page_title: MT-55
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: MT-55 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: MT-55 bridgelayer in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
context_page_description: The MT-55A is an armoured vehicle-launched bridge tank, manufactured by ZTS Martin in Slovakia. The AVLB is based on a T-55A medium tank chassis, with the turret detached and replaced by a special bridge launching equipment.
  The MT-55A was produced for the armies of the Warsaw Pact, as well as for export clients.
context_section_description:  Belarus - MT-55A
   Egypt - MT-55KS
   Croatia - MT-55A, additional bridge units are mounted on KrAZ 6x6 heavy trucks.
   Czech Republic - MT-55A
   Georgia - MT-55A
   India - MT-55KS, known as Bridge Laying Tank MT-55
   Iraq - MT-55KS
   Israel: The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) were able to capture a small number of MT-55KSs from their Arab counterparts and used them with some small modifications. Most of them were captured on the Southern front (Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula) during the Six day war.
   North Korea
   Romania - MT-55A
   Russia - MT-55A, known as MTU-55
   Serbia - MT-55A
   Slovakia - MT-55A
   Slovenia
   Sri Lanka - In 2000, the Sri Lanka Army bought eight MT-55As from the Czech Republic along with 40 T-55AM2 tanks, 16 VT-55 recovery vehicles, three mobile workshop vehicles, 12 Tatra T815 tank transporters and several RM-70 122 mm multiple rocket launchers.
   Syria - MT-55KS
   Ukraine - MT-55A
caption: MT-55KS bridgelayer in Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Israel.
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