The great tank battle of 73 easting, retired colonel douglas a. T72 battletank fit for urban combat defense update. The first version of the t 72 entered production in 1970. It is a product of a traditional soviet design philosophy. Concord edition soft cover book detailing the russian. Ww2 armor corps tanks t34, m10, centurion and more. The t54, t62 and t72 main battle tanks along with the personnel carriers, assault guns, selfpropelled guns and antitank missiles that are illustrated in this. After the dissolution of the czechoslovakia in the early 1990s upgrade programs were developed both in czech republic and slovakia to keep their fleets of t 72 mbts operational and combat capable. With the end of the cold war in 1992 soviet military equipment subsidies ended and vietnam began the use of hard currency and barter to buy weapons and equipment. Books on tanks armored fighting vehicles, apcs and. The t 72 retains the low silhouette of the t 545562 series, featuring a conventional layout with integrated fuel cells and stowage. Krause, col michael, us army center of military history, 2 may 1991. The t 72 is a sovietdesigned main battle tank that entered production in 1971. Overall by soviet union, czechoslovakian, poland, indian, yugoslavian and romanian plants there were built more than 30 000 of these main battle tanks.
The t 72ag upgrade has a 1200hp engine, shtora1 atgm jammer, and 1g46 t 80u fcs with thermal night sights. All information is taken from the book m1 abrams vs t 72 ural operation desert storm 1991 by steven j. Despite entering service in 1980, the m1 abrams remained untested in combat until the gulf war in 1991, where it was to be confronted by its archenemy the iraqiassembled sovietdesigned t 72. Download t72 main battle tank 197493 new vanguard pdf.
T72 main battle tank specifications the t72 main battle tank was a longlived redesign of the t 64 mbt. Air force conducts an air strike on a t 72 tank in syria in defense of syrian democratic forces. Including the best tanks in the world, abrams m1a1, m1a2, challenger, merkava mark 4, t72, leclerc. The t 72b is the second main variant from the original russian t72 tank after t. The great tank battle of 73 easting macgregor, douglas on. Vanguard t72 main battle tank 19741993 osprey books. We stock all the major manufacturers and smaller ones as well. The closest i heard was that the shells from t 72s would bounce off. The t72 ural main battle tank was developed as a cheaper and more reliable, however less capable alternative to the t 64. We also stock all the decals, resin accessories and photoetch parts from companies like archer, afv club, eduard, aires, tamiya, trumpeter, quickboost and more. Very similar to the squadronsignal publications in action series for afvs, but a few pages shorter. It was entered in service with the russian army in 1984. T72b mbt main battle tank technical data pictures video.
The t 72 is the most massive tank, produced at the last quarter of the xx age. As most historians now know, the t72 came about by accident in 1969 when the designers at factory no. The t 72 is a soviet secondgeneration tank that entered production in 1971. The t 72b mbt main battle tank is developed from the russian main battle tank t 72a. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. Despite the spectacular videos of exploding tanks from operations desert storm and iraqi freedom, the t 72 is an excellent tank, and quite good at what it was designed for. Unfortunately, without further evidence, it remains only likely that the vehicle could resist atgms in rare instances. Superior to both iraqs soviet era t 55 and t 62 tanks, nearly all sources claim that no abrams tank has ever been destroyed by enemy fire. Its turret has a new armour package that provides a much higher degree of protection than any previous model of the t 72 mbt. T72 main battle tank 197493 new vanguard book 6 ebook.
About 20,000 t72 tanks were built, making it one of the most widely produced postworld war ii tanks, second only to the t5455 family. Today we take a look at the performance of t72 tank in 1991 gulf war. List of equipment of the vietnam peoples ground forces. During the vietnam war 19651975 and the cambodianvietnamese war 19771989, the vietnam peoples ground forces relied almost entirely on sovietderived weapons and equipment systems.
It entered service with the czechoslovakian army in 1981. Main battle tank 19741993 osprey new vanguard by zaloga, steven j. The t 72 was widely exported and saw service in 40 countries and in numerous conflicts. It is a further development of the t 62 with some features of the t 64a upgraded version of basic t 64 and has been further developed as the t. The t 72 platform was selected as the basis for the new generation of tank owing to its costeffectiveness, simplicity and automotive qualities. Syria t 72 gets hit by rpg 29 and cooking off, youtube. T 72 main battle tank 197493 new vanguard isolation tank. Otherwise, like all the books of teh series, it is greatly illustrated, including a nice crosscut of the tank and several pictures of he deployment of this tank. The t72s is an export version of the t72b and has an upgraded engine as well as an improved fire control system. Syria t72 tank combat direct hit and keeps moving youtube. This vehicle was designed for supporting tanks and other afvs in urban areas.
For those who like army and military coloring books armored vehicles or main battle tanks mbt. Recommended for anyone interested in the t72 series of russian tanks and relevant as more modern versions are still in service and it serves as the basis for the contemporary t90 tank. At the beginning of 1996 russian army maintained approximately 9 000 such main battle tanks of all modifications. Used by the armies of the former warsaw pact and soviet union, it has also been exported in large numbers to many of the states in the middle east. Has an m1 main battle tank ever been destroyed by a t72. The t 72 mahmia, hit by an ied on 18th april, 2017, after the fire had died down. The great tank battle of 73 easting paperback september 15, 2012. The t 72 is the most popular tank currently in service. When the soviet t72 tank was first deployed, richard nixon was. The first batch of russian t 72b3 battle tanks of the latest upgrade will enter service with the first guards tank army divisions deployed in the moscow region, col.
The t 72 ammunition storage and handling system has been the cause of the well known nasty habit of the tank of exploding and blowing away its turret. There are currently just two osprey books on the t72 the nvg t72 main battle tank 197493 and the duel title m1 abrams vs t72 ural. All information is taken from the book m1 abrams vs t72 ural operation desert storm 1991 by steven j. The t 90 has its origins in a sovietera program aimed at developing a single replacement for the t 64, t 72 and t 80 series of main battle tanks. The t72 shafrah tank was next seen in combat along with the t 72av shafrah, and a third, lightly modified t 72 on 22nd march 2017 at qaboun, in the north of jobar, in east damascus. T72 tank the t 72, which entered production in 1971, was first seen in public in 1977. This book reveals the previously secret history behind the tank.
At war as at war to the young lieutenant maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time hes trying to impress his superior soviet officers who put him under extreme pressures in world war ii. The russian t72 ural tank is the most widelydeployed main battle tank of the current generation. T 72a mbt main battle tank russia russian army defense industry military equipment 925 001. Ukraine is upgrading its antiquated t 72 tanks to meet nato standards by fitting them out as the pt91 twardy, polands main battle tank. It is heavily armed and armored to survive in urban combat. It is also unknown if the t 72 mahmia has engaged in tank on tank combat thus far. The bmpt terminator tank support fighting vehicle is an armored fighting vehicle afv, designed and manufactured by the russian company uralvagonzavod. Eager to see what memiors of real modern tankers tell and no red storm rising does not cut it the ww2 library that is the kind of style i like puts together all the memiors of both sides and many different roles of a particular ba. With over 22,000 produced, the t 72 is involved in almost every theater of war, and, with the transformation of warfare from symmetric to asymmetric combat, waged in urban areas, the t 72 must also adapt, to maintain its effectiveness in complex terrain. Syria t72 hit from an rpg without consequences youtube. The soviet general staff requirement that resulted in the t 72 had a numbe.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In frontline russian service, t 72s are being upgraded or augmented by the t 90 itself, a modernized version of the t 72b. The t72a version introduced in 1979 is considered a secondgeneration main battle tank. T 72 tank with gopro get hit in an ambush in darayya syria subtitles. Intermediate, some pages are simple line art, other are grayscale, and some are more complex and detailed. The t 72a is the second generation of sovietmade main battle tank mbt in the t 72 family. T72 shafrah i and t 72av shafrah ii at qaboun, 22nd march 2017.
Janes modern tanks collinsjanes gems by chris foss paperback 255 pages harpercollins paper. The bmpt is unofficially named the terminator by the manufacturers. War in iraq, mosul offensive graphic content duration. The t 72 main battle tank was licensedproduced in the former czechoslovakia. The t72 is a sovietdesigned main battle tank that entered production in 1971. Draft report the battle of 73 easting, 26 february 1991, a historical introduction to a simulation. The last country to buy t 72 mbts was venezuela in 2012. Today we take a look at the performance of t 72 tank in 1991 gulf war. About 20,000 t 72 tanks were built, making it one of the most widely produced postworld war ii tanks, second only to the t 5455 family. Steven j zaloga examines the conditions under which the t72 was designed and. Note they may have been heat high explosive anti tank, hesh high explosive squash heat or average quality apfsds armour piercing fin stabilised discard.
Used by the armies of the former warsaw pact and soviet union, it has also been exported in large numbers to many of the states in the middle east including syria, libya, iraq and iran, and has been seen in combat in the lebanon, the iraniraq war, the. Recommended for anyone interested in the t 72 series of russian tanks and relevant as more modern versions are still in service and it serves as the basis for the contemporary t 90 tank. Find t72 main battle tank specifications at howstuffworks. Syria t 72 tank combat direct hit and keeps moving syriabattle.
The t72 is a family of soviet main battle tanks that first entered production in 1971. T72a t72 a main battle tank technical data sheet pictures russia. The t 72, introduced in the early 1970s, is not a further development of the t 64, but rather a parallel design chosen as a highproduction tank complementing the t 64. He has published numerous books and articles dealing with modern military technology, especially armoured vehicle development. Its designers used proven components whenever possible, improved existing components where required, and designed new components only when it was necessary. It replaced the t 5455 series as the workhorse of soviet tank forces while the t 64 and t 80 served as the soviet hightechnology tanks. Owner of this site is not responsible for potential mistakes or lacks of data. See tanks inside and on back cover including the best tanks in the world, abrams m1a1, m1a2, challenger, merkava mark 4, t 72, leclerc. The russian t 72 ural tank is the most widelydeployed main battle tank of the current generation. Nice book, but its time a of an actualized edition. Compared with previous versions of th t 72, the new version of the t 72 is characterized, first and foremost, by enhanced protection. How effective could a t72 tank be in a modern battlefield.