Back to the T72, Anduriel raises a good point I did not think of The recent notification of new armor package to the T72 could be indicative of results from Ukraine I am somewhat dubious of that though There is no way the Russian army has been unaware of the strong points of T72 with K5 and the various weakspotsT72 is one of the latest modifications of T72 tank family, having been adopted by Russian armed forces just recently, deliveries to the units started in 11 IIRC 8 level 1 deleted 4 years ago The T72 is by NATO guidebook classified as a T90 tank Which isn't too surprising since the capabilities of the T72 are fairly equal toThe T72 is the most modern T72 in Russian Army service as of 13 About The T72 Main Battle Tank Designed during the height of the Cold War, the T72 is a Russian Main Battle Tank intended to be deployed amongst certain elements of the Russian Army as a cheaper alternative to the T64 and later the T80 Main Battle Tanks
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