T-72 MAIN BATTLE TANK

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A highly illustrated study of the T-72 main battle tank and variants, detailing its history from the Cold War Soviet Army though to the current War in Ukraine. Tells the full story behind this iconic tank using extensive primary source material from Russian archives. Details how the T-72 was originally developed in the late 1960s as a cheaper alternative to the T-64 Main Battle Tank and entered service with the Soviet Army in 1974, becoming the most common tank used by the Warsaw Pact from the 1970s until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Also covers related vehicles and systems such as artillery systems, engineer vehicles, bridge launchers, and recovery vehicles, as well as the unique heavy infantry support vehicles. Fully illustrated throughout in color and black and white.