苏联战后第三代坦克,即 T-72坦克,自七十年代初装备以来,西方不断报道,随着时间的推移也愈益具体详细。从一九八一年起,苏联刊物开始将该坦克的一些概略情况公诸于世。从刊登的内容分析,可能是该车七十年代中期产品的梗概。苏联迟至今日方始公开透露,究其原因,主要是:首先,T-72坦克现已大量生产,供本国和其它华约国军队装备使用,其次,已陆续向第三世界国家出口,诸如 The third generation of post-war Soviet tanks, the T-72, has been reported by the West since the equipment was first introduced in the early 1970s and has become more and more detailed as time goes by. Since 1981, Soviet publications have begun to make some brief descriptions of the tank available to the public. From the contents of the analysis, may be the car's mid-seventies product outline. First, the T-72 tanks are now mass-produced for use by the country and other Warsaw POW forces and equipment, and secondly, they have been gradually exported to third world countries such as