T-72B

Main battle tank, Soviet Union. In service since 1985

How to recognise it

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

Same family

Naming one of these instead still scores family points.

• T-72B3
• PT-91 Twardy

Other tanks

• Altay
• C1 Ariete
• Challenger 2
• Challenger 3
• K2 Black Panther
• Leclerc
• Leopard 1A5
• Leopard 2A4
• Leopard 2A5
• Leopard 2A6
• Leopard 2A7
• M1A1 Abrams

All 30 tanks

Sources

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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-72