Description In the wake of the T-72 tank\'s poor performance in the 1991 Gulf War, the Kremlin instructed the Russian Tank industry to drop the discredited T-72 designation in favor of the T-90 Vladimir.
The T-90 has become the principal export Tank of Russia, and is in service in large numbers in many countries including.
The T-90 was in fact a further evolution of the T-72 family, but the name change represented an important break in Russian/Soviet Tank design history.
Description In the wake of the T-72 tank\'s poor performance in the 1991 Gulf War, the Kremlin instructed the Russian Tank industry to drop the discredited T-72 designation in favor of the T-90 Vladimir