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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
RedEffect Official on MSN

Russia’s latest upgrades to the T-72 explained

New footage shows updated T-72 tanks leaving factories, offering a clearer picture of what improvements were actually made ...
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 ...
The National Interest

Russia’s T-72: Taking On the World’s Best Tanks (For Over 40 Years)

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 beasts had yet to discover a nemesis called the ...
RedEffect Official on MSN

Russia’s T-72 upgrade path and the missed promise of Rogatka

The T 72 remains the most common tank in Russian service, with the T 72B3 designed as a low cost modernization of older ...
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 ...
New York Post

US M1 Abrams vs. Ukraine’s T-72 tanks: Here’s how they compare

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 ...
Yahoo

Ukrainian T-72 Tank That Ran Over MRAP Seen In New Ground-Level Video

Video has emerged showing a ground-level perspective of a Ukrainian T-72 tank that rolled over and crushed a Ukrainian Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicle. Earlier footage of that ...
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 ...