Now the active protection complexes for T-72 and T-90 tanks are ... designed to detect and track anti-tank targets. Focused instant-effect protective ammunition is used for the aimed destruction ...

and accessed superior anti-tank ammunition for the gun. The exception was only the captured Russian next-generation shells designed exclusively for use in T-72B3/M, T-90, and T-80BWM tanks.

But decades later, even with upgrades, it lags behind modern tanks like the M1A2 Abrams or Leopard 2. A significant drawback of the T-72 is its ammunition storage. Unlike Western tanks ...

Tanks like the T-72 weigh roughly 20 tons less than the Abrams ... kind of thick armor that shields Abrams crews. In the Abrams, ammunition is stored behind the turret and separated from the ...