invasion to get russian-made tanks like the one seen here, that s a t-72 tank, standard russian battle tank. that transfer is expected to come from nato allies to ukraine, not weeks but in days, i m told. cnn anchor brianna keilar is joining us from western ukraine. we used this word at times, russia terrorizing the civilian population of ukraine, aerial attacks certainly and now evidence of face-to-face attacks on the ground in bucha. just horrifying. horrifying eyewitness accounts. reporter: and apparently, indiscriminate. what we hear from officials there is it didn t matter if it was an elderly person or a woman with a child or if it was a teenager, and you heard from president zelenskyy visiting bucha and there s a reason he visited this site because it is particularly horrific. talking about, it may be difficult to negotiate after this.
The 1991 Persian Gulf War against Iraq saw the M829A1 depleted-uranium round also called the "Silver Bullet" used by M1A1s against Iraqi T-72s with devastating effect.
The Leopard 2PL along with acquiring additional stocks of surplus 2A4s to modernize to that standard could prove to be the bulwark of a new Polish tank fleet.
Why Russia’s Old T-72 Tank Is Just Getting Warmed Up
What’s notable about the T-72 is how it has been upgraded over the years, as well as its numerous variants.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: There are several thousands T-72s in use around the world. Not surprisingly, the biggest user is still Russia, with about 2,500 in active service and another 8,000 in reserve. As of September 2016, about a thousand T-72s have been upgraded into B3 models, according to a Russian defense site.
When the Soviet T-72 tank was first deployed, Richard Nixon was President, the F-4 Phantom was America’s primary fighter, and the world’s steel beasts had yet to discover a nemesis called the wire-guided anti-tank missile.