The main gun is the same 125mm smoothbore Model 2A46 that is used on the T-64. This makes him an obvious target for snipers. A 12.7mm DShKM machine gun is mounted ahead of the hatch on the commander's cupola, but it can be fired only with the hatch open and the commander standing halfway out. Like the T-64, the T-72 is driven through the rear sprocket.Ī 7.62mm PKT machine gun is mounted in the turret coaxially with the main gun and can be fired automatically. Three return rollers are used to guide the track on its return. The T-72 has six road wheels per side that are quite a bit bigger than those used on the T-64.
Western intelligence sources consider it superior to the hydraulic-mechanical system used on the T-64. The T-72 uses the torsion bar suspension system, which is usual for Soviet MBTs. The T-72 Main Battle Tank carries a snorkel clipped to the left side of the turret. An infrared searchlight is mounted on the right side of the main gun, just the opposite of the T-64.
The tank also has a protective, full-length skirt.Ī bulldozer blade is mounted on the T-72's nose and can be deployed to dig firing positions or clear debris. When the plates are unclipped, they spring out to the 60º inclination. The T-72 is fitted with rectangular side armor plates that cover the vulnerable hydraulic shock absorbers at a 60º angle. Protection ranges from 11 inches on the turret face to 8.8 inches of spaced, laminate armor on the hull nose, which is inclined so as to provide the equivalent of 21.5 inches of armor.
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