moc72102 1:72 modelcollect russian t-72b3 main battle tank 2017 moscow victory day parade kit review

A 7.62 mm PKTM machine gun is mounted coaxially to the right of the main armament and one 12.7 mm NSV machine gun is mounted on the commander's cupola. The tank carries a total of 38 rounds including 22 ready-use projectiles in the carousel. The tank is fitted with a carousel automatic loader mounted on the turret floor and also on the rear wall of the turret. The main armament of the T-72B3 is a 125mm 2A46M-5 smoothbore gun fitted with a light-alloy thermal sleeve and a bore evacuator. T-72B3 Model 2016: Fitted with new active protection armor mounted on each side of the hull.

President Vladimir Putin has allocated 23 trillion rubles ($703 billion) to reequip the Russian army with modernized weapons over the next decade. In November 2018, ten upgraded T-72B3 tanks were delivered to a mechanized brigade of the Belarusian armed forces. The T-72B3 now becomes the backbone of the Russian armor regiments until the new Armata MBT will enter into service. By the end of 2013, some 270 units were delivered to the Western Military District. The Russian Ministry of Defense has decided that all of them will be converted to the T-72B3 standard. Currently, the Russian army has some 8.000 T-72s in various variants in its arsenal (most of them in reserve). A contract was signed in 2012 to launch the modernization program for a total amount of six billion rubles ($150 million). The T-72B3 contract was performed by the Russian Defense Company 'Uralvagonzavod'. The modernized version of the T-72, which was a main second-generation battle tank produced in the Soviet Union since the 1970s, is equipped with a new generation of communications and firing systems and a ballistic data computer. Besides the improved armor and targeting systems, it kept all the good features of previous versions of the T-72. The T-72B3 has significantly improved its combat characteristics with more firepower, protection, mobility, and command controllability. The T-72B3 version was introduced in 2010 and is considered as a third-generation of Russian main battle tank. The T-72B3 is a development of the standard Russian-made T-72B series currently in service in the Russian army.

Moc72102 1:72 modelcollect russian t-72b3 main battle tank 2017 moscow victory day parade kit review