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L9 bar minelarger figure on 0 of 2
T-72larger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source120 centimetres (47 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | L9 bar mine | T-72 |
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| Type | Anti-tank blast mine[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1969–present[source] | 1969–present[source] |
| Filling | TNT[source] | — |
| Used by | — | See Operators |
Gun forward
Single source) hull
Single sourceto
Single source9.73 m (31 ft 11 in) gun forward 6.67 to 6.86 m (21 ft 11 in to 22 ft 6 in) hull[source]
commander, gunner, driver
Single source3 (commander, gunner, driver)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single sourceMaximum; reverse
Single source60 km/h (37 mph) 4 km/h (2.5 mph) (reverse)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single sourceOperational; with fuel drums
Single source500 km (310 mi), 650 to 700 km (400 to 430 mi) with fuel drums[source]
V12 diesel V-46-4 (T-72 Ural), V-46-6 (T-72A), V-84-1 (T-72B), V-92S2F (T-72B3 & T-72B3M) V-46-4/V-46-6
Single sourceV-84-1
Single sourceV-92S2F
Single sourceV12 diesel V-46-4 (T-72 Ural), V-46-6 (T-72A), V-84-1 (T-72B), V-92S2F (T-72B3 & T-72B3M) 780 hp (580 kW) (V-46-4/V-46-6) 840 hp (630 kW) (V-84-1) 1,130 hp (840 kW) (V-92S2F)[source]
Filling weight
Single source8.4 kilograms (19 lb)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | — | List Iran–Iraq War 1982 Lebanon War 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War Sri Lankan Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Gulf War 1991 Iraqi uprisings Georgian Civil War Civil war in Tajikistan Sierra Leone Civil War Yugoslav Wars Algerian Civil War Rwandan Civil War First Chechen War Kargil War Second Chechen War 2003 invasion of Iraq Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War South Sudanese Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Second Libyan Civil War Boko Haram insurgency 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war Tigray War Russo-Ukraine War 2023 Sudan conflict[source] |
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| Designer | — | Leonid Kartsev-Valeri Venediktov[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1967–1972[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Uralvagonzavod , Heavy Vehicles Factory[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$0.5–1.2 million in 1994–1996, US$1–2 million (30,962,000–61,924,000 rubles) in 2009, US$0.5 million in 2011[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1973-present[source] |
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| No. built | — | approx. 25,000[source] |
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| Armour | — | Steel and composite armour with ERA[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 125 mm 2A26M2/2A46/ 2A46M /2A46M-5 smoothbore gun[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 7.62 mm PKT coax. machine gun 12.7 mm NSVT[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 19.0 hp/tonne (T-72 Ural), 18.8 hp/tonne (T-72 A/B)[source] |
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| Transmission | — | Synchromesh , hydraulically assisted, with 7 forward and 1 reverse gears[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Torsion bar[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 0.49 m (19 in)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 1,200 L (320 U.S. gal; 260 imp gal)[source] |
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