![]() More Less N Scale Couplers, Trucks, and Wheelsets.N Scale Locomotive and Rolling Stock Details.More Less N Scale Track and Accessories.More Less HO Scale Couplers, Trucks, and Wheelsets.HO Scale Locomotive and Rolling Stock Details. ![]() ![]() More Less HO Scale Track and Accessories.Even during the 1980's when a new T80 main battle tank was introduced to replace the aging T-64, the T-72 series continued to be the centerpiece of the Russian armed forces. This versatile tank, which began service a the beginning of the 1970s has been in production for many years, and had been license produced in many of the Warsaw Pact countries. The standard production designated T72M1 uses reinforced frontal armor and incorporates a laser range finder. The powerplant is a type V-46, V-12 cylinder, multi-fuel engine. The refined type 2A46 125mm gun with its auto-loading system is capable of firing high explosive or hollow-charge, armor-piercing ammunition. The T72, despite its close external resemblance to the T-64, was created in an attempt to simplify the overall design improve its maintenance capability and to also enhance productivity. The T-64 tank however, proved to be unreliable due to its complicated mechanics, and this led to the development of the T72 tank. ![]() The T64 had the advanced feature of automatic canon loading, that eliminated the requirement for a loader, reducing the crew from four men to three. ![]() In the late 1960's, the highly sophisticated T64 tank was produced to replace the Soviets T62 main battle tank. About the Russian Tank T72M1 Modern Russian tanks are well known for superb mobility and a distinctive, low silhouette, offering as small a target as possible on the battlefield. ![]()
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