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The T-72’s Gulf War collapse revealed

Iraq’s T-72s entered the 1991 Gulf War with outdated armor, weak optics, and poor ammunition. Against modern U.S. tanks, they ...
autoevolution

100 Modernized T-72 Tanks Reportedly Vanish, as “Thieves” Just Drive Off With Them

Some people can’t find it in themselves to steal a pin. This isn’t that: “thieves” are believed to have made off with 100 (one hundred, to be sure) T-72 tanks, all modernized and upgraded to T-72M1R ...
The National Interest

Russia’s T-72 Tank: Over 40 Years Old and Still the Backbone of the Russian Army

While Russia has 3,500 T-80s, that tank seems to be a dead end. While the T-14 Armata is an intriguing and sophisticated next-generation tank, it seems unlikely that it will be mass-produced enough to ...
SlashGear

T-72 Vs M1 Abrams: How Do These Battle Tanks Compare?

The American M1 Abrams main battle tank was designed in the late 1970s to combat possible threats coming out of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. As world events would have it, the Soviet Union ...
Forbes

Russia Is Running Low On Tanks. So Why Are A Thousand First-Generation T-72s Still Sitting In Storage?

The Russian force in Ukraine loses nearly 100 tanks a month, according to analysts who scrutinize social media to identify destroyed vehicles. At the same time, Russian industry builds no more than 50 ...
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The T-90 was never a T-72 variant

The T-90 is often misremembered as a simple T-72 upgrade, but that story is wrong. In the early 1990s, Soviet tank ...
The National Interest

Meet Russia’s Old T-72 Tank (It Literally Is Everywhere)

Key point: Russia still has 2,5000 active duty T-72s. When the Soviet T-72 tank was first deployed, Richard Nixon was President, the F-4 Phantom was America’s primary fighter, and the world’s steel ...
Forbes

Russia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine. But It’s Running Out Of Optics.

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Jan 28, 2023, 06:51pm EST Updated Jan 29, 2023, 04:47am EST T-72B1 Obr. 2022s. The Ukrainian army isn’t the only one getting new tanks ...
Newsweek

Video: Ukrainian Drone Destroys T-72 Tank and Other Russian Equipment

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) on Tuesday shared a video ...
StrategyPage

Armor: Why The T-72 Survives

March 31, 2015: A Russian motorized infantry brigade in Western Siberia recently received fifteen modernized T-72B3 tanks. This is a modernized version of T-72 with an improved fire control system and ...
Shephard Media

Poland elects to upgrade T-72 tanks

PGZ consortium and ZM Bumar-Łabędy are to refurbish and upgrade the Polish Army’s T-72 tanks under a contract with the Polish Ministry of Defence announced on 22 July. The $450 million contract will ...