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- Join David Willey as he discusses the T-72, a Soviet era main battle tank which first entered production in 1971. The T-72’s service life has proven to be extremely successful. With about 20,000 produced, it has seen service with over 40 countries, and thanks to refurbishment, is still in service to this very day. With thanks to RecoMonkey for additional images www.recomonkey...
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Kid: yo, that girl is stacked
David Wiley: rather well built
And deadly
The tank do be rather stacked tho
Reminds me of lieutenant Gruber from 'Allo 'Allo: "Very well built"
My X was a "rather well built" gal.
Rather healthy. My preferred term
There have been so many T-72s that have been modified by different countries and released into the wild that they are becoming wildly different from one another; soon speciation will occur and they will lose the ability to interbreed and we may see a decline in some of the migratory populations.
The same can be said for its grandparents the T-54s. At least the T-90s are still mixable. Did you see the Chinese variations on the t-54? Absolutely wild! The type 96, despite having nearly everything completely different, still uses the same T-54 hull dimensions.
They're like a male and female mules trying to breed, they desire to breed, but it's to no avail!
@@martentrudeau6948 Serbia made so far best T72 family upgrade, with Yugoslavian version of T72(M84) now named M84AS1 and AS2
What, like pizzly bears?
The tanks are following the evolutionary path leading to different species.
Russian tanks are happy tanks cause they got no depression.
warthunderist?
Nice...lol
Very funny but true.
Oh God that awful
And no retreat comrade, reverse is not the way
WOT
"Well-built American country singer" now that's tact if I've ever heard it
I seem to remember something similar on a documentary about the US recognition names given to Japanese WW2 aircraft. Apparently the Betty bomber was named after a US nurse one of the team had met. He was reminded of her by the two very large blisters on the sides. Though I have a feeling that what she had were not blisters
And in the 50's american cars had "Dagmar bumpers" named after the actress Dagmar (born Virginia Ruth Egnor).
Weapons grade tact
Now I’m Not usually one to point these out, as it’s not that bigger deal - (great video as per usual) but does he keep saying Tizhny Nagil - instead of Nizhny Tagil (which I believe is correct) unless it’s pronounced/interchanged depending on translation. 😀
Timestamp?
Coincidentally Dolly Parton is now known as the T-72 of country music.
Idk but that made me laugh
Small whit big granades, deadly
@@ljubomirculibrk4097 her age shows but still a nice ride :)
Not true… No one has been successfully at blowing her top off like the T-72… She is an Abrams with those massive twin uranium armor plates on the front that never comes off in Public …
@@CH-pv2rz well said.
Just imagine being tasked with trying to write a definitive reference book on the T-72 and all it variants. Mind suitably boggled
Almost as bad as trying to keep up with all of the various Marks of Spitfire. That's good for starting a headache.
Hell you'd have to keep updating the book, since the tank is still in service with many countries they'll want to keep upgrading them in various ways.
Just the same as writing a book, called “M3”. Just try to thing of everything called M3 in the different branches of the US military and you are up for a long count and a big laugh:D
If you want to know about Soviet variants up to 1991, watch this:
th-cam.com/video/FhXjWagVGF8/w-d-xo.html
T-55 ended up being in service so long that it was the first tank with a hard kill active protection system (T-55AMV in Soviet Navy service iirc, but remembering T-55 designations is impossible lol). I wonder if T-72 will serve long enough for someone to slap a laser point defense system on it.
"A creditable piece of kit" may just be the most British phrase I've ever heard. I've watched many of these "Tank Chats" and I'll watch many more. I'm learning a lot.
Obsolete or not. The T-72 is one damn aesthetically pleasing vehicle. The quintessential tank.
That would be Abrams for me but I agree. Its very Tanky
@@Masada1911
Abrams is one of the ugliest modern mbts to me, not that it makes a difference to how effective it is.
@@britbong1457 Agreed. It's much less attractive than the Soviet made tanks
I like the T-64 more, just not the autoloader though
@@moritamikamikara3879
Leopard 2, Leclerc and T-80 look cool but nothing beats challenger 2 of course :р
This is what I picture when I hear the word “tank”
I picture a fish tank.
So iconic.
I see the Centurion.
I picture the t-55
Maybe it's been flashed across the world's TV screens back when the anti communist revolutions in Europe and Tiannamen etc. Took place.
These low and sleek soviet tanks look too damn nice, almost like a "sportstank".
like a boer, these are trully boxer tanks
But there in lies issues
They are the first Soviet tank was a sport tank, they just upgraded it
I totally read "sportstank" in Jeremy Clarkson's voice.
Being low and sleek doesn't help much when being NLAW'd from above. Mind you it's certainly sporty when it turns into a cabriolet.
Update. Apparently Russian tanks are crap
A brilliant breakdown on a fascinating tank
9:15 "For T-72 we put propeller in driver crotch, very nice, yes?"
Extra encouragement to watch where your driving!
And they say the Soviets didn't care about crew comfort
Its soft rubber for a fan :)
In soviet Russia you blow fan
get's hot in a metal box in Afghanistan
Lots of them burning in Ukraine nowadays...
😂. Brother you also find LOTS OF EXCUSES too when come to T72 these days.
@@SCH292 which I don’t get, they are old af and basically left to die, which is very weird of Russia.
@@BlackMetalWorld According to ALL THE IVANS they are saying that Putin doesn't care about losses. He send in the older equipment and conscripted as cannon fodders to weaken Ukraine's defense. Putin is saving the best for the last.
Ivan: Putin doesn't care about casualties and losses! He's sending in the older equipment and conscripted as cannon fodders to weaken Ukraine's defense!
Also Ivan: These deaths are fake! 100% Western Propaganda!
😂
@@BlackMetalWorld that is how Russia fights wars.
The T-72 is such a small tank, you really have to see it to appreciate how low the hull is.
So small in comparison to other tanks in the West that the Soviet had a mandated height requirement of 5"4. I heard from a guy that drove a T-72; he was an American and he quoted, "Only midgets could 've drive this tank".
This and the 64, which one is smaller?
I saw that tank in Bovington and I was surprised how small a profile it has. After seeing the Tiger it was even more surprising.
@@BHuang92 Think 5"9' was the limit
@@zxbzxbzxb1 That was the height David quoted.
Never seen one with the turret on before.
hahahah. Best comment today!
Victory for Ukraine!
Aye!
🤣that’s too true
It's very windy in the Ukraine since February 24th.
8:50 - there's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
See the AR-15. It was intended as a stopgap until Project SPIW produced something better, but it just didn't and the AR-15 has stuck around for a very long time
For a good price on used T72's call Igor in Ukrain.
Only one previous owner.
Some are slightly burned.
And a few of them even come with turrets attached!
They nicknamed it after the "rather well built" American country musician. 😂😂😂
"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Joleeeeene, I'm begging of you please don't take my tank"
Great but what about its obvious flaws that are being exposed now in 🇺🇦. The ammo stored with the crew, that is mad, nato tanks have separate storage with blow out compartment so if hit the crew hopefully don't get killed. T72s getting blown to bits in Ukraine 🇺🇦 because one hit sets all the ammo off. I like the historical splurge but combat info is perhaps more useful 👍
You must be new. This video was made long before anyone knew that the latest anti-tank weapons are now effective against tanks.
@@thomascolbert2687 NLAW and Javelin ain't new, T72s were destroyed in Syria using anti tank weapons. I think in Ukraine they've obviously got lots more anti tank missiles than used in Syria hence T72 turret throwing is a more common sight than in Syria. I enjoy the historical info, but a bit of combat experience I think would add to the tank chats 🇺🇦👍
@@thomascolbert2687 sorry just to add, our 🇬🇧 chally 2 tank has survived multiple RPG attacks and anti tank missile in Iraq, one hit by 14 RPGs I think, so one anti tank shouldnt result in turret throwing.
I'm sure the a western tank from the same era (m60) would do just as badly today
Since the various lockdowns, the Tank Museum channel has become one of my favourite channels ever. The presentation is always top deck, the presenters so well informed and enthusiastic it makes for pleasure viewing. Thank you for making 2020 more bearable with garden tank chats, kitchen chats about hats, only the British do this stuff with such effortless ease. Bravo!
Come on we know why your here right now............... Sunflower season
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After the Ukraine war best nick name for the T-72 will be *Dmitriy cooker*
Boris boiler?
It was just a year ago where everyone still thought that the Russian armour was a serious problem. Who would have thought they would be humiliated in Ukraine only a year later
Russia is mainly using T-72s in Ukraine.
The more modern russian tanks like the T-90 and T-14 Armata would be a serious problem in for example a conflict between Nato and Russia.
@@lepepelepub12 Yes.
But Russian is still mainly using the T-72 in Ukraine, that's a fact that hasn't changed.
Real numbers (bigger than the relative few being operated in Ukraine) of T-90 and T-14s would still be a serious problem in a European conflict between for example Nato and Russia.
@@callejernberg the Armata doesn't really exist.
@@callejernberg The vast majority of T-90 are T-90A, which are a POS. Only the T-90M is not a complete joke (but they only have a small amount of them), but it matters not because a F-15E would just drop a JDAM on any T-90M or T-14 that is stupid enough to show it's face on the battlefield.
@@comsubpac It actually does
*Vladimir Cooker* from now on.
T-64s and later models are also known as Jack in the Boxes because their turrets tend to blow up in the air due to lousy design of the ammunition positions. They are very uncomfortable and have no AC. The Ukraine war has proven Russian tanks and armor in general is junk.
It has proven Russians do not use their combat gear efficiently.
Seeing a lot of these all over the internet right now, and a lot of them seem to use the emergency turret ejection system to get the crew to safety after a direct hit. You sure have to admire those soviet engineers!
😃
You mean more easily retrieve the charred bodies.
It works for them.
Well, if you gave me two options between the US or Soviet tanks back in the 70s:
American M60 Patton tank or the T-72; I would've picked the T-72.
(between the Centurion or T-72, it's a bit harder to decide and that's sad because the Centurion comes from WW2).
The T-72 is like the AK-47, old equipment that's astonishingly still being used today (including by Ukraine).
It's like this medieval armour vs early gun test -> th-cam.com/video/ygaSMeTh-f0/w-d-xo.html
Frankly I'm impressed in this video how many hits that tank took and held up (from the side and rear no less and frankly that shouldn't happen,
because you're supposed to have infantry or IFV's protecting each other's flanks etc) -> th-cam.com/video/W9pVEP0AzZ4/w-d-xo.html
I think it's more a case of doctrine (or in this case many of the commanders and units didn't know they where going to actually attack), so a lot of it was rushed. Tanks running out of supply etc. Also not to mentions this fact -> th-cam.com/video/SVD-nBvSBkw/w-d-xo.html
And I can't stress doctrine enough. Look at the M1 Abrams tanks in Yemen or Turkey's Leopard tanks in Syria.
Tanks are (even from WW2 days) are very vulnerable in Urban or close quarter combat.
You are correct Dennis in the sarcasm . As awful and accurate as it is. The auto loader carousel in many Russian design bode doom for crews if any AT penetrates the turret . Especially the US Javelin top down. The US Abrams has all the rounds in an armoured auto door enclosure to feed it's autoloader am I correct ? Australia has had a 100 of them for past 20yrs as replacement for our old Leopards.
Now gone Rheinmetal / MAN for the 8 x8 Boxer light armoured vehicles.
I got into a T 72 after training on T 55 for months and I was astounded how differently it behaved. Despite the stabilization, you lose sight of the target in a moving T 55. Not so in T 72. I was aslo impressed when I saw these 40 tones machines drifting around like sports cars. T 72 is incredibly fast and the acceleration is unbelivable given its mass. Unfortunatelly, I never had the chance to drive one, but I can imagine it must be a thril given how sensitive and receptive T 55 was. I had a sense of floating while driving a T 55, as though I was on water rathr than on wheels. T 72 must be better. One imagines that it must be hard given that these are heavy tracked machines, but that is not the case. A slight push at the 'crutch' (jargon for the sticks used to turn, I don't know their name in English) and the heavy machine immediatelly changes direction.
They blow up well too
@@astralwerks4 The Javelines did not exist when T-72 and T-64 were designed. They were excellent for the times.
@@morning_glorymonster3473 Not really, they had Sagger etc and other NAT wire guided Anti Tank missiles that could crack them open with hollow charge weapons like Swingfire were on the scenre already,.
Sometimes when the Israeli´s fired their .50 inch ranging guns on the Centurion Tanks the crews were already bailing out!
Just a pity their training is so crap, every tank is only as good as its crew?
Actually a T-55 drives much better than a T-72.
@@jimmylight4866 No. T-72 has a more powerful engine and is way faster. Still, T-55 is a pleasure to drive. Its 'cruches' are surprisingly sensitive and easy to operate. Unfortunatelly, I had to drive it only once as I was a gunner. It fealt more like sailing on water than like riding on a bumpy road. Still, this is how it feels low, in the driver's seat. When one is in the turret, the riding is anything but pleasant.
Ukrainians are popping off those turrets like bottle caps.
Thanks to the ammo storage in the auto loaders.
We've also seen leopard 2s throwing not only the turrets but also their front glacis off the second they met combat but i suppose that isn't as funny to ignorant people like you. T-64 that ukrainians are trying to operate break turret throwing distance records every week.
@@Klovaneer - "i" by itself should be capitalized.
You're showing off your ignorance.
Even after editing your response.
@@BA-gn3qb Thankfully the subject of the video isn't grammar. I suppose you don't have a reasonable explanation for the leopard debacle then.
@@Klovaneer - Since the subject of the video is the T-72, your ignorance is even more amazing.
That old saying is true. You can't fix stupid.
as if ukrainians arent using the same sort of tanks
The Ukraine conflict has proved that that the T-72 belongs in a museum.
All tanks will become museum pieces... sitting ducks. Since Ukraine most countries will load up with armour and personnel killer drones that linger over the battlefield.
@@benbennit most russian losses are due to not being able to maneuver,moving tank in mass with infantry would be a much different story especially with aircraft
@@peterbaker8443 Their losses are simply from arrogance and incompetence
The day of the tank is done ✅…….as were helicopters finished in Vietnam… but every army continues to use these very vulnerable,dangerous machines . The Russians were Stingered out of Afghanistan 🇦🇫…. But still army’s continued to use choppers …. Remember Mogadishu ?
@@austingode that's a silly thing to say. Tanks are vulnerable when used poorly (i.e., like the Russians are using them) but are highly effective with massive force projection when used in combination with close infantry and air support.
Here we are in March of 2022 watching T-72s getting thrashed in Ukraine.
Because russian tanks are more of a threat to their crews than to anyone else…
And here I am in 2023 after leopards,Bradley's,challengers,cv90s and other western game changers have been converted into scrap by russian mines and artillery
Regarding the T62 or 64 or even both...Have you asked UK government if they could get you one from Ukraine? Should be cheap enough. I bet a couple of farmers have those.
Javelin $150,000 / NLAW $40,000 vs T-72 $1M / T80 $3M / T90 $4M / T-14 Armata $3.7M- Слава Україні Slava Ukrayini
They are no match for Ukrainian farm tractors.
There is a farmer in the Ukraine who might be willing to sell you a few T72's for your museum.
I am from Slovakia. When I was on compulsory military service as an electromechanic of belt and wheel combat technology. T72 was still in the workshop. The cannon's stabilization system often deteriorated. Pressure loss - hydraulic pump failure.
But most t72s were hermetically preserved and stored in their garages.
Only few pieces was active.
It was a long time ago. Nice times.
Seems these tanks arent working very well for Russia right now.
Impressive to talk for twenty minutes with a coral snake wrapped around your neck without sweating. Nicely done Wiley
Theres a lot less T-72's rolling around now all thanks to Uncle Javelin and Aunt NLAW
I don't think Russia cares. They lost over 20,000 T34's during WW2.
Don’t forget 2nd cousin Panzerfaust!
The Russian's are winning the Tank Flying Turret Olympic event.
Wait a second. Did he say there is beer that you cant by to support the tank museum and the chanel? Why didn't he start the chat with that? Now I watched the hole video sober like an idiot.
the proper usage is to order the beer to drink for the next tank chat.
Thats called the onslow paradox
th-cam.com/video/rUOl_KIMzSM/w-d-xo.html
My mind is still boggling about a Super Dolly Parton 😯
Definitely an imagination overload.
That means M60 is Super dolly T-72 or what?
@@akrepiidfiresupportvehicle2289 More of a Missy Elliott, if you ask me :D:D:D But man, I guess that you can place a grand piano inside an M60 or a Leopard 1, if required by the combat doctrine:D
The Super Dolly Parton armor is a silicone composite 🤣
I don't know if the world could handle a "Super" Dolly Parton. Especially in her prime.
Be fun to try !
Ah yes, Russia’s attempt at the world’s most numerous mobile incendiary device 🤔
Beating out mobile phones and WWII Shermans formerly known as Tommy Cookers or Ronsons are taking a beating in the Slang Word Stakes.
Just need a snappy name for a cooked off T-72??
Javelin da Russki??
Russki da Javelin?
Dinner with the NLAW's??
Cook-off with the NLAW's?
Turret off Cook-off?
Mobile Turret Projection System
Well if don't see the body, then the person is not dead.
@@markfryer9880 - ‘The Samovar’?
@@Apollo-tj1vm Schroedinger's tank? Is the crew dead or not?
I don’t care what you all say, the T-72 is my all time favorite tank.
I don’t know what it is about it but I just love this tank!
It’s in so many games, you see it in movies, and it’s a real beast on the battlefield, so no matter what happens, keep the legendary T-72 alive for as long as possible
Lol, keep it away from Ukraine then!!!
When the Russians lose, you might be able to buy one for cheap from the Ukrainian Farmers Union 🚜 😀,
BUT never ask a Ukrainian farmer how he got his tanks 🤔 🙄 💀 😒 🤣
@@Craig-wp3pz Ukrainian farmer will say that he went to the forest for mushrooms and our tank
"Has not aged well"
The JAVELIN comment on any TH-cam on Russian Army
after Feb 24th. ☄
I just came home from work, switched on my computer - and The Tank Museum delivers :) Yet another great video about a very interesting tank. Keep up the great work, I'm always looking forward to your uploads!
In Ukraine, I'm seeing a lot of these tanks in various stages of disassembly right now.
good to hear
They are poppig like a teenagers acne
They seem to be preferring the 'Cabriolet' variant as the nights are getting warmer 💙💛🇺🇦
A lot of them are yours as well so don't be too harsh on them.
you're seeing what they are showing you
the same few tanks filmed from a hundred angles.
I like his last comment, which is essentially, the T-72 is a good tank if the other side doesn't have tanks. Sounds probable, unless, apparently, they have anti-tank missiles.
They have plenty of tanks now thanks to farmers with tractors
@@Extraordinarylurker "they have been doing surprisingly well" got any proofs beyond twitter screeching?
@@Klovaneer you are a clown if you don't know that Russia has lost 500 tanks in combat.
@@williamgaston9812 This comes from what? Ukrainian Ministry? Ever heard of Propaganda going both sides? ever heard of edited videos? ever heard that even if a Tank gets hit directly its probably not even disabled? Critical thinking, Massive lack of that today.
@@littledeath6432 Actually Ukrainian numbers seem to be close to reality. They are doing good job, no need to lie
I like how he calls Nizhny Tagil “Tizny Nagal”. It is a tongue-twister, but come on.
Dont do too well against Javelin or NLAWs though apparently
What does?
I was wondering as each T model is introduced, does the turret fly higher when exploding?
Thats the selling point!
T72: I'm the most serious threat the West will encounter on the battlefield
Javelin: Hold my beer.
A javelin will take out any modern tank. Not even Abrams can stop it.
@@TheBigExclusive Yes, but only autoloader russian tanks will throw their turret into space and incinerate entire crew
Jack in the box!
I wonder if the Tank Museum is planning on getting a or some "after action" examples of the T62, T64, T72 & T80's etc once the war in Ukraine has finished.
While I imagine it would be a huge task to clean, preserve and prepare one for display, that retains its "as destroyed" look but will not deteriorate, i imagine it/they could end up as very valuable artefacts and teaching aids in the long term.
Yes..the ukenazis have plenty of their destroyed wrecks to offer
Another great video from an excelent communicator on a superb museum. Only Finn is missing. Thank you David.
Some of the evaluations made in this video don't appear to hold up under real world conditions. I'm just sayin.
Looking at you, Russia v Ukraine.
They are currently being modified to work without turrets. process ongoing. XD
Bayraktar!!!
When you're talking about how small the T-72 is, it's slightly undermined by you having the Ferret right behind it that is a truly small vehicle
Oh. So that's the name of «hunter car», so-called modification of the vehicle from Xenonauts?
The latest upgrade adds tow bars for tractors to latch on and a grill for a cook off.
USSR tank attack would have failed flooding and traffic jammed tanks would have been destroyed. Like in Ukrainian.
Boy this didn’t age well. In Ukrainian we have found you don’t need tanks to beat tanks.
AKA the 'Kreml Cooker'.
Lately the T-72 has proven to be the modern version of the Zippo Lighter....
yeah :- ) only a Zippo keeps working
More like an exploding cigar..
The Sherman was the "zippo" because of the gasoline.
Thank you for not having disturbing music!🙏👍
I knew Soviet tanks were small, but not until seeing David standing next to the T72 in the opening of this video did I realise exactly how small they are.
If you need a tank from the Soviet era, just find a Ukraine farmer that has the version you want and buy it from them. Russia is practically giving them away in Ukraine.
I would like to buy a jet turbine engine from a T 80 to put in my rat rod anybody have one?
Lotsa copium for you mate
Bet you can get a T72 now
Unpopular opinion: Soviet tanks represent the failure of the "Design follows Doctrine" school of thought. It's all very well saying "If they'd been used correctly they'd have worked", but as we know "No plan survives contact with the enemy". Modern warfare has demonstrated the need for flexibility over strict adherence to doctrine. For the perfect demonstration of this, look at the Falklands War. Both sides suffered victories and setbacks, neither was able to operate fully the way their doctrine demanded. In the end, it was the flexibility of the British professionals that won the day. Lost their helicopters? Yomp it. Blowpipes didn't work? Additional air cover. Loss of _Sir Galahad_ and the Welsh guards? Two days delay to reorganise. Argentine special forces on Mount Kent? Reconnaissance found them and suppressed them. Dug-in machine guns and snipers on Mount Tumbledown? Fix Bayonets.
Designing all of your equipment with the assumption that you'll be able to use it according to your plans just means that when something goes wrong - and something _will_ go wrong - you won't be able to respond to it.
とても解りやすくユーモアを交えた素晴らしい例えです。
T-72's auto turret ejection feature is confirmed.
Only when driven by ukenazis tho
I hear they don't like Javelins.
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No tank without active protection system likes Javelin
Or almost any type of anti tank weapon.
@@archersfriend5900 Not really. T-72 frontal plate was proven effective against TOW missiles. It's the reason US developed new Anti tank missiles
Fantastic tank
some say it is dirt cheap. The Ukrainians demonstrate that it is the other way around.
From what we see now in Ukraine, the T72 should remain in a museum... this tank is a moving coffin against Nlaw or Javelin.
Any tank is moving coffin against Nlaw or Javelin yet we still make tanks.
why everyone is still training infantry when everyone runs around with anti infantry weapons?
8-9 seconds for reload? impressive? swedish selfpropelled artys autoloader was about 3.5 seconds :) thats impressive and much older too hahaha
Yes, you can be the king for 43 seconds. And you can't hit moving targets with the Bandkanon 1. The lack of a fully rotatable turret is a huge disadvantage. And after you fired all of the 14 shells you have in the magazines, you just sitting ducks. Yes, you can reload with the built-in crane in 2 minutes. If there are preloaded magazines around. And you definitely can't do that in the front line. And the 2 minute reload is a theoretical thing in any way. After you shoot that 14 shells, you made a huge mark on any surveillance system. You covered in dust, so you can't see a thing. But everybody in the battlefield know where you are. You absolutely must change position. And fast. Oh wait, if you move fast, you create a dust and smoke trail. So no, you must move relatively slow. All in all, if you used that high rate of fire, you probably doomed.
BTW, the built-in crane was removed in the Bandkanon 1C upgrade. Means reload became extremely slow, and needed at least two other vehicles (an ammo carrier and a crane. If you were lucky, you have an ammo carrier with crane).
The other thing: the autoloader of the later (from the T-72A/M) variants capable of loading in less then 5 seconds. And thanks to the stabilizer and the fully rotatable turret it still can aim at moving targets.
Being in service, for decades to come... :-) I guess they are on sale now. For spareparts, contact UFA. ( Ukranian Farmers Association )
24:54 Got anything for wargamers? Any bulk deals on 6mm 10mm 15mm 20mm 22mm 25mm 28mm or 32mm tanks or is everything you have just for modelers...? Modelers want one of everything. Wargamers NEED 20 of everything.
EDIT:: nice video.
He (I guess he since Soviets refer to their machinery as "he's") really came into their own with the T-72B, which finally allowed them to outstrip their predecessor of the T-64 line.
not all machinery, but tank is a word of masculine gender
A condom is he or she? :)
@@ldkbudda4176 its a masculine word, also a degragatory name for someone
You guys need to donate this tank to Ukriane so they can use it on the battlefield!
Slava Ukriana 🇺🇦 🇺🇦
Would it be possible to do a vulnerability video of modern Soviet AFVs?
Highlight the weak spots for our friends in the East.
Your friends? Keep drinking the Kool-Aid
There is plenty of the 'Z' variant going cheap. Will need a tub of filler though.
Bit of a jet wash inside too…and some fuel.
I mean im 5'2 and have been inside soviet tanks and planes in museums. Even inside a US space capsule one time. For me it was spacious enough but i laughed at tall people who found it unbearable hated it inside hahaha. Similar how One of the reasons they choose small astronauts is that they dont complain as much)))
Yes we do like to whine. What gets my goat is wind chimes.
When I try and sneak back home at 3am, drunk as a skunk, trying to hide from the missus, oh boy.
Solid week of doing the dishes🤣
Being tall sucks
I remember the weekly magazine from the 1980's called 'war machine ' which I collected and it said that export models were known as monkey models due to there down graded equipment, and also Israeli tankers that drove it said it went like a sports car
Soviets very quite wary of their equipment falling into Western hands and doing that was reasonable as those downgraded versions would give false info about its capability. Might also explain T-72s lacklustre performance against equivalent Western vehicles as those T-72s were without exception exported versions.
That was a great magazine I still by them if I see them in a modelers shop or some one selling some ,great to flick through and some great stories in it.
@@vksasdgaming9472 You are correct but not anymore with Ukraine War because American German and British military military intelligence officers can simply get the latest Russian Gear from the Ukrainians. Look at the latest T-90M with Nadika Camouflage that is going to Sennelager British Army base in Germany or Baumholder Grafenwöhr US Army base in Germany.
@@EpicThe112 That is true as there are no exported T-90s as much as I know. On paper T-90 is respectable tank, but what something can do on paper is not all of it. There also isn't many of them which reduces their efficiency a lot.
I think we all know what the inside of the t72 looks like now.
cwispy
16:50 A tank based export economy.
Don't forget the slave-based food import economy from the occupied countries to keep those tank factory workers alive...
Now a burned tank export economy.
The T-72 at 22:10 looks so cool, I always loved when they jam some bushes on tanks.
In real life it is Canon fodder to the following tanks Merkava Mk1-4 since 1982 Lebanon War followed by Challenger 1 & 2 M1 Abrams 1991 & 2003 Iraq War. For ATGMs T-72 is weak against Israeli ATGMs since 1982 Turkish Mam-T 2020 Armenia vs Azerbaijan War and 2022 Ukraine War. Followed by NLAW🇬🇧 Javelin 🇺🇸 🇺🇦Stugna-P 2022 Ukraine War.
I had a chance of geting into a PT-91 Twardy. As a 190cm tall guy i can tell... it's not ideal but possible
not looking good in Ukraine .
I went to a military museum in St Petersburg 14 years ago, could have your photo sitting in a t72 commander station, me been 193cm and 100kg didn't fit.... Same issue with the t34 tank you could sit in.
USA, 1960s : plethora of passenger car makes of all sizes, few tank design bureaus.
USSR, 1960s: few passenger car makes, plenty of competing tank design bureaus.
Very interesting retrospectively now that we are seeing these tanks in action on both sides in Ukraine.
Javelins are cooking a lot of pigs in those right now.
the purpouse of this thing is to be blown up, and it's damn good at this
Tank tactics, tanks in general are out dated , 1914 to 2022 RIP , easily neutralized ,a moving coffin.
Uh, no.
Twardy is pronounced Tvard'eh, w is a soft wh only in English pretty much, most other languages it's usually an English V. Svir is Shveer. Thanks for the epic effort at condensing 72's story into manageable length. :)
I'm sure Russians don't pronounce every English word correctly either. Don't get your knickers in a twist old chap.
@@JohnyG29 those who know English, actually do. Well, if you ignore the accent.
Also, you got the missile wrong. It's "sveer", with r as in read, not as in riot, not shveer.
@@JohnyG29 To be fair Twardy is a polish word, not russian...
The polish w is spelled like in whiskey! And the y like an german e.
Interesting to see one with the turret still attached
I wonder if the gun of a T-72 could penetrate the thick steel on my grandmother's 1975 Cadillac? The suspension systems on the '72 looks to be about the same, and I'd imagine the fuel consumption of the two vehicles is quite close.
@mandellorian
That and the number of 8 -track cassettes stuck in the door pockets 😉
Is the steel of your grannys car about 650-800mm (ATGM) or 500mm (APFSDS) of high hardness steel?
@@zentralratderfliesentischb660 That sounds about right. Detroit didn't hold back in that era. :)
In the period until the mid-80s, neither American nor German tanks. They could not withstand the penetration of a projectile from a 125mm cannon, a T-72 tank. Only if your grandmother had a more resistant car to the projectile than a tank of the American and German armies.
@@SRB.4S Detroit didn't hold back in those days. Soviet munitions would bounce off my grandmother's car. It was made for the Fulda Gap.
Javelin killed the T72....
The metal of most of the T-72's is now widely spread across the Ukrainian country side.
And Ukrainian farmers’ sheds 👀
When things cool off in Ukraine you might be able to get one with low miles and rarely fired in pristine condition.
More like in multiple pieces with botched in toilet components as upgrades.