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The T-72M was identical to the base T-72 Ural model in terms of protection, [53] retaining the monolithic steel turret. [54] The modernized T-72M1 was closer to the T-72A in terms of protection. It featured an additional 16 mm (0.63 in) of high hardness steel appliqué armour on the glacis plate, which produced an increase of 43 mm (1.7 in) in ...
Early upgrade of T-72 Ural. The T-72 was designed and first built in the Soviet Union. T-72 "Ural" (Ob'yekt 172M) (1973): [94] Original version, armed with the 125 mm D-81TM smoothbore tank gun. Unlike the later versions it had the searchlight mounted on left.
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]
In July 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated that the supplies and overhaul of T-72 and T-90 tanks by Uralvagonzavod had surged 3.6 times since early 2022. [25] It was reported by the company in late December 2023 that it had successfully performed the year's state defense order for T-90M and modernized T-72B3M tanks. [26]
A Turtle Tank in May 2024, showing its improvised armour and mine clearance roller. Turtle Tank (Russian: царь-мангал, [1] Tsar Mangal) is the nickname for a series of modified Russian T-62, T-72 and T-80 tanks supplied with an improvised steel roof and siding, as well as anti-drone slat armor which covers the entirety of the original vehicle.
T-72Bs as well as ones with Kontakt-5 were delivered by Russia in 2015–2016. [155] At least few dozens of T-72B3 in Syrian service as of 2023. [156] T-72A/AV/M upgraded with locally assembled Viper thermal imager and Kontakt-1. [157] All T-72s were fitted with locally developed soft-kill Sarab Active Protection System providing jamming ...
The M829A2 APFSDS round was developed specifically as an immediate solution to address the improved protection of a Russian T-72, T-80U or T-90 main battle tank equipped with Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armor (ERA). [148] Later, the M829A3 round was introduced in 2002 to improve its effectiveness against next-generation ERA equipped tanks. [165]
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 ...