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T-72B vs T-72B3: how to tell them apart

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T-72B, main battle tank from Soviet Union

T-72B

Main battle tank, Soviet Union. In service since 1985

What gives it away

Six large road wheels and a rounded cast turret, but older sights than the T-72B3: no large thermal-sight box on the turret roof.

Used by

Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Syria and others

Photo: Andrey Butko, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
T-72B3, main battle tank from Russia

T-72B3

Main battle tank, Russia. In service since 2012

What gives it away

Six large road wheels, low rounded cast turret covered in reactive armour, low hull.

Used by

Russia

Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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