Brief
The T-72 is a battle tank originally designed as a simplified version of the T-64 , cheaper while being more reliable and intended to massively equip the armies of the Warsaw Pact . Over twenty thousand T-72s rolled off the various production lines in the Commonwealth of Independent States , Central Europe, the Middle East and India. Later versions also carried the designation of T-90 .
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informations
| T-72 | |
 Bulgarian T-72M2 during a parade in 2007. | |
| Service characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Service | August 7, 1973 |
| Users | 42 pays |
| Production | |
| Designer | Kartsev-Venediktov design bureau |
| Year of conception | 1967-1973 |
| Builder | Uralvagonzavod |
| Production | more than 25,000 copies produced between 1973 and 1990 |
operators
Unlike the T-64 and T-80 , it was widely exported and manufactured under licence , long before the collapse of the USSR . The T-72s would be in service in many countries:
Algeria - 250 T72M1M and 250+ T72AG;
Angola - 50 copies;
Armenia - 102 copies;
Azerbaijan - 175 copies;
Belarus - 1,225 copies;
Bulgaria - 160 copies;
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 20 examples, purchased in 2010 from Ukraine;
Croatia - 30 copies;
Finland - 162 copies;
Georgia - 142 copies;
Hungary - 238 copies;
India - 1,100 copies;
Iran - 440 copies;
Iraq - 100 copies;
Kazakhstan - 300 copies;
Kuwait - 157 copies (Yugoslav version M-84);
Kyrgyzstan - 210 copies;
Libya - 260 copies;
Macedonia - 31 copies;
Mongolia - 80 copies;
Poland - 772 copies;
Czech Republic - 278 copies;
Romania - 30 copies;
Russia - 9,000 copies (1500 T-72B/BA in service, 7500 T-72/A/BA in reserve);
Serbia - 304 copies;
Sierra Leone - 2 copies;
Slovakia - 272 copies;
Syria - 1,500 copies;
Tajikistan - 40 copies;
Turkmenistan - 570 copies;
Ukraine - 1,200 copies;
Yemen - 39 copies.additional information
Autoload
The turret backplane houses an AZ-172 electromechanical carousel with a capacity of 22 rounds. Each 125 mm ammunition is stored in two bundles (projectile and propellant charge) in a removable cassette.
The T-72B has an improved version called AZ-184, capable of clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation. In order to be able to use anti-tank missiles, its cassettes are modified with latches to prevent the missile's fins from deploying when loaded.
Box of Mechanisms
The T-72 takes over the two side gearboxes used on the T-64. They drive the tracks and steer the tank. Each of the gearboxes has seven forward gears and one reverse gear, shifting is done manually using a clutch and gear lever . Two levers ensure the direction of the tank.
Undercarriage
The suspension , taken from the Objet 167, a neglected competitor of the T-64, comprises six die-cast aluminum rollers with a diameter of 750 mm and three carrier rollers, a sprocket at the rear and a tensioner pulley at the front. The vertical travel of the suspension arms varies according to the torsion bar, it is between 358 mm to 370 mm . The first, second and sixth rollers each have a hydraulic rotary damper .
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