PROBABLE M-1981/2 T-72 VARIATN MILOVICE 201, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: May 15, 1982
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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: A T-72 MEDIUM TANK VARIANT, PROBABLY THE
M-1981/2, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE SOVIET CENTRAL GROUP OF
FORCES. THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A T-72 VARIANT IN
CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE FIRST SIGHTING OF A PROBABLE M-1981/2
OUTSIDE THE SOVIET UNION.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: ONE PROBABLE M-1981/2 WAS IN A TANK REGIMENT
AT MILOV.ICE ARMY BKS HQ NW 201 THE TANK CHASSIS 25X1
MEASURED THE TANK APPEARED TO HAVE A RAISED 25X1
PLATE OVLR THE REAR DECK AND FENDERS THAT SLOPED DOWNWARD AT
THE REAR. THE IMAGERY, PERHAPS THE BEST EXISTING OVERHEAD LOOK
OF THIS TANK, REVEALED A TURRET SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE T-72
VARIANT M-1981/3. THE TURRET HAS A MORE MASSIVE APPEARANCE ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE GUN MANTLET THAN 'HE STANDARD T-72. THE
M-1981/2 WAS NOT-PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF
TURRET. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE M-1981/2 HAS ALWAYS HAD
THIS TYPE OF TURRET OR IF THE MILOVICE SIGHTING REPRESENTS
ANOTHER NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE - flMILY. 25X1
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PROBABLE M-1981/2 T-72 VARIANT
MILOVICE 201, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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