The T72 Ural main battle tank was developed as a cheaper and more reliable, however less capable alternative to the T64 It is a product of a traditional Soviet design philosophy It is a product of a traditional Soviet design philosophyThe T72 Ural entered service some time before APFSDS ammunition appeared in the inventories of NATO forces, and by the time such ammunition began to be issued to the troops, the armour design it used had already been replaced and new production T72 tanks with the improved armour greatly outnumbered the original T72 Ural production The "T72B1" was a simplified T72 lacking the capability to fire a laserguided antitank missile from its main gun The export version of the T72B1 became the "T72S1" The "T72BM" incorporated 2nd Generation ERA protection The "MTU72" was a bridge carrier conversion model utilizing the T72 chassis
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