@ShutupAPhobes The T-72 is a Soviet main battle tank, produced from 1972 and onwards, it was intended to replace the T-54/55 and T-62 tanks in service and be exported to Warsaw pact and foreign nations. It is armed with the 125 mm 2A46M smoothbore cannon that can fire HEAT, APFSDS and HE rounds
This day in 1944, US P-47 fighter aircraft shot down the first fighter jet in combat, a Messerschmitt Me 262.
German pilot Lauer flew without loaded guns, and crashed landed in a field in Belgium. The pilot was fired upon as he ran from the jet, but survived. #WW2
31y ago, 2mln people joined their hands & formed a 600km-long #BalticWay connecting Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn. Today, we’ll form 40km #FreedomWay from Vilnius to Lithuanian-Belarusian border to support Belarusian sisters & brothers in their strive for dignity against the oppression
@WarThunder This is cool, but you know what would be cooler? If top tier tanks got APFSDS rounds as their stock one's instead of HEAT FS one's #FreeDarts
This day in 1944, German panzer ace Michael Wittmann has been killed after being ambushed by Allied tanks in Normandy.
British or Canadian tanks penetrated the upper hull, igniting the ammunition. The resulting fire engulfed the tank and blew off the turret. #WW2
The barrel of the ZIS-3 was balanced to make it easier to aim, but this meant that the gun was not balanced for pushing around. The easiest way to solve this was by having one of the crew hang off the barrel during travel, as pictured here. #artillery#history#ww2
The Red Army is stereotyped as just throwing tanks at the enemy, but in reality the tactics were a lot more complicated than that. Soviet commanders learned from their failures in 1941 and adapted accordingly. I explain in my latest video:
https://t.co/Bm75xbh835