Key Points – The Soviet-era T-72 main battle tank sees extensive use by both Russia and Ukraine, but with differing modernization approaches significantly impacting battlefield performance.

The worsening T-72 shortfall helps to explain why the Russians increasingly are equipping their newly-mobilized battalions with obsolete T-62 and T-80B tanks. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

The Russian T-90 MBT battle tank has been in service since 1993. ... and the impressive Shtora-1 countermeasures. If you're familiar with everything about Soviet T-72 tanks, ...

By comparison, the T-72 is equipped with a 2A46 125mm smoothbore gun that has the same 1.86-mile firing range as the M1’s 120mm cannon, as well as an 7.62 mm machine gun similar to the American ...

The T-72 is the most widely used main battle tank, and has been sent into action in all major wars of the last two decades, according to the U.K.-based Tank Museum.

In this image, a Russian T-72 battle tank is seen during a military exhibition on August 27, 2022, in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia. Ukraine on Tuesday shared a video it says shows its ...

The T-72's main hull is 22.8 feet long, 11.7 feet wide, and 7.3 feet tall. Add in the length of the gun, and it stretches to 31.2 feet long. Most variations weigh between 44 and 45 tons.

Ukrainian soldiers drive a T-72 tank on the front line in eastern Ukraine on July 13, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images 2022-11-05T10:33:20Z ...

Ground-level footage shows the T-72 tank positioned on top of an International M1224 MaxxPro mine-resistant armored vehicle. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

In our reality, which doesn't exist in the delusions of a Russian dictator, the hilarious fate of one captured T-72 provides a starkly comical story to a war that's been anything but funny.

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 ...