The T-72's design offers several advantages. The tank's firepower is one of its key strengths, with the 125mm smoothbore gun capable of firing a variety of ammunition types. Modernized variants ...

The T-72 reportedly couldn't even get within firing range of Coalition tanks before getting knocked out of commission. When a T-72 did manage to score a hit, the Abrams' depleted uranium armor was ...

But attacking is always more resource-intensive than defending, and whatever advantages in people and equipment the Russians had in the area weren’t enough to cement their gains in Kupiansk.