Pictured here is a 1:32 scale replica of an upgraded T-72 main battle tank employed by the Iraqi Army during the US-led Operation Iraqi Freedom and attached to a Republican Guards formation. In addition to production in the USSR it has been built under license in Czechoslovakia, India, Poland and former Yugoslavia. While the T-64 was deployed only in forward-deployed Soviet units, the T-72 was deployed within the USSR and exported to non-Soviet Warsaw Pact armies and several other countries. The T-72 retains the low silhouette of the T-54/55/62 series, featuring a conventional layout with integrated fuel cells and stowage containers which give a streamlined appearance to the fenders. The T-72, introduced in the early 1970s, is not a further development of the T-64, but rather a parallel design chosen as a high-production tank complementing the T-64. The T-72, which entered production in 1971, was first seen in public in 1977. Saddam Hussein, commenting on the build up of Coalition Forces in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield, November 12th, 1990 Forces of Valor 80015 Iraqi T-72 Main Battle Tank - Republican Guard, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 (1:32 Scale) "We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought."
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