Once possessing military technology not inferior to Russia, but political instability has made Ukraine's military technology fall back too much
their defense products are no longer appreciated as before
Therefore, it is not uncommon for people to doubt the power of this country's T-72AMT main battle tank
The T-72AMT was first publicly revealed in 2017. It is an upgraded version of the T-72A main battle tank, developed at the Kiev Armoured Plant based in Ukraine
The type was adopted by the Ukrainian Army, however overall the procurement of less than 50 units was planned
In 2021 at least another 5 tanks were delivered to Ukrainian Army
The hull structure of the vehicle houses a driver’s cab at the front, a fighting section in the centre and a power pack at the rear
The crew comfort has been enhanced, while the major components have been upgraded to enhance lethality and survivability of the tank
The tank measures 9.5m-long, 3.5m-wide and 2.2m-high
It is manned by a crew of three, including a driver, a gunner and a commander
The tank is fitted with modules of Kontakt-1 and Nozh add-on explosive reactive armor
Some sources report that front of the turret is equivalent to 850 to 900 mm or rolled homogenous armor
Rear part of the hull and turret are fitted with cage armor. It improves protection against anti-tank rockets and missiles
The T-72AMT is armed with a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore gun, which has a rate of fire of six to eight rounds a minute
The main gun fires armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding-sabot rounds
high-explosive anti-tank fin stabilised rounds, and high-explosive fragmentation fin stabilised rounds
After modernization the T-72AMP is capable of launching Ukrainian Kombat anti-tank guided missiles in the same manner as ordinary munitions
These have a maximum range of 4 to 5 km. The secondary armament includes a coaxially mounted 7.62mm PKT machine gun and a 12.7mm NSV machine gun
The T-72AMT tank is powered by a diesel engine developing a maximum power output of 840hp
The power-pack enables the vehicle to attain a maximum speed of 60km/h on road
The price of the T-72AMT is around $1.2 million