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As a result, substantial investment in tooling was undertaken. Only after modernisation, could the factory begin full-scale production of the T-72. Nizhny Tagil produced the tank in various modifications until 1992. The T-72 was the most common tank used by the Warsaw Pact from the 1970s until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1973. It replaced the T-54/55 series as the workhorse of Soviet tank forces (while the T-64 and T-80 served as the Soviet high-technology tanks).
The following is a list of ammunition fired by the 125 mm smoothbore gun series used in the T-64, T-72, T-80, M-84, T-90, PT-91, T-14 Armata, and other tanks derived from those designs, as well as the 2A45 Sprut anti-tank gun.
The Soviets introduced this system for their KV-13 experimental tank, and this led to its use in the IS tank family. Later versions introduced more gears to produce multiple turning radii, including reversing one track. The T-64 introduced a new model with seven speeds, and this basic system has been used on the T-72, T-90 and Chinese Type 98 ...
The aviation squadron led by Lt. Colonel Don Olson established a screen along the 50 Easting by 7 am, and by 8 am the armored cavalry squadrons had moved into their new zones. Third Squadron, operating in the center, destroyed a T-72 tank before 8 am, establishing the first ground contact with the Iraqi Republican Guard's Tawakalna Division.
The vehicle-mounted NSVT variant is used on the T-72, [2] T-64 [3] and T-80 [4] battle tanks. Like many Soviet weapons, the NSV was also licence produced by Yugoslavia as the M87 . Following the break-up of the Soviet Union , Russia began development on the Kord heavy machine gun , while Belarus, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Vietnam all ...
The Type 72Z tank (also known as the T-72Z and the Safir-74, [4] and the Al-Zubair I in Sudan) [3] is a highly modernized version of the Type 59 and T-54/T-55 tanks, [4] with upgrades carried out by the Iranian Defense Industries Organization. [2] The tank is not to be confused with an Iraqi modernization also known as T-72Z, said to carry a ...
However, Poland started delivering T-72s in January of 1982, and in September of the same year, Soviet exports resumed as well. Overall, Iraq received about 1,038 T-72 tanks, primarily produced in Poland. Some of these were destroyed during the Iran–Iraq War, or captured by the Iranians. [2] As of 1996, Iraq had 776 T-72 tanks in service. [3]