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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).
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.
Third contract was signed for 347 upgraded T-90S in Dec 2007. [109] As of 2013, purchase of 354 new T-90MS tanks was being planned. [110] Another order for 464 T-90 Mk.3 was placed in Nov 2019. [111] [112] [104] India had 13 regts. in 2016 and planned to have 21 regts. by 2020 (total of 1,657 tanks with night visions) [113] [114] [115] T-72 Ajeya
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, [58] 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.
T-72 – M1 variant with upgrades namely Ajeya MK1/MK2 and Combat Improved Ajeya. Arjun MK1 firing on the move at Pokaran Field Firing Range. Indian Armoured Corps in a Sherman III tank in the Middle East, March 1944.
Tank Ex, or Karna Tank, was the code name of the prototype main battle tank developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2002. Tank ex is based on existing Arjun and Ajeya tank. This MBT uses turret and weapon system's of the Arjun MBT and chassis of the T-72 M1 (Ajeya) MBT. [1]
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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]