T-54/55s have been re-armed with improved tank guns, AA machine guns, advanced armour arrays, and technologies, such as laser range finders and computerized fire control systems, that did not exist when the tank was first being built in the early days of the Cold War.
T-54/55 har fået forbedrede kampvognskanoner, antiluftskyts maskingeværer, avanceret pansring og teknologier, såsom laser afstandsmålere og computerbaserede ildledningssystemer, som ikke eksisterede, da kampvognen så dagens lys i starten af Den kolde krig.