In the new Russia held a so-called tank street racing with the participation of Russian T-72 (1986) and captured Ukrainian T-64BM "Bulat" (2005), the results of the race the Russian tank has gone far ahead of the Ukrainian.




The race was held at a distance of 402 meters. Video of the race posted on YouTube (Warning, contains profanity). Both tanks were serviceable, participated in the race with a full combat load and crew. In the end, the full and unconditional victory remained for the T-72. T-72 main battle tank of the USSR. The most massive main battle tank of the second generation. Entered service in the USSR Armed Forces since 1973. Designed and manufactured by Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil. Is in service with the CIS, was exported to the countries of the Warsaw Pact, Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria. T-64BM "Bulat" is a Ukrainian main battle tank. Is a deep modernization of Soviet tanks T-64A/B/BV. Developed by Kharkov design Bureau of mechanical engineering named after A. A. Morozov and modernized the plant ZTM them. Malysheva. In comparison with the previous modifications of the T-64 the new machine significantly improved the basic parameters, among them the firepower, mobility and protection.

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