T-72 Main Battle Tank 1974–93

T-72 Main Battle Tank 1974–93 cover

Description

The Russian T-72 Ural tank is the most widely-deployed main battle tank of the current generation. Used by the armies of the former Warsaw pact and Soviet Union, it has also been exported in large numbers to many of the states in the Middle East. This book reveals the previously secret history behind the tank. Steven J Zaloga examines the conditions under which the T-72 was designed and produced. Technical aspects of the weapon are also discussed, including its EDZ reactive armour which, when it first appeared in December 1984, gave NATO a nasty shock.

Table of Contents

Design and Development · Foreign T-72 Development · Inside the T-72M1 · Operational Use · T-72 Variants

Product details

Published Sep 30 1993
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781855323384
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 56 b/w; 11 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 6
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from U…

Illustrator

Peter Sarson

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