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Unique ID: 499 Added to Database: September 2008 Last Edited: September 2008 Type (ID): T-72 (2690) Model (ID): Obiekt 172 (2692) Location Category (ID): Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles (2100) Location (ID): Hall 2: Soviet Medium Tanks (2115) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Collection number 228 painted on left turret side. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Factory 183 UralVagonZavod, Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ekaterinburg and Surrounding Regions, Russia (Design parent and manufacturer) 2: Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia (Current location) Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Russia publication: Soon after the introduction of the T-64, the Soviets introduced another main battle tank of apparently very similar design, the T-72. Competing designs had been requested from two design bureaux, and both implemented. It would appear that two of the vehicles in the Hall, Obiekt 172 and 172M are prototypes of the T-72 but based on T-64 chassis. It is of interest to note that the Obiekt 172 retains the six small steel-tyred roadwheels per side of the T-64.

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Date Unknown 1: Front left view Taken: Date Unknown Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 624 Added: 4 October 2008 Filename: Scan_Obi... Views: 242 Select/Has Priority: 4/0

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