The 105mm gun can fire NATO-standard 105mm ammunition and can engage targets at a maximum distance of 10km. The lightweight gun features an advanced autoloader to deliver rapid fire-power. The tank is fitted with CMI Cockerill 3105 turret mounting a Cockerill 105mm high-pressure gun. The KAPLAN MT is also equipped with a battlefield management system (BMS), a wireless crew intercom system, a navigation system, day and thermal cameras, third-generation high-performance sight system, and an automatic fire extinguishing system. The gunner and commander are provided with sighting systems for observation during the day / night, while the commander’s position is installed with a panoramic sight. The driver’s position offers an enhanced field of view and convenient access to control panel and driving instruments.Ĭrew enter / exit the vehicle through single-piece hatch covers mounted on the roof of the hull. The interior has been designed with major emphasis on crew ergonomics and various tactical and battlefield conditions such as driving, firing and loading / off-loading of ammunition. It is worth mentioning here that it was included in the equipment of the Polish People's Army in 1978 and remains there to this day.KAPLAN MT design and features The layout of the Kaplan MT tank resembles a standard main battle tank (MBT) with the driver at the centre of forward hull, turret in the middle and crew, as well as power-pack at the rear of the hull. It also quickly became the main tank of the armed forces of the Warsaw Pact countries. Unlike the T-64, the T-72 was widely exported and licensed in many countries around the world. The main producer of this tank for the Soviet Army was the Uralwagon Zawod plant in Nizhny Tagil.
For this reason, it uses, for example, an engine with a much less avant-garde design or more classic armor (especially in the first production series). The T-72 tank was created as a specific supplement to the T-64 and was to be a less technologically advanced vehicle, although meeting the requirements of the battlefield, and at the same time cheaper in mass production. The primary armament was the 125mm 2A46M smoothbore gun, and the secondary armament consisted of a 7.62mm PKT machine gun and a 12.7mm NSW machine gun. The drive was provided by a single W-46 engine with a capacity of 780 HP. The combat weight of the T-72B version reached 44.5 tons. It is estimated that at least 20,000 copies of this car were manufactured, although it is worth adding that these are minimal estimates. The first prototypes of this vehicle were built in 1967-1972, and the car entered service in 1973. The T-72 is a Soviet and Russian Main Battle Tank from the Cold War and modern times.
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