The worsening T-72 shortfall helps to explain why the Russians increasingly are equipping their newly-mobilized battalions with obsolete T-62 and T-80B tanks. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

The T-72's main hull is 22.8 feet long, 11.7 feet wide, and 7.3 feet tall. Add in the length of the gun, and it stretches to 31.2 feet long. Most variations weigh between 44 and 45 tons.

The T-72 is one of the most-built tanks in the post- Second World War world, a testament to their effectiveness and affordability. Quite a few companies — mostly former Soviet, Eastern European ...

The Soviet-designed T-72 main battle tank (MBT) first entered production in 1971, and it entered service two years later. More than 20,000 of the tanks have been built—and it has seen use in ...