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The 0.58 m (1 ft 11 in) wide tracks run on large-diameter road wheels, which allows for easy identification of the T-72 and descendants (the T-64 family has relatively small road wheels). The T-72 is designed to cross rivers up to 5 m (16.4 ft) deep submerged using a small diameter snorkel assembled onsite.
The recent T-72B3 in Russian service. Most obvious is the new Sosna-U multi-spectral panoramic sight. T-72B3 (Ob'yekt 184-M3): this upgrade was initiated in 2010 using old stocks of T-72B tanks held in reserve. The purpose was to upgrade old T-72s to use the same gun, ammunition, ATGM, ERA etc. as the new T-90A tanks to simplify supply lines.
English: Positions of crewmembers in a russian T-72B3 (2016) tank. The driver (3) is seated in the vehicle’s front, commander (1) and gunner (2) are positioned in the turret, directly above the carousel (4), which contains the ammunition for the autoloading mechanism.
T-54-3s, T-54Bs, T-54Ms, T-55As and T-55A Mod. 1981s were seen in videos on trains. [90] At least one was converted into a remote-controlled VBIED and destroyed. [91] As of 16 July 2024, at least 11 (2 T-54-3M, 1 T-54B, 3 T-55A and 5 unknown variants) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [46] T-62: Main battle tank ~200 [43 ...
The Sosna-U (Russian: Сосна-У, "Pine-U") is a Belarusian/Russian tank gunner's sight used on tanks such as the T-72B3, T-80BVM and T-90MS. [1] [2] It was developed in Belarus by JSC Peleng and later produced in Russia by JSC VOMZ. [3] [4] It features a daylight sight, a thermal sight and a laser rangefinder. The sight contains a built in ...
The first tank with Kontakt-1 put into service was T-64BV in 1985. The system is still widely used by different countries within T-55, T-62, T-64, T-72, T-80 tank families among others. Kontakt-1 was the first Soviet ERA system, and its successor is Kontakt-5, put into the service in 1988.
The T-84U is an upgrade with new side skirts, Kontakt-5 ERA, muzzle reference system and some other improvements. 2000 Ukraine: 10 51 tons 1200–1500 hp The T-84 Oplot is a T-84U with a new welded turret and separate crew and ammunition compartments with blowout panels on the ammunition compartment, and a new bustle-mounted autoloader. Leopard ...
Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.