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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. It was also exported to other countries, such as Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yugoslavia, as well as being copied elsewhere, both with and without licenses. Czech T-72M4CZ firing.
In 1928, the Soviet Union began the production of the MS-1 tanks (Малый Сопровождения -1, where M stands for "small" and S for "convoy"). In 1929, it established the Central Directorate for Mechanization and Motorization of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. Tanks became a part of the mechanized corps at this point.
There are two tanks known as IS-3: Object 244 was an IS-2 rearmed with the long-barrelled 85 mm cannon (D-5T-85-BM) and developed by the Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ), which was never series-produced for service use. The IS-3 known as Object 703 is a Soviet heavy tank developed in late 1944, and began production in May 1945.
T-III (T-3) - captured Panzer III. T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank. SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration. SU-85i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 85mm D-5S-85A gun on a tank destroyer configuration.
range. 500 km (310 mi), 700 km (430 mi) with external tanks. Maximum speed. 45–60 km/h (28–37 mph) depending on version. The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov. The tank was introduced in the early 1960s. It was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62: the T-64 served in tank divisions, while ...
Russia. 2,000 m-high target – 1,870 m; 3 m-high target – 2,260 m; [ 1 ] 4,000 m AT-12 missile. The U-5TS (production designation 2A20) tank gun is a 115 mm- calibre weapon that was fitted almost [ a ] exclusively to the Soviet Union's T-62 main battle tank. It was the first smoothbore weapon designed for tanks, [ 2 ] and heralded the change ...
The IMR-2 is a Soviet and Russian tracked military engineering vehicle built on T-72 main battle tank chassis. IMR stands for Inzhenernaya Mashina Razgrazhdeniya (‹See Tfd› Russian: инженерная машина разграждения-2; ИМР-2), meaning "Clearing Engineering Vehicle". Development of the IMR-2 begun in 1970s and ...
80 km/h (50 mph) (T-80U) 48 km/h (30 mph) (cross country) [10] The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) [11] that was designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union and manufactured in Russia. The T-80 is based on the T-64, while incorporating features from the later T-72 and changing the engine to a gas turbine.