TR-125

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).

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Within Vinony's link graph, TR-125 is referenced by 145 other articles, and connects out to Romania, Romanian and Cold War.

It sits within the topics Main battle tanks of Romania, Main battle tanks of the Cold War and Romania–Soviet Union relations.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

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

Subclass of: main battle tank
Country of origin: Romania
Image: Romanian T-72M tank.jpg

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total produced: 3

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Description
Operators
References and notes
References
External links

==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.

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