TR-125
Sign in to saveThe TR-125 () prototype main battle tank is a redesigned T-72 made in Romania with Romanian components only. Number 125 in the designation stands for the 125 mm A555 smoothbore tank gun. It is now designated P-125 (P stands for Prototype).
Key facts
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.name
- TR-125
- Weapon.image
- TR-125 tank during a military parade.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- TR-125
- Weapon.origin
- Romania
- Weapon.type
- Main battle tank
- Weapon.used_by
- Romania
- Weapon.wars
- none
- Weapon.number
- 5-10 prototypes
- Weapon.weight
- 50 tonnes
- Weapon.length
- 7.9 m
- Weapon.width
- 3.6 m
- Weapon.height
- 2.2 m
- Weapon.crew
- 3 (commander, driver and gunner)
- Weapon.suspension
- torsion bar
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 125 mm A555 smoothbore tank gun
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- PKMT 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, DShK 12.7 mm AA machine gun on commander's ring-mount
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Romanian T-72M tank.jpg
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- total produced
- 3
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The TR-125 () prototype main battle tank is a redesigned T-72 made in Romania with Romanian components only. Number 125 in the designation stands for the 125 mm A555 smoothbore tank gun. It is now designated P-125 (P stands for Prototype).
==History== In the late 1970s - early 1980s, Romania ordered 30 T-72M main battle tanks from the USSR. The Romanian government asked USSR for a license to build T-72 tanks locally. Rebuffed by the Soviet leaders, the communist government decided to reverse-engineer the T-72 tank.