True / False, T-72/90 Series Tanks

1. The T-72 and T-90 use the carousel type autoloader. This autoloader design loads the shell and propellant separately and ejects the spent propellant stub out of the turret.

2. The T-72/90 series of tanks do not have a single model that can fire gun-launched anti tank guided missiles.

3. The T-72/90 series of tanks utilize a V-12 diesel engine.

4. Contemporary armaments of the T-72/90 include a 125mm main cannon, a 7.92mm coaxial machine gun, and a 12.7mm anti-air/anti-infantry machine gun.

5. The average main gun projectile velocity (in m/s) of the T-72/90 series of tanks is lower than that of most western tanks.

6. The T-90 platform is essentially a modernized version of the T-72 platform.

7. The T-90M utilizes a remote weapons system with a 12.7 mm machine gun (usually of the Kord model)

8. The T-72/90 series of tanks have 3 periscopes the driver can look out of.

9. The T-72B3 uses the Kontact-5 model of explosive reactive armor

10. The T-72/90s have screens on their lower front plates and turret cheeks to deflect dust away from the engine air intakes.

11. On the variants of the T-72 that are fitted with UV spotlights, they are located on the left side of the turret

12. Many models of the T-72 are fitted with the shtora model of active protection system.

13. Contrary to the T-80 series of tanks, the T-72/90s do not suffer from the “jack-in-the-box” effect (ammunition in the autoloader causes the turret to launch itself into the air when the tank is penetrated).

14. The 2a46 125mm cannon (the main armament of the T-72/90 series of tanks) is a smoothbore gun.

15. The T-72/90 series of tanks seat the driver in between two diesel fuel tanks.