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The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1973. [8] The T-72 was a development based on the T-64 using thought and design of the previous Object 167M. [9] [10] About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refurbishment has enabled many to remain in service for decades.
Serbian modernized tank M-84AS Serbian upgraded T-72 featuring reactive armour. Yugoimport T-72 modernization package – Upgraded engine, communication gear and ERA. M-84AS – Is a prototype tank using an M-84A tank modernized to T-90 level by Yugoimport SDPR. M-84AS1 – Is a substantially modernized version of the M-84 main battle tank
The T-80 design improved on several aspects of the earlier T-64 design, introducing a gas turbine engine in the original model, [b] and incorporating suspension components of the T-72. This gave the tank a high power-to-weight ratio and made it easily the most mobile tank in service, albeit with acute range problems, as the turbine used fuel ...
These vehicles are used to support the T-72 and T-90 main battle tanks. [29] Deliveries began in 2001, and India was planning to upgrade its Ajeya Mk1 tanks (local name for T-72M1) to Ajeya Mk2 standard, with some elements from PT-91, such as the Drawa-TE1 fire control system and the PZL-Wola S-1000 engine. [citation needed]
A ₹ 10,000 crore (US$1.2 billion) purchase of 354 new T-90SM tanks for six tank regiments for the China border was being planned in 2012, [57] making India, with a total of nearly 4,500 tanks (T-90 and variants, T-72 and Arjun MBT) in active service, the world's third-largest operator of tanks.
The frontal part of the entire turret, hull upper front plate and lower front plate could all be defeated at 3 km or more. This essentially means that the T-72 Ural could defeat one of NATO's toughest tanks at any reasonable combat distance. [26] [unreliable source?] According to both sides, the T-72 was the most feared tank of the war. [27]
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The vehicle is powered by a V-64-4 multi-fuel diesel engine, developing 700 hp. This engine is derived from that, used on the T-72 main battle tank. The 40-ton tractor sports a very large, all axis adjustable V-shaped hydraulic dozer blade at the front, a single soil ripper spike at the rear and a 2-ton crane on the top.