T-72
From Cold War Crisis Wiki
| T-72 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Role | Main Battle Tank |
| Faction | USSR |
| Armament | 125mm 2A46M smoothbore 7.62mm PKMT coaxial machine gun 12.7mm NSV AA machine gun |
| Price | 800 supplies units |
| Fuel usage | 13 units of fuel |
| Introduced at | Start |
Contents |
Description
- Available at start after building a Tank Supplystation.
- Can engage vehicles, buildings, infantry and -if close enough- helicopters and low flying jets.
- Not as effective against other targets as it is against armour.
- Has a long range but a low view sight.
- Takes a great deal of time to reload after firing its Sabot shells.
- Upgradeable with a mine clearer platform.
Usage
- It can take out most tanks with two or more shots.
- Should be used to support other vehicles.
- They can shoot at infantry, but that doesn't mean you should use them solely for that purpose.
- They are vulnerable to Anti-Tank missiles, so keep them behind your infantry.
- Use them in front of the T-64 as bait.
- It can shoot at helicopters only if they are above them.
- They can clear mines after through an available upgrade, so upgrade if you predict that the road you'll be going through is filled with mines.
Against Infantry
Reasonable damage.
Against Tanks
Sabot shells deal great damage to most MBTs, but is not as effective against the more heavily armoured tanks like T-80BVs and M1A1s.
Against Buildings
Good damage, but due to its slow rate of fire it should not be used solely for that purpose.
How to defend against
- Anti-Tank missiles can take out with one or two hits.
- Anti-Tank Soldier is good for the job, but use them in pairs to disallow the tank to fire back.
- Anti-Tank vehicles like the Humvee TOW and BRDM-2 AT-5 Spandrel can make short work of them, but they are vulnerable if faced directly with the T-72s, so fire at them from afar.
- Base defenses and garrisoned structures are a good defense against T-72s.
