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The new PT-72U main battle tank for urban operations at MSPO 2011.
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Online Show Daily News MSPO 2011 19th International Defence Industry Exhibition Kielce, Poland |
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PT-72U at MSPO 2011 |
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At
the International Defence Equipment Exhibition MSPO 2011, the Polish Defence
Company BUMAR presents a new upgrade version of the Russian made T-72,
especially dedicated for operation in urban areas, the PT-72U. |
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 PT-72U main battle tank for urban operations at MSPO 2011 |
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This is an offer for the Polish Army which involves certain modifications of the T-72 and PT-91 tanks. The modification includes installation of additional equipment, as remote-controlled cannon with an optical system, an omnidirectional observation system, add-on armour and further engineering equipment. For the weapons systems, the PT-72U is equipped with a remote controlled weapon station armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun, mounted to the crew commander hatch. The system had a fire rotation of 360° and an elevation angle for the gun from -5° to 55°. The observation system is equipped with 8 day-night cameras with the observation angle 55° and a rotary passive camera FLIR which has up to 26 times optical zoom. |
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 The armour package is composed by chassis and turret bar armour. |
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The
armour package is composed by chassis and turret bar armour. The bottom
of the chassis is equipped with reactive armour and add-on armour. The PT-72U is also equipped with a full range of new modern internal and external communication tools, which allow communication also via internet. |
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