T-72S (Poland)

T-72S

The T-72S is a Polish Main Battle Tank that appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.

History[]

During 1987–1989, talks between the Soviet Union and Poland was held for the license for the T-72S. This was to be a copy of the T-72B used by the Soviet Union. After political in Poland and Soviet Union changes, T-72S talks were canceled being replaced by local upgrade projects for T-72M1 tanks, which will be known as T-72M2 Wilk and led to the PT-91 Twardy upgrade.

Overall, Poland has not obtained the T-72S IRL, and it has no connection to the "Jaguar" project.

Overview[]

The three types of Eastern Bloc T-72S share the same in-game stats, and they don't have a direct Soviet prototype, but rather a middle ground between T-72B obr. 1987 (110) and obr. 1989 (140): its protection is similar with obr. 1987 with 1 less Side Armor being the only difference, and its armaments is identical with obr. 1989.

NATO opponents with similar levels to the T-72S are M1A1 Abrams (115) and Leopard 2A4 (130). The latter two types of tanks have same stats on main gun, which has a better Accuracy/Stabilizer (65%/60%) and slightly higher RoF (9 RPM), but AP Power (19) and HE Power (3) are lower. The differences in Armor basically follow the sequence of costs, except for NATO tanks where the Top Armor is 3, the Size is Big, and the Autonomy is also shorter.

For Eastern Bloc, GDR has the access to KPz T-72S1, it traded its ATGM for a lower 120 cost.

Weapons[]

Weapons
Type	Main Gun	ATGM	MMG
Name	2A46M	Svir	NSVT
Caliber	125mm [KE] [AoE]	SALH [HEAT] [GUID]	12.7mm
Ammo	x 24	x 4	x 1000
Range	Ground = 2275 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m	Ground = 2625 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m	Ground = 1050 m Helicopters = 875 m Airplanes = N/A m
Accuracy	50%	50%	15%
Stabilizer	40%	N/A	5%
AP Power	20	22	N/A
HE Power	4	N/A	0.75
Suppression	144	150	90
Rate of fire	8 r/min	6s r/min	652 r/min