T 72
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The T 72 is a Soviet designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. Chronologically and in design terms it belongs to the same generation of tanks as the US M60 Patton, German Leopard 1 and British Chieftain tank.
[edit] In Game
| T-72's Cannon | |
| Damage |
30-1000 |
| Range |
15000-16000m |
| Used by | |
The tank can be found in the levels The Coup providing security at the building Al-Asad was broadcasting from, in The Bog where you must destroy T-72s on the overpass with a FGM-148 Javelin, in War Pig where it attempts to fire its main gun on Vasquez's platoon, but it is soon destroyed by the War Pig tank, in Shock and Awe where it defends the capital and in Heat where you must destroy oncoming T-72s. Since all T-72 in the game only fire their main gun in scripted events and will only fire their machine guns if you get too close, all T-72 in the game are harmless as long as the player doesn't get too close.
[edit] Weaknesses
As shown in the mission, "War Pig", when hit with a penetrating round in the turret, the ammunition for the T-72's main gun which is stored there, will cook off and explode. Which amounts to two things. The explosion caused by the ammunition will instantaneously kill anybody inside the vehicle and it is why American forces refer to the event as a jack-in-the-box. Aside from the stored ammunition in the turret, compared to contemporary tanks and the T-62, the Russians decided to cut amour and protection for speed and mobility. The T-72 however is also a very complex tank and for troops without "real" training, such as the Opfor forces, would be difficult to properly use. Which is why the tank crew of the T-72 in War Pig got itself into what Major Ingram would call "a real bugger of a situation." The T-72 |
 The T-72 |
[edit] Gallery
 Captured Iraqi T-72 at the U.S Ordnance Museum located at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. |
| Vehicles of Call of Duty 4 | ||
| America/SAS | M1 Abrams · AH-1W Super Cobra · CH-46 Sea Knight· UH-60 Black Hawk · AC-130H Spectre· | |
| Ultranationalists/OpFor | T-72 · Mi-24 · Mi-28 · BMP-2· Mi-8· BM-21· | |
| Loyalists | Mi-28· Mi-8· | |
