T-72 tank

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Soviet weapon system armored fighting vehicle main battle tank

The T-72 tank is a Soviet-era main battle tank known for its widespread use, relatively simple design, and extensive export to numerous countries during and after the Cold War.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
T-72	5
T-72 tank canonical	2
T-72 main battle tank	1
T-72 tank family	1
T-72A	1
T-72B	1
T-72B3	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet weapon system ⓘ armored fighting vehicle ⓘ main battle tank ⓘ
armorType	composite armor (on later variants) ⓘ steel armor ⓘ
combatWeight_tonnes	approximately 41 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
crew	3 ⓘ
designer	Uralvagonzavod plant ⓘ surface form: Uralvagonzavod
enginePower_hp	780 ⓘ
engineType	V-46 V12 diesel engine ⓘ
enteredService	1973 ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
exportedTo	over 30 countries ⓘ
hasAutoloader	yes ⓘ
hasNBCProtection	yes ⓘ
hasNightVision	yes (varies by variant) ⓘ
introducedInYear	1973 ⓘ
mainArmament	125 mm 2A46 smoothbore gun ⓘ
manufacturer	Uralvagonzavod plant ⓘ surface form: Uralvagonzavod
maximumRoadSpeed_kmh	60 ⓘ
notableFeature	autoloader replacing human loader ⓘ extensive export during and after the Cold War ⓘ low silhouette ⓘ relatively simple design ⓘ
notableVariant	T-72 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: T-72A T-72 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: T-72B T-72 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: T-72B3 T-72M1 ⓘ surface form: T-72M T-72M1 ⓘ T-72M1 ⓘ surface form: T-72M1 Ajeya (India) T-72M1 ⓘ surface form: T-72M1R T-72M1 ⓘ surface form: T-72M4 CZ T-72S ⓘ
operationalRange_km	460 ⓘ
predecessor	T-62 tank ⓘ surface form: T-62
secondaryArmament	12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun ⓘ 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun ⓘ
successor	T-90 main battle tank ⓘ
suspensionType	torsion bar ⓘ
turretType	cast turret (early variants) ⓘ welded turret (some later variants) ⓘ
usedByCountry	Algeria ⓘ Angola ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Belarus ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Finland ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Hungary ⓘ India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Libya ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Poland ⓘ Russia ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Syria ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam Yugoslavia ⓘ
usedInConflict	Gulf War ⓘ Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ Yom Kippur War (late stages via export variants) ⓘ Yugoslav Wars ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Ground Forces → usedVehicle → T-72 tank ⓘ

T-72M1 → basedOn → T-72 tank ⓘ

this entity surface form: T-72

T-72M1 → isVariantOf → T-72 tank ⓘ

this entity surface form: T-72

T-72M1 → belongsToFamily → T-72 tank ⓘ

this entity surface form: T-72 tank family

Uralvagonzavod plant → notableProduct → T-72 tank ⓘ

subject surface form: Uralvagonzavod

this entity surface form: T-72 main battle tank

T-62 tank → successor → T-72 tank ⓘ

subject surface form: T-62

this entity surface form: T-72

T-64 tank → influenced → T-72 tank ⓘ

subject surface form: T-64

this entity surface form: T-72

T-72 tank → notableVariant → T-72 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: T-72

this entity surface form: T-72A

T-72 tank → notableVariant → T-72 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: T-72

this entity surface form: T-72B

T-72 tank → notableVariant → T-72 tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: T-72

this entity surface form: T-72B3

T-80 tank → relatedTo → T-72 tank ⓘ

subject surface form: T-80

this entity surface form: T-72

Battle of 73 Easting → IraqiEquipment → T-72 tank ⓘ