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Maximum speed. 60 km/h (road) 45 km/h (off-road) During the early stages of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein imported a number of T-72 tanks from the Soviet Union and Poland. The tanks saw service in both the Gulf War and the Iraq War. In the 1980s, Iraq also established a factory to retrofit and repair T-72s, and ...
T-72(K) and T-72(K1) – East-German army designators for command tanks (Führungspanzer). T-72TK – East German designation for VT-72B (BRAM-72B). The vehicle was planned to enter service with NVA in 1990, but only one was actually handed over to IB-9 (Instandsetzungsbatallion 9) at Drögeheide (Torgelow). Two others were still in Grossenhain ...
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.
T-72: Main battle tank 950 [52] 840 T-72B3M, 850 T-72B3 and 650 T-72B/T-72BA in service as of 2021. [114] 7,000 T-72/T-72A/T-72B in storage as of 2021. [114] [51] Unknown number brought back from storage because of the losses during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and upgraded/rebuild. [115]
Unlike the Terminator 1 however, the Terminator 2 is a retrofit only package, with old T-72B or T-72M tanks being upgraded to BMPT-72 standard. The Terminator 2 is aimed at the export market (in particular as part of offset deals ).
Windows. Release. September, 2004. Genre (s) Vehicle simulation game. Mode (s) Single player, Multiplayer. Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command, known as T-72: Balkans on Fire! (Russian: Т-72: Балканы в огне) in Europe, is a tank - driving simulation by Russian game developers IDDK/Crazy House and published by Battlefront.com.
A development of the T-72M1. The PT-91 Twardy (tough) is an improved variant of the Soviet T-72 main battle tank. The PT-91 was developed in Poland in the early 1990s. Production of the PT-91 Twardy tanks for the Polish Army was completed in 2002. A total of 233 tanks were delivered.
The development of improved tank designs such as the T-72 (and later the T-80) that were to all intents and purposes impervious to 105mm artillery fire but could be affected by 155mm calibre. To counter these developments a decision was made to make all divisional artillery 155mm and phase out the 105mm Abbot .