Tag: t-72
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T-72B (Ukraine Memorial)
Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Soviet Union/Russia Period: Cold War/Modern Location: Embassy of the Russian Federation, Berlin, Germany Ageing backbone Following 1978’s T-72A, the T-72B was the second upgraded version of the standard T-72 Main Battle Tank. First introduced in 1985, it featured an improved 125mm gun and fire control system, a more powerful engine…
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T-72M
Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Soviet Union Period: Cold War Location: Muzeum Uzbrojenia, Poznań, Poland The T-72 was a simplified version of the expensive, complex and troublesome T-64. Like its older sibling, T-72 was equipped with an auto-loader – which reduced the crew to three men. Because this arrangement made an upright-standing human loader unnecessary,…
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