T-72 variants

Er, besides the Tamiya kit, which is the more accurate base for conversions, there really are no 'new' model kits of the T-72 series of tanks at all, although they're desperately wanted.

During Dragon's early years, they came out with a number of T-72 variants including the one with the cladding for nusclear blasts. Of course comparing them with the new models, details are found wanting. I have some of them and they look alright though. I hope come out with with new tooling of this series.

Yeah, the T-72 is definitely a mixed bag of nuts. Depending on which factory, which era, which country of origin; all of these factors played a part in the various configurations of this vehicle.

You may wish to check out this thread as well:

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=167913&page=1

And the designation of several variants changed during the 1990s... that makes it even more fun...

You ask how many variants there are? Can you recite the letters of the alphabet? 

Yes C and E are the optical stereoscopic rangefinder from early varaints of the T-72. F is the later laser rangefinder. G is anti radiation protection that was added in the 80s when the Neutron Bomb was a viable threat to Soviet armor.

You are on the right track, but as Rob said there are more variants to the T-72 than can easily be listed.

Here is a fairly decent T-72 thread with links to other T-72 threads. It's a tank that's been in production for several decades in multiple nations so there is a wide variety of variations.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47209/thread/1300646016/Tamiya+T-72+turret-+Good+-