The Bulgarian government has approved a project to upgrade the T-72 tanks. Yesterday, February 17, the portal sofiaglobe.com He informed that the modernization will take place within the framework of a contract with Terem signed back in 2020.
Under the contract, it was assumed that 44 T-72 tanks of M1 and M2 modifications would be upgraded for BGN 78.7 million (€40.2 million). In the updated solution, the cost of work has increased to BGN 99 million.
T-72 tanks of the Bulgarian Armed Forces
Image source: sofiaglobe.com
The government statement says that the updated investment project is aimed "at overcoming the technological backwardness of tank formations in terms of fire control systems, communication security and situational awareness." In particular, the updated project takes into account the need to install new radio stations with a built-in encryption module.
The T-72 Ural is the main battle tank of the Soviet Army, which is also the most massive main battle tank of the second generation. The machine was put into service in 1973 and has been repeatedly upgraded. Today, the T-72 is in service with the armies of many former Soviet republics, Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria and a number of other countries. Modifications of the T-72 were produced under license in Yugoslavia (M-84), Poland (PT-91), as well as Czechoslovakia and India. The tank was mass-produced in the period from 1973 to 2005 — during this time, about 30,000 T-72 units were produced in various modifications.
