T-72M1 question

[Marcello]

Originally Posted by Marek_Tucan

Marcello, judging from Czechoslovakia:
At first came T-72 "Ural", directly from the USSR. Stereo RF etc. Never upgraded to LRF (or smoke dischargers etc) , but OTOH there were just 30 pieces delivered.
T-72M-E2 - T-72A glacis, "gill" sideskirts, plain steel turret, 39 rounds (as in T-72), LRF. Smoke dischargers may be added to some pieces later, ditto for HHS.
T-72M-E4 - glacis with HHS plate (17mm), full-length skirts, plain steel turret, 44 rounds, LRF, smoke dischargers.
T-72M1 - glacis with HHS plate, full-length skirts, composite turret (sandbars), 44 rounds, LRF, dischargers.
To make matters worse, army often calls all T-72 (except the old ones) "T-72M". Funny, innit?

Looks pretty typical.

Comment of mr. Rick Griest about the link:

Agree that it should be taken with a big pinch of salt (I for one I don't buy the armor estimate provided) but I thought that something useful could be extracted.

[brummbaer]

Being interested in this, in time I've collected what information I could gather about the T-72 seemingly-endless variants. Most of this come from a Tank_net thread of some time ago, and from this one as well (Marek you'll recognize much of this as yours ).
I hope it can be of some help, and in (very likely) case of some needed corrections/addenda please let me know.

[redcoat2]

I would like to ask a question about T-72s since there are so many knowledgeable people in this thread. Could someone identify this type for me?