The Ukrainian Armed Forces use on the front the T-72 tanks given to us by Poland and the Czech Republic

By: Myroslav Trinko | 05.07.2022, 14:40

Ukraine continues to receive assistance from Western partners. This time we are talking about T-72 tanks. We received them from Poland and the Czech Republic.

What is known

The Commander-in-Chief of the AFU Valery Zaluzhny wrote about it in Facebook. He thanked the partners for their help in the fight against our common enemy. 

In case you didn't know

T-72 is the main battle tank developed in the USSR. It was adopted into service of the Soviet army in 1973. During 30 years of production 14 modifications were made. The tank weighs 41 tons and has a 125 mm L48 smoothbore gun. 

Source: Head Commander of the AF of Ukraine / CinC AF of Ukraine  

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