T-72 - Wikipedia
T-72 crew: 1-driver; 2-commander; 3-gunner; 4-auto-loading system. Like all Soviet-legacy tanks, the T-72's design has traded off interior space in return for a very small silhouette and efficient use of armour, to the point of replacing the fourth crewman with a mechanical loader.
T-72/T-90 autoloader animation - YouTube
This is not a completely accurate recreation to the actual T-72/T-90 autoloader. I had limited references, and blueprints. I improvised on a portion of the m...
T-series tank autoloading mechanisms explained (T-64, T-72, T-80, T …
This video shows how the operation of auto-loading mechanism found in tanks T-64, T-72, T-80, T-90, T-14 and their modifications. The principle of the auto-l...
T-72 Autoloader At Work - YouTube
Aug 2, 2006 · Ever wondered what a T-72 autoloader looks like when its pounding shells into the breech? Wonder no longer! ...more.
T-72: The Soviet-Era Tank That Continues to Serve the Russian …
May 19, 2022 · The T-72 tank is extremely lightweight and small, with The Tank Museum noting its low profile as being its most striking feature. This unique design was achieved by removing the need for a loader and replacing the crew member with an autoloader capable of feeding “the gun at any angle with a separate projectile and charge case.”
T-72/90 vs T-64/80 autoloader : r/tanks - Reddit
Apr 6, 2018 · The T-72 autoloader was not designed to be cheaper. The design goal was to reduce the vulnerability of ammunition by stowing it in a low profile carousel at the bottom of a hull and to allow easy access from the turret to the driver's compartment via crawlspaces (for emergency evacuation through the turret if driver is wounded).
T-72 - Weaponsystems.net
The T-72 is armed with the powerful 125mm D-81TM smoothbore cannon that is connected to an automatic loader. The 125mm cannon provides a massive increase in firepower and is effective against all contemporary tanks. The effective range is about 2 km against tanks and 4 km with high explosive shells.
T-72B - War Thunder Wiki
The original T-64 "MZ" autoloader was replaced with the "AZ" autoloader, which stored ammunition in two horizontal trays. The T-72 began to equip standard tank divisions and motorized units while elite units retained the T-64.
T-72 auto-loader in action : r/TankPorn - Reddit
When t-72 entered service it was better protected than most other tanks, and as such safer. Moreover, an autoloader can be a safer system than a manual loader depending on crew layout, and autoloader design, with design's like what is found on leclerc being flat out safer than a manual loader since your blast door is both smaller and open for a ...
T-72 - Design Characteristics - Autoloader - LiquiSearch
Autoloader. The T-72's autoloader design is not based on the faster, but more complicated autoloader in the USSR's domestic-use-only T-64 tank series (the T-72's is horizontally auto-fed, the T-64's uses vertical actuators).
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