All about the T-72 Main Battle Tank ☭
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2023
- AusArmour Assistant Manager, Jason Belgrave, gives us a tour of the Soviet Czech T-72 MBT
One of the most produced Soviet Union vehicles being used even to this day! 🇺🇦 ⚔️
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It is honestly amazing that all these tanks from around the world have ended up in a museum in the far north of the country with such dedicated experts. We're so lucky to have you guys.
Yeah but Brisbane got the A7V. :) love that tank.
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So nice to hear an expert talk good things about this legendary tank
I love the sound of a Soviet tank diesel engine. He's just brutal
But a reverse speed of 4 km/h 😂
@@leedex These Tanks are designed to attack not to run away. French tanks are faster going rear side.
@@robertandrzejczyk haha they seem like they’re best designed to cook the occupants
Because this engine is from the T-34. With improvements.
@@robertandrzejczyk Just forward and die trying with your comrades 😂
One of the wonderful aspects of this channel, is the open thirst for additional knowledge. They are dealing with machines and vehicles of which there is little technical knowledge in the general public. The AAAM is not afraid or ashamed to ask for answers to questions they have about the equipment in which they repair. Cheers to this channel and its producers ❤
Hi, I am from Czech republic, I know this vehicle very good and we have a lot of literature about czechoslovakian, russian and german vehicles in common libraries.
@@vladabocanek3703 ... Excellent 🐱However, unfortunately that does not make it common knowledge, unless many are reading those books. The T-72 is much more recent than most of the vehicles we see and the guys in these video's are often asking for any information people can provide. I just think that is the mark of people who really want to not only provide entertaining content and good information, but willing to be honest and say that they don't know all they could. Learning the worlds history is why I follow this channel. The world has been shaped many times by acts of conflict and war, so while we should always seek to settle differences by way of talking, we need to understand that when it fails, these machines are what we then use to "talk". Hello Czech Republic, from USA 🐈⬛
@@NinjaKittyBonks You are right. majority of people doesn!t care about such technical aspects of history, maybe about history at all.
@@vladabocanek3703 ... That is say, huh? 😿It is said that those who don't know history, are doomed to repeat it. We must always strive to understand, not only what has happened in the worlds history, but why. This will help us to hopefully avoid making the same decisions / mistakes that led to some terrible consequences. Thank you, Vlada for wanting to know about things ❤
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I used the M60 night sights in Desert Storm. The driver had a night vision periscope, the gunner had a night sight and the TC had one on his .50 cal machine gun in the cupela.
So did the TC have no access to NVs outside of night sights on the .50?
@@MatteV2 our platoon had one set of NVGs and the Platoon commander's tank had them. We avoided night engagements but one night of the war we set up to ambush a column of moving Iraqi armor till about 2am. They never showed up so we were stood down to 50% alert till sunrise.
Fantastic. T-72 as you said is an iconic war machine. Great to see a objective overview of what it would be like to operate.
I thought that everything from Russia is scrap metal… soon this guy will may get arrested since he is a “Putin Agent”… 😂
Russia has the best military because it is efficient and reliable!
Wouldn't be fun to be in one considering their a bad tank
@@archieherrington9955 They were good for their time but were used in conflicts in which they were outdated.
@@archieherrington9955 I would ride that instead of Sherman aka Rolling LPG tank
@@archieherrington9955 how are they a bad tank? great protection esp the b model when released, great firepower able to deal with all modern threats and a great platform to work with. the only only downside is the reverse speed and for some countries (russia) the lack of upgraded optics.
Best tank tour of a T-72 I've seen on UA-cam thus far. The extra technical data in comparison to other tours is appreciated, and no assumptions are made. I can say I know more about the vehicle than I already did before watching the video (and I must have seen at least 3 other tank tours of this model from other museums, plus other videos on the model) and it's appreciated.
The Chieftain did a review. It was also good.
ua-cam.com/video/4XjFKVyXzls/v-deo.html рекомендую, здесь о Т-72 рассказывает человек который командовал им много лет, интересное о подготовке экипажа перед подводной переправой, и ответы на неудобные вопросы от человека служившего на английских танках
That's a cool explanation about the armour plate. I was never thinking about how these composite layers were held together.
My granddad actually worked in factory where this tank was build in Martin(Slovakia). So it is quite possible that some parts was made by him.
Nice 👍
ZŤS Martin 😎
M-84
Jason's knowledge is absolutely incredible. I would love to spend a weekend there listening to him rattle off every last bit of info I could scrape!
Knowledge yes very good his delivery tho shakes head
Мой рост 180. Я служил в армии в должности командира Т-90. Но в учебной части часто работал на Т-72. При определенной сноровке нет никаких проблем и для людей моего роста.
You been deployed to Ukraine yet?
@@bluejaysfan965 no, why should I be there?
@@alexartemov953 thought all you Russians were getting conscripted.
@@bluejaysfan965 no, there was a wave of mobilization during which reservists were called. I received a summons, but I am writing a Candidate's dissertation and therefore was not subject to conscription. The mobilization was completed and none of my acquaintances received new subpoenas
@@alexartemov953 looking at the losses at Avdiivka, it won't be long old chap.
The knowledge of all the tanks Mr. Belgrave has is mind-boggling. 🤯😎👍🏻 Big thanks for sharing. 👏🏻
Fascination that a T72 can be a museum piece in one part of the world while 100s of T72 are still in active service and in active wars.
Русский Т-72Б3 является основным танком, он производится.
I saw a commander who talked about how T-72 git hit with 11 AT missiles Javelins and NLAWs and it returned from combat on it's own.
Are T-72s on black market?
@@so_zemlji Yeah that video was propaganda. There isn't a tank out there that take top-down.
@@ryanj610 I haven't mentioned any video. It's first hand account by my local volunteer who is officer in Donbass.
Brilliant presentation! These vehicle presentations are wonderful, and packed with incredibly detailed information. Best on the web! Thanks for having these!
I was a T-72 driver in the Hungarian army in 99 .
T-72 can fights againts Leopard2 OTAN tanks?
@@locarno1542depends which model it is
@@phillyjuice9842 Sorry, Which model of T-72 could defeat the leopard tank
@@locarno1542 kind of hard to answer that, depends on a whole lot of things. Technically just about any T-72 model could defeat a Leo, as long as it hits the right spot from the right range at the right angle. I wouldn't say there is any model (that has currently been seen in service) that would beat a Leo 100% of the time.
One flaw with the Leo is it has some ammo stowage in the crew compartment so if that gets hit or a fire is started in the tank you're done for.
@@locarno1542 T-72 is able to destroy any NATO tank . If that was the question .
Really interesting information about the different types of composite armour.
That particular T-72 is a special T-72. It’s the only one that’s not already on its way to Ukraine.
@@SMGJohn frfr humans destroy all
@@SMGJohn why cry then?
@@SMGJohn the western military complex is stupid. They always want to build the “best tank” but what means best? Russians are way smarter, they can build hundreds of these tanks in a month. One m1 abrams get destroyed (and it will happen fast) and you lost millions. The cost of maintanance the western tanks need is the cost of a new Russian tank…
@C B The Leopard 2, Leclerc and Challenger 2 have that feature. The Leopard 2 has demonstrated that feature amply in Syria. The Challenger 2 and Leclerc have yet to face an actual enemy to demonstrate it. Their time will come, soon.
@@SMGJohn maybe, but so far the Abrams has a solid battlefield record against the tanks in ukraine currently outside of the T90 and a few upgraded T72s on up. The thing im curious about is how they will do against Russian anti-tank teams
Excellent presentation, highly detailed , absolutely faultless and presented in a concise and interesting manner👏
It’s fantastic to watch a military UA-cam channel where the commentator knows what he’s talking about 🏆🏆
Thanks Jason, brilliant video, Cheers!
Visiting the area in 2016, I saw the museum from the window of my tour bus, which I had no control over. A great regret of an otherwise wonderful trip.
wow cool ! I've only boarded the T-80U for the actual tank, but the T-72 is new because I only saw it outside. Thank you for the good video.
Was that one of the South Korean ones? I've always found it fascinating how Korea ended up with those.
Nice details about the T-72 M, cool to have info about the actual armor, and how the autoloader works! 👍 meanwhile, I'm eyeballing what appears to be an M-41 Walker Bulldog and comparing it's western light tank size profile against a Soviet style MBT. (Also eyeballing that Flak Gepard AA gun further back.)
Really great. It would be interesting to show a cutaway of composite armor, even if it
is just duplicated in plywood, and not real armor since that might be hard to find.
This just made my morning and I look forward to more videos.
there is a cut away of a 70s era main battel tank at the War Museum in Ottawa, can't remember if it is a T-72 , but its pretty close.
I’m sure the Ukrainians could give you all sorts of cutaways of the T72 armor.
War Thunder Forums has cutaways. Can't link on YT
"t-72 armor cutaway turret" give you an image of a cutaway T72 turret look at the tone with blue and yellow paint. Many of the hits but not the good turret image is from "Below The Turret Ring" where you can see side view of the glacis armor. The image is a stack of 4 glacis plates so a bit confusing before you realize that.
@@bebo4807 They should, they were at one time one of its main operators.
Brilliant video and very informative.
Great video! Especially on the composite armour
sosni!!!
Very good video. Well researched and presented.
Fascinating video guys, thank you!!
Wow, what a beast! Great tour, thank you. Very knowledgeable commentary.👍
1 correction, T-72 doesn't have HESH, it has HE-FRAG.
You can however make the HE shell kinda behave like SAP/HESH with the fuse setting.
@@nev5745 sauce?
This the one in Cairns? Didn't realise you guys were so big. Awsome, keep up the good work, look forward to visiting when I'm up next.
Very informational Video. I would like to see more of this content.
I never knew about the multiple layers of glass and steel. That’s cool.
Outstanding video.
Outstanding video and presentation.
Amazing work, really enjoyable videos
I’ve been wondering about the armour and it’s composition for years. Very glad to have found this video. Cheers!
The composition actually varies depending on the model, for reference, the T-72b uses NERA/reflexive plates sandwiches between cast steel.
Iraqi t72s didn’t have this armor
@@Radbot776 It doesn't matter, any variant was trash.
@@Radbot776 although the ones built in Czechoslovakia were better... You can spot the differences just by looking at weldings... The soviet workers were stealing the welding rods thus....
@@leme5639 nah, the tanks are good, your trash
After the explosive development of tank building during World War II, it is so strange to see that projects of tanks that are 50 years old (Т-64А, Т-72) or 40 years old like Abrams are still actively used in modern wars.
Imagine, it's as if M4 Sherman with thermal camera and ERA was in Desert Storm or Mark 5 in the Battle of Saigon.
Its the price man. Weapons have become insanely expensive. The new Abrams X and T-14 will likely never be used until we get Abrams X3 and T-30.
Great presentation!
Thank you for the wondeful lesson ! 😊🌴🌴🌴👍
awesome work as always guys 🙌
Enjoyed my trip in the TC position at last year's amour fest
Short and concise video, I love it!
Thanks. Good video. Learned something new.
cool, this tank was build in Martin Slovakia where my family originated. As a child I went by the factory many times
If Im not mistaken the M variants were the ones without the composite filler as they were the "export" models. At least the ones we met in Iraq were.
Also kvarc is not a name of an armor package, its literally just how quartz is spelled in Russian.
Yes, it is
The M variant does have composite armor in the hull front but lacks any composite in the turret.
The M1 variant has 16mm of high-hardness steel plate added onto the hull front, and includes composite armor in the turret front.
Superb description and vision of its frontal protection and weapon operation
Fine, precise instruction and filming.
I appreciate the dedication your people show to tanks and military vehicles without regard to ideology or politics. It’s about the equipment and nothing else. Cheers!
"Wow! Great report! This is most enlightening story about the T-72 yet!"
I love that hard cut at 2 minutes for an ADD break lol
If I lived in cairns I would most definitely visit the museum often.
Correction about ammunition types: t72 never used hesh ammo, heat is also extremely rare, main rounds are high-explosive fragmentation and various types of apfsds
Great channel. I had no idea about the armour on these tanks. I just thought it would be hardened steel. A lot more thought went into these than I anticipated. Great channel👍
Wait until you see western tanks. There's Chobham armor which is one of the best composite armors in the world and depleted uranium armor too, both far far better than anything Russia has.
@@sam8404 да, да.... Лучшая броня у западных танков, а масса этих машин на 20 тонн превышае советскую.
@@sam8404
When the Russian tanks had this composite armor, western tanks totally lacked any composite, they had bare steel only! Russian tanks produced since then had stronger and stronger armor in each generation!
Western sources never had bolls to unvail the composition of the "Chobnam", convincing everyone that it's the best armor without providing any evidence!
@@sam8404 ваше танки говно вы в каменном веке с Абрамсом .
@@sam8404 chobham armour being the best is debatable. It’s good, but it can’t exactly be compared to Russian composite armour, considering how much heavier Challenger 2s are than say, a T-90M.
I’m coming to armour fest this year so hopefully I will get a go 👍👍
Great video , incredible Museum , on a slightly different note , one can say whatever about T64 , the fact that none of these top tier museums have one speaks to how special T64 was within the Soviet Union . Great video , very much appreciated.
Very detailed description of auto-loader mechanism however you have missed one important thing. When crew performing ammunition replenishment each round of ammunition must be coded into the computer (bit primitive I have to admit). Later when target is identified, the gunner must select appropriate type of ammunition before cannon gets reloaded.
Maybe you want to hug the ammo with an autoloader and thats why the turrets blowup.
T-64's autoloader used a system where a raised stud would trip a microswitch to tell the autoloader what kind of ammunition was in a particular tray, so you'd have to set the stud in the correct position for the loaded round as you replenished the carousel. I'm not familiar enough with the T-72's system to say if it was doing something similar, but I wouldn't be surprised - it wasn't much newer of a design and if the Soviets could make something work through oldschool electromechanical means, they would.
Probably the biggest disadvantage of this vehicle would be the very slow reverese speed.
You guys make awesome videos!
I can listen this guy talking about tanks all day, thank you.
I would like to ask if you will also make a documentary about the T-72M2 Moderna tank
M2 or M3?
I found this to be way more informative than anything from the tank museum.
What’s the need for comparison
This is fantastic thank you. I learned alot
A couple of points...it's not a syncro box, it's an epicyclic transmission. It has two of them laft and right, the selector is a master that will shift each box to the same gear set, the steering levers are slaves that allow each individual box to be down selected giving the steering radius. As in if you are in first (extreme low) pulling the left lever applies the left track brake, when in 2nd pulling the left lever first shifts in to extreme low then a further pull applies the brake (via an hydraulic booster run off of the PTO on the engine) so in top gear (7th) pulling the left lever incrementally will shift the left tranussion through all 6 lower speed then apply the brake ..hence how T72's drift so well. This gives a great number of dedicated steering radii at various speeds and makes the tank highly manoeuvrable,more so than western tanks that use double and triple differential steering. Second point the "clutch" pedal does not actuate a conventional clutch,as there is no clutch in the system, but is an hydraulic "dump". It actuates a spool that circulates the hydraulic fluid relieving the pressure in the transmission so none of the epicyclic gearsets are engaged (this is so done by wet clutch sets but not conventional as previously stated.) Awesome video by the way I have subscribed to the channel as armour is my thing! Hope you are well and thankyou for your content! T72 is my favourite, as is most soviet armoyry...naughty I know seeing as I'm a brit 😂
Great video.
Heard that auto loader myth when I served in a Leo 2 tank unit in the 90's, glad our tanks are a bit better for taller crew, 6'4 former gunner here.
I suspect it happened once then myth and rumour exaggerated it.
6'4" what was your "oh shit, the tank's on fire!" escape time from the turret?😁
I bet you and the turret monster knew each other😉
@@R.Sole88109 probably just got misconstrued like Chinese whispers. Maybe someone heard from someone who heard from someone else about some guy who lost his arm to an autoloader when it really just slightly injured him or even only ripped his sleeve off. Or it was just a joke told in training that caught on and some people thought it was serious.
Or maybe it was just a myth started to either make the crews be more careful or to make it seem like "even the autoloaders are mighty on Soviet tanks".
@@sam8404 happend to a bmp1 crewman when they were new and somehow spread to the t72,t64,t80
tanks for another great video
the T-72 is another of the most interesting tanks, its nice to see the internals, i like the fact about crews losing arms, careless i think, and then again, if your warned or even used for the first time, you'd learn real quick not to put your arms anywhere near moving parts, the rotation of the turret inside the body always gives me the willies, would hate a foot to slip outside the turret area while being rotated, tanks are very interesting, just not a comfortable place to die, really is a metal coffin
In all tanks, from every nation, the turret monster is a hungry beast and waits to chomp on the unwary...
From someone with 25yrs experience in British tanks....
@@johnhughes8016 i hear you - my experience is very limited after a few restoration jobs, one being a Scorpion, very tight on space, lifting the turret was interesting, but funny to see everyone run and take cover as it cleared the hull and swung over to its stand - like a UXB in itself
i can only imagine how horrible it might be for an armoured vehicle turning turtle, and crew bracing themselves, putting arms out to steady themselves and the turret rotating and severely injuring them
@@patchmack4469 been there, seen it, got the T-shirt....
Rolled a Scimitar into a water filled ditch on Salisbury Plain in early 2000’s....
Night time, heavy rain, no lights tactical move. Edge of the track broke away and over we went....
Ended up rolling over the roof, came to rest on its side, I got away with a few broken ribs, driver and gunner just banged up a bit.... an interesting evening had by all.....
Vehicle headed off to the workshop for a few weeks
Turret was off its race, various internal bits came loose, final drive ripped off, tracks shed, damaging the idler, gun barrel did not look straight and obviously all the sight linkage was a little ‘out’. External stowage was a little ‘second hand’ as well......
Got me off the exercise early though, so not all bad 😀
@@johnhughes8016 love that - and don't forget - 'Nobody died' lived to tell the tale over many gins, sorry pints of vimto
@@patchmack4469 my drink of choice after that was ‘brasso’, has a nice after flavour .... 😂
The man is knowledgeable and offers valuable insights. He clearly possesses expertise in the subject matter.👍👍
It was awesome, thanks!
The tank here has 4 ribcage lines which indicates it's the M variant, the most downgraded variant of the T-72. Also the M variant doesn't have the composite armor in the turret.
If the tank were to overturn can the commander and gunner reach the escape hatch beneath the drivers seat or are they trapped by the autoloader system?
They could. It was in T-64 where they couldn't and needed to remove 3 autoloader cases
most kind mate superb info.
Excellent tank 👍
for getting wrecked? its an obsolete tank... excellent 30 years ago... now its just worthless
@@laves820 Like others from the 70...
T72 tank and newer tank that derived from its design is still among the best in the world. Not only its backbone of the the Russian Army, but it's also the backbone of the Indian Army which has thousands of it in their inventory, as their preferred armor.
Not even close to the best and Ru has lost an insane amount of them, so much so that they are dragging out T-54s to replace them!
@@thedausthed yes russian and ukraine have lost alot of them. what happens when tanks face an environment dense with those things called ANTI tank weapons. crazy huh
What a BEAST! I'm flying to Cairns next month, guess what my first stop is gonna be
Nice, well explained, thanks.
Glacius Plate, was he an ancient Roman general?
Its glacis plate...and its a French word...
@@luuko656 r/whoosh
Sensible chuckle from me :)
Thanks Jason, these chats are very good. 🙂
Bear in mind the latest Russian T-72s have been modified and up-dated considerably, compared to this dated export model. Damn good tank though.
Until the ammo gets hit and the turret is ejected with all inside getting minced.
Yes excellent tank. Especially at the vertical turret launch capability.
@@FairladyS130 Leopard 2 was cooked pretty damn well in north Syria too.
Still the Ukraine, Polish and Czech tuned the T72 and they are much better then the russian counter parts.
@@f1aziz it was bombed after the tank got disabled by the turkish Air force.
It was old A4 versions send without support and got disabled. The crews survived all, they destroyed the Tanks after that they cant steal the secrets.
ive seen a pair of UA videos where they show T-72s with a stuck recoil buffer/autoloader drive slowly into trees to push the barrel in and reset it's mechanism
The thing about this channel is not biased towards Soviet armors, and recognizes both pros and cons. Tons of video out there comes with prejudice that Soviet vehicle = bad
I served in anti tanks, and during them days our armor were T 72s, before the Leopards. I was tought that tank from a screw to every bolt, I know that tank like my pockets. Obviously our military knew it is a same tank with the enemy. It was stressed that always aim between the hull and the turret, guess why ? Even a small spark would ignite the ammo carousel.
Certainly the case given the damage taken by T-72 tanks in Ukraine
As if penetrating through the LFP, the driver's visor area on the UFP or the gun mantlet wouldn't. Yeah, right...
@@ASS_ault Whaaa. Whaaa.
The T72, T80, T90 have egress turrets so the crew can get out faster after anything hits them and they burst into flames.
Yeah most of the time the crew is turned to ash before they can get out
@MS You missed the sarcasm in my statement. Turrets don't have egress systems, unless they are BLOWN off.
@@USViper You missed the reality as well if something penetrate the turet the crew is all ready dead its unimportant what happened with the turret after.
@Greenhorn I'm a disabled combat veteran. 2006 Balad Iraq
1 Alpha 7 door gunner... I know all about the realities of war.
@@USViper Greenhorn wears a hood and stands in a dark room. Your point is invalid.
This tank and all tanks in Czechoslovakian army are original made in Slovakia (you can see all singhts are writen in Slovak) in factory called ZTS Martin (Zavody Tazkeho Strojarstva Martin) Martin is a city nord of Slovakia. For building of this licensed Soviet tanks they was broth a original tank from Sovie Union from Uralvagonzavod. He was used for mesurment purpose. Now is curentli locatet in Militery museum in Piestany Slovakia.
Wonderful video
Being Czech I love to see our flag on your tank.:)
На Советском*
@@user-xw8gv5yp4f Модификации Т-72 выпускались по лицензии в Югославии (M-84), Польше (PT-91), Чехословакии и Индии - ошиблась ты , солдатка )))
@@isenbull2242 так а разработала его тоже Чехословакия?
@@kZvm А кто разработал? Будьте любезны , просветите.
@@user-xw8gv5yp4f 😂
great review
Playing this tank in GHPC and the analogue systems have a certain charm over the digital western counterparts.
I am a Russian soldier studying this tank right now before going to Ukraine. I learned more from your video and then the whole course from army personnel
и на кой тебе в Украину, ловить джавелины?
Better study about some Leo-2s and Chally-2s as well then. There's some really huge bounties on them, destroyed or captured.
Dont go buddy. Stay alive
Great job .. Look after it as they are becoming a rare beast :)
Yes. The Ukrainians are making them rarer by the day.
You're right, the most common model is the one with its turret lying next to it upside down, these days
Yes, urks loose lots of their t-72s...
I've seen the tank barrels being drove right through a 4 foot around tree like it was nothing lol
I'm going on few tanks at this year's Australian armoured artillery museum tank fest 2023
You know its Australia when anything on the tank that could fire a projectile has a hole cut in it 🙄
It's so damn annoying. Who's gonna find ammo to shoot it and where? It's just disrespect towards the machine. Like chopping a cat's balls. Only that a cat will sh@t on your couch, slash your arms and meow your brains to a stroke when it gets the hots for the ladies during spring. The T-72 wouldn't do any of that with its main gun assembly intact.
its so frustrating. our government is so paranoid and reaction based soon they will ban knives
Great job well done.
Thank you for addressing the myth of the autoloader ripping arms off. I have wondered about that for a long time.
Iam From the czech republick
Krtek
that's your parents fault
@@honkytonk4465 This one caught me off guard 🤣🤣🤣
The T-72 is also known as the Cosmonaut Maker as it routinely sends its turret and crew into space when the ammunition stores go off after being hit, especially in top-down attacks.
If a round successfully pierces the armour just how dead would you like to be ?
Understand that when a round breeches the armour it doesn't go bang.
It rattles around inside chopping everything "fleshy" up like a blender.
ie: you're already non human regardless if any ammo blows up as well.
Go read some old WW2 books. Turrets regularly blew off hit tanks.
An M829A2 round (or newer) can penetrate this tank at any angle from 3000 meters. The Abrams will eat these for breakfast when the Ukrainians get them
@@theimmortal4718 M829 is a US only DU round, Its not for export.
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The M829A1 is the export round. It's still produced, and has the same penetration at 2500 meters
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It seems the KEW-2 replaces the DU with Tungsten
how did you get that tank half across the globe? anyways, its nice seeing something made in my country with my own language, slovak, basically on everything. therefore i can imagine what each button and switch does. very interesting, both the video and the tank itself.
thank you boss !
Very nice review. Typically on youtube you only see jerks who hate everything Soviet / Russian and use your time to push some biased BS. T-72 is a really amazingly engineered vehicle with probably the best mix of performance, ergonomics, and cost. Everything simply makes sense, and truly stood the test of time despite Western propaganda against it.
BTW, my experience with T-72 in terms of sitting position is kind of opposite: I'm 6'5" and can easily fit in either commander or gunner position. However there is no way for me to fit in driver's position and close the hatch, LOL
Bruh the ergonomics are ass, western tanks are limousones in comparison. Are you sure you're 6'5? I'm 6'3 and I fit just right in the turret, but it's nightmarishly narrow. Just squeezing through that hatch is difficult, you have to sort of wiggle in like an eel.
@@nikolakaravida9670 that means that you are fat. Being fat and being tall are too different things. I'm 230lb. Fit in nice an cozy. M60 has more space but I would never call it a limo, more like a huge truck. Of course, you need all that space to manually move them shells around. T-72 is like a high tech sports car in comparison. You slip in and press the buttons. That's the beauty of the autoloader.
..also very easy to learn to operate.
@@SuperIv7 I'm around 200lbs. I'm still not sure if we're talking about the same vehicle. I've also been inside a T-55 and even that thing is more spacious. Calling the 72 a high tech sports car... I dunno. The M60 is old and nowadays the T-72 faces Abrams and Leo which are spaceships in comparison.
@@nikolakaravida9670 May be not high tech compared to the latest tech but it is kind of cozy. Kind of like my Camaro. After all original T-72 just turned 50, LOL. I don't see why you would need more space in T-72 turret.
Turret-Tossin' T-72❗
A great video.