M-1981/3 TANK PRODUCTION NIZHNIY TAGIL TANK/RR CAR MFG PLT 183, USSR

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• Publication Date: July 9, 1982
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9 JULY 1982
M-1981/3 TANK PRODUCTION
N I ZT-N I Y TACT L TANK /RR CAR MFG PLT 183, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: FIRST CONFIRMATION OF M-1981/3 TANK
PRODUCTION AT IvTIZHNIY TAGIL TANK/RR CAR W G PLT 183.
2. (S/l) REMARKS: TWO M-1.981/3 TANKS WERE IN THE SHIPPING YAIRD
AT NIZI-TNIY TAGIL TANNTK/RR CAR MFG PLT 183
THE M-1981/3 IS A T-72 VARIANT WITH A TURRET THAT IS
BROADER ON EITHER. SIDE OF THE GUN MANTLET THAN THE STANDARD
,r-7Z OR On-TER. T-7 Z VARIANTS. OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
M-1981/3 TUIRR.ET INCLUDE THE ABSENCE OF THE RIGHT-SIDE PRIG E
FINT)ER. AND TITE ADDITION OF GRENADE PROJECTORS TO EITHER SIDE O
TIM G ITN MANTLET. THE M-1981/3 I S TITE T-72 VARIANT SEEN IN THE
NOW;MBER. 1981 MOSCOW PARADE (INSET) .
(S /T)) THE 1 ) MI-1981/3 TANKS WERE THE ONLY TW0 OF THE 46 TANKS
IN THE SHIPPING YARD THAT NVERE NOT CANVAS COVERED. IN
ADDITION, TEN CANVAS-COVERM TANKS WERE ON FLATCARS AWAITING
SHIPMENT. THE CANVAS -COVERED TANKS COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED BY
MODEL. ALT1-TOUGT-T T JRR.ETS FOR THE M-1,981/3 WERE WI n--TIN TIIE PLANT
FROM SEPTEMBER 1980 TO JUNE 1981, THIS IS THE FIRST
CONFIRMATION OF PRODTJC T I ON OF THIS TANK. AT N I ZH TTY TAG I L . IN
ADDITION TO THE M-1981/3, THIS PLANT IS BELIEVED TO STILL
PRODUCE THE STANDARD T-72 AND THE M-1980/1 T-72 VARIANT.
COORDINATES 57-55--42N 060-05-39E
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