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Attacking With A Mix Of Old T-72 Tanks And New T-84s, Ukrainian Troops Advance In Kupiansk The sector is a rare bright spot for the Ukrainians as they reel in Kursk and Donetsk. By David Axe, ...
The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) on Tuesday shared a video that it said shows one of its drones destroying a T-72 tank and other Russian equipment in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
By comparison, the T-72 is equipped with a 2A46 125mm smoothbore gun that has the same 1.86-mile firing range as the M1’s 120mm cannon, as well as an 7.62 mm machine gun similar to the American ...
Their assessment of T-72 stocks has changed—for the worse. In a mid-February count, @partizan_oleg assumed Russia went to war with nearly 2,000 of the 50-ton, three-person T-72s with their 125 ...
The T-72's main hull is 22.8 feet long, 11.7 feet wide, and 7.3 feet tall. Add in the length of the gun, and it stretches to 31.2 feet long. Most variations weigh between 44 and 45 tons.
The Soviet T-72 tanks were launched in 1973 and are still used by the Russian Army today. Here's everything you need to know about these battle tanks.
As I have written in these pages previously, Russia’s T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) may be the best tank in the world. It has been in service since the Soviet era. There are multiple iterations of ...
The T-72 in Ukraine and its Fatal Flaw Designed in the 1960s, the T-72 is one of the most popular tanks in history, with over 25,000 vehicles manufactured. The tank packs a 125 mm smoothbore main ...