 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - T-80 MBTs haina kumbobvira yashandiswa nenzira iyo yavakagadzirirwa hondo huru yakajairika muEurope. Dzakashandiswa munguva yokuchinja kwezvematongerwe enyika uye kwoupfumi muRussia muma1990. Muna August 1991 vaKomonisiti nevatungamiriri vemauto vakabatana vakaedza kubvisa Mikhail Gorbachev pachigaro ndokutorazve kudzora Soviet Union yakanga isina kugadzikana. Matangi eT-80UD eRussia 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division akafamba mumigwagwa yeMoscow asi kuedza kweSoviet kuputsikarakakundikana apo vashandi vematangi vakaramba kurwisa vateereri kana kuti paramende. 