The book is written by tank engineers and is devoted to the history of the creation and development of the first Soviet main battle tank T-64. Currently, this work contains the most complete and accurate account of the history of the appearance of the T-64 tank and its development up to the modifications of the T-64BM2 and T-64U 1999 year. Much attention is paid to the presentation of information about the changes that were made to the design of T-64 tanks in different years. Information on tanks and other tracked vehicles created on the basis of and using elements of T-64. There are interesting memories of tankers who served on T-64 tanks. The authors conducted a fairly detailed analysis of the main combat properties of the T-64 - firepower, protection and mobility. The work is illustrated by a large number of drawings, photographs and drawings. The annexes provide detailed TTX of T-64 tanks, provide information on the ammunition used, types and cost of maintenance, categorization of tank gun barrels, contributing barrels, coloring, etc. The book can be of interest to a wide range of fans of the history of military equipment and modelers.