On the question of the T72 tank, why is the T72 tank so hot for export?

These are all obsolete tanks.

T-90 Russia is now said to be KO also T-95.

What is this good to ask.

The T72 is old-fashioned.

In the Gulf War in the 90s of the 20th century, the T72 tank left a "deep" impression on us. The reasons for this are jaw-dropping. It's actually because it's cheap!

And because the T72 tank was discontinued at a very early time because of its poor effect, now Russia's exports are actually inventory, and there is no cost in itself, and for many countries, ** is no different from gifts.

This tank had a poor performance in the Gulf War, but it is not so demanding for the vast majority of buyers of its dust beam now. They only ask for one point, and the firepower is stronger than others. For African countries that buy T72 tanks, this is the only requirement.

T72 can indeed meet this requirement, and it is also more suitable for African countries in terms of **. The T72's design is truly classic, with automatic loading technology, which reduces the number of drivers required and allows only three people to fully operate. Although the power of the engine was only a pitiful 780 horsepower, the main gun was a 125-mm smoothbore gun, which was not bad.

When used correctly, it can be fatal to any opponent. The low shape design makes the armor's anti-round brother protection ability also excellent, and it generally doesn't cause him any damage.

As a product of the eighties of the last century, T72 is now the main improvement direction is to enhance protection. Before exporting the T72, the Russian side will do some modernization and adjustment work for it, at least refurbishment and system renewal are necessary. In fact, the cost is not very high.

The T72B3 used by the Russian army is only about 1 million. The export version of the T72 is simpler, mainly updating the fire control system. In doing so, the Russian side also took advantage of the money-saving mentality of many customers to vigorously promote its own T72 tanks.

It is even closer to offering to give away for free.

The right one is the best, in fact, this T72 tank is not bad to use. As long as there is a suitable tanker, with reasonable tactical cooperation and use. Its performance is still quite good.

Moreover, the Russian side has been working hard to improve it, and the T72B3 used by itself is also quite satisfactory. So there is no need to make a fuss about why the T72 old Tangerine Zheng tank is selling so well now. It can only be said that everyone takes what they need.

China received a number of T-80s from different sources in the 90-90s for technical research.

The more famous one was obtained from Romania in 80, which was still very rare at that time, and Zhang Aiping went to see it:

Later, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was easier to get the T-72, and some of the more advanced Soviet models for their own use also included:

Widely used Russian-made T72 tanks.

The T-80 tank is compared with the T-72 tank, first of all, the attack power is stronger than the T-72 tank. The biggest improvement is that its tank gun can also fire AT-8 "Songbird" anti-tank and anti-*** missiles, with a range of 4,000 meters and can penetrate steel armor more than 600 mm thick. Secondly, the mobility of the T-80 is also much higher than that of the year, and the T-tank is in service and is welcomed by tank troops.

In terms of mobility and attack power alone, if the T-is in the Gulf Theater, it will pose a great threat to the "Challenger" 1 tank and the M1A1 tank.

The T90 can be seen as the chassis of the T72 + the turret of the T80.

Isn't it easier to understand that it's a cheap version of the T80 or a fire-optimized version of the T72?

T-72, as you know from the name, the product of 1972, when the Gulf was beaten by the product after 1985, it is too normal.

Moreover, the main failures are in night vision and armor, and the firepower is not bad, the key is to match new types of shells.

Therefore, Russia is still satisfied with the chassis of the T-72, and the main thing that is strengthened is night vision and armor, so the T-80U was integrated and developed with the turret technology of the T-72U + the chassis technology of the T-90

The chassis design of the T-72 was basically followed, the engine power was increased, minor modifications were made, and the manual transmission was changed to an automatic transmission.

The fire control computer has been strengthened, a thermal imager and a stabilized fire control system have been installed, the turret shape has been newly designed, the turret volume has been increased, the work efficiency of personnel has been improved, and the reserved space for future development has been provided.

The gun was upgraded to 2A46, which can withstand the chamber pressure of the new version of armor-piercing shells.

The armor structure has been adjusted, the thickness has been increased, and the protection has been improved.

In fact, it's T72's turf + T80's turret = T90 and then the armor is added.

The newest Russian T90SThe biggest feature is the installation of anti-tank missiles, which the Russian official said can effectively strike at enemy tanks at a position of 5,000 meters, and its excellent mobility capability is also a big highlight, which is conducive to large-scale build-up and rapid assault. Although the fire protection capabilities of the predecessor T-2 have been greatly devalued in the Gulf War, the T72 also has an automatic loader, which is a C-type automatic loader, which can only allow the tank to reach a rate of fire of 8 rounds, but the safety is much higher than that of the T64 K type, the ammunition of this loader is placed horizontally, and is loaded in a sleeve (magazine), the loader is loaded with warhead and propellant in 2 times, because it is placed horizontally, the ammunition is placed very compactly, and it will happen when the ammunition is hit** It is also commonly known as "martyrdom". Professionally speaking, this kind of ** is called "secondary killing". The detonation of ammunition and the violent combustion of engine fuel are all "secondary kills."

Secondly, in the future of the Gulf War, the RH120 120mm smoothbore gun + oil-poor armor-piercing shell of the M1A1 is enough to penetrate the T72, and the 125mm gun of the T72 is helpless against the frontal armor of the M1A1!!

Some of the common problems of Russian tanks have been improved on the T90: the reverse speed has been significantly increased, and the ability to fire from dynamic to static has been improved. Active protection on the roof was added, a more economical diesel engine was adopted, the artillery-launched missile system was increased, the sighting devices of the artillery were updated.

The T-72 tank has a number of modifications, including: T-72A, T-72M1, T-72G, T-72M2, etc., of which the TM72M1 model has the largest number. This tank appeared in 1981 and was one of the main tanks of the Soviet army.

It is armed with a 125-mm smoothbore gun with an automatic loader and reactive armor.

You might as well ask directly what models of T72 there are, because the premise of improvement is which T72 model is improved.

I'll give you a brief list here.

Russian self-use: T72Ural T72A T72B T72B3 Foreign Trade Version: T72Export T72M T72M1 T72M1M T72M1M1 T72S

Of course, if you subdivide the sub-models, there are too many, T72B3 T72B3 T72B3M three kinds, there are more than 20 kinds of Russian production, and there are more than 20 kinds of modified models in other countries, such as Ajeyamk1 and Ajeyamk2 in India.