The gun is highly destructive against light vehicles, low-flying aircraft, and vehicles showing their sides alternatively, it can also be used to knock out enemies' barrels. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready rack.Ī very distinctive feature of the T-72M2 is the 2A42 30 mm autocannon mounted on the right side of the turret.

Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from racks 1 to 3 into rack 4.

The restocking time is longer than the normal reload time of the gun.

Once the autoloader magazine has been depleted, you can't shoot until the loader has restocked the autoloader with at least one shell.

As the T-72M2 Moderna is equipped with an autoloader, manual reloading of the gun is not possible.

This rack gets filled first when loading up the tank and is also emptied first.

Rack 4 (autoloader carrousel) is a first stage ammo rack containing 22 projectiles and 22 propellant charges.

For the purpose of clarity, rack 2 is considered empty even if that charge is still present.

A propellant charge remains in rack 2 after it is emptied and is later fired as part of rack 3.

Shells are modelled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.

The T-72M2 Moderna uses two-piece ammunition, composed of propellant bags (orange) and projectiles (yellow).While it might not be enough at higher tiers with an abundance of APFSDS shells which can go up to 500 mm penetration, the protection is enough to stop most tanks which have been up-tiered at longer ranges and the turret can stop up to 700 mm from kinetic penetrators.īut once again, this is still a T-72 series with a compact interior and the same AZ-172 autoloader like any T-72 series tank, a solid penetration from enemy projectiles will very likely set it ablaze (sometimes even fuel explosion) or detonate the ammunition, launching the turret sky-high, so players need to pay extra caution to enemies just like other T-72s do.Īmmo racks of the T-72A (identical). However, he M2 modification adds layers of DYNAS ERA blocks on UFP and turret front, each block can provide additional protection against up to 100 mm of kinetic penetration, making the T-72M2 tougher to be destroyed.

Although it is named T-72M2, which might sound more advanced, the base model is still a T-72M which shares the same chassis as the stock T-72A.

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