T-72 combat action in Syria
T-72 "Ural" - the Soviet medium and main tank.
The most massive tank of the second generation. Adopted in the Armed Forces of the USSR since 1973. The T-72 was developed and produced by Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil. The chief designer of the machine is VN Venediktov. "Ural" is in service with the CIS countries, was exported to the Warsaw Pact states, Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria. T-72 modifications were manufactured under license in Yugoslavia (M-84), Poland (PT-91), Czechoslovakia and India, which exported them.