The Almighty T-72 tank

We’re not for the war and all that jazz, but once in a while, there’s a piece of news we just have to publish. Who doesn’t love wrecking things? The Russian T-72 main battle tank was produced in 1972 for the first time. 77 of these pieces we’re donated to the government of Iraq in November 2005. These guys wanted to test the gifts with a missile. Oddly enough, the tank blew to pieces. And we’ve got pictures to show it. Enjoy! Make love, not war!

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t-72 tank

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t-72 tank

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Posted by werwerw | June 5th, 2008 7:53 pm

they don’t look like Iraqi People
Posted by elentir.info :: Contando Estrelas » T-72 más misil guiado igual a… | June 23rd, 2008 2:25 am

[...] Si pulsáis sobre esta imagen para ampliarla podréis ver que este tanque ruso T-72 está a punto de ser alcanzado por un misil guiado (por la forma y el tamaño diría que se trata de un BGM-71 TOW guiado por cable). Si la foto ya es impresionante, ver el resultado del impacto lo es todavía más: podéis comprobarlo pulsando aquí. [...]
Posted by tyun | June 30th, 2008 12:15 pm

FAKE
Posted by Chemechie | July 24th, 2008 10:09 pm

This isn’t Iraq – These pictures have been floating around the internet for years; they are of a Javelin test at Redstone Arsenal and are of an modified T-72 that mimics a T-80′s armor.
P.S. In the 7th picture you can see NASA’s Saturn engine test stand on the distant horizon – its rather distinctive.
Posted by Soko Banja | December 28th, 2008 11:04 am

Woooooow
Posted by wakas | January 15th, 2009 11:01 am

pleas if any body have the pictures with parts names for tank T-72 in english language sent to me by mail
Posted by Blacktail | October 7th, 2009 1:45 am

Like “tyun” said, this was FAKE. This is why;

The Javelin’s warhead can probably kill a T-72 with ease, but tanks knocked-out by small charges (i.e., those small enough to be used in a man-portable ATGM) don’t make a big, showy explosion — most of the mayhem takes place inside the tank, where an observer can’t see it.

Ever see photos of Iraqi T-72s hit by AGM-65 Maverick missiles? They suffered nowhere NEAR this much damage, despite the Maverick’s warhead being several times as powerful as that of the Javelin ATGM. Iraq’s “home-grown” T-72s are also weaker in armor composition than a standard Soviet T-72.

So how did the Javelin splatter 45 tons of steel all over the landscape? The answer should be pretty obvious; it didn’t, because it CAN’T — the T-72 you see above was STUFFED WITH TNT, which was radio-command detonated!

Lockheed-Martin almost got sued by the T-72′s (then) current manufacturer over this.

This isn’t the FIRST time the US Defense Industry stooped to fraud to peddle their wares, either; remember the M247 Sergeant York DIVAD?

http://205.188.238.109/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050466,00.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/08-1988.pdf

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki/comment-page-2/#comments
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