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 ...
Regardless of what the world of video game slang may have you believe, tanks aren't all intended to simply turtle up and absorb heavy damage. Lighter, more maneuverable models exploit their mobility ...
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian troops will be armed with what White House officials call “the best tank in the world” after President Biden announced Wednesday that Washington will provide Kyiv with 31 M1 ...
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s T-72 tank, widely deployed in Ukraine, faces a critical design flaw that leaves it vulnerable to modern anti-tank systems. Built in the 1960s, the T-72’s automated ...
At least 25,000 T-72s have been built, making it the second-most prolific post-World War II tank, coming in behind only the ubiquitous T-54/T-55. That the T-72 is still in service today — and still ...
Another Russian regiment apparently has reequipped with older T-72 tanks. It’s further evidence that, despite a heroic effort on the part of Kremlin planners to expand production of more modern tank ...
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 ...
Czech company Excalibur is refurbishing and modernizing Soviet-era T-72 tanks for Ukraine, turning decades-old hardware into battlefield-ready armor. Originally sourced from former Warsaw Pact ...
In Vladimir Putin's ideal world, a proverbial sea of Russian T-72 main battle tanks (MBTs) would roll through the Ukrainian front lines and march uncontested through the streets of Kyiv like a Russian ...
The armament of the T-72 MBT, pictured above taking part in an Indian Army exercise in November 2022, includes a 125 mm smoothbore 2A46 main gun, a 7.62 mm co-axial machine gun mounted to the right of ...
T-72M4CZ main battle tank in 2010. A video posted on social media on Tuesday of a train passing through Krakow, Poland, revealed at least seven uniquely Czech T-72 main battle tanks being transported ...