and can kill the crew if they are already damaged given how central in the fighting compartment it would be.
This is not only a fair balance to these vehicles but also a historical balance, as adding systems these tanks have that others are modeled with in game would truly show that there is no bias.
As of right now I don’t plan on adding the T-80 docs and images to this, but in the very likely case of someone crying about it, it will be provided.