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The “oldest” tank in service is the T-72BM ‘Ural’. The tank was adopted in 1973 and still has the potential for future improvements.
Russia also had its prototype of the first tank. It was called Vezdekhod, which literally means “anywhere goer” in Russian.
As of 16 July 2024, at least 1,515 (4 T-72 Ural, 44 T-72A, 21 T-72AV, 349 T-72B, 106 T-72B Obr. 1989, 106 T-72B Obr. 2022., 32 T-72BA, 369 T-72B3, 3 T-72B3 Obr. 2014, 276 T-72B3 Obr. 2016, 56 T-72B3 Obr. 2022 and 153 unknown variants) have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [51] T-80.
Russia: 1 The Black Eagle tank (Russian: Чёрный Орёл, Chyornyy Oryol or Object 640), was a presumed prototype main battle tank produced in the Russian Federation. It was thought to have been developed by the KBTM design bureau in Omsk in the late 1990s.
This article deals with the history and development of tanks of the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation; from their first use after World War I, into the interwar period, during World War II, the Cold War and modern era.
10 kwi 2015 · The T-72 tank entered service in 1973, the T-64 and T-62 in the early 1960s. Before entering military service, the armoured vehicles are called “objects”, with an added factory index. So the...
16 maj 2023 · Russia's vintage T-54 tanks are now active in Ukraine—but they're being used as artillery.
