Sonki3 wrote:Then I have another information for historical accuracy. I have read in one of the german tank history books, that East Germany also had plans to update some of the T-72M1 tanks into the T-72M1M version, similar to the Czechoslovakian version. (The reason for this decision was, that they wanted some tanks withthe Svir missile. They could just not put the missile into the normal T-72M1 version - they had to upgrade them in the factory.) Which means, that the normal T-72S should also be available as well as the T-72M1M, yet only just 1 card for each of them. (Funding reasons.)
They made those plans in 1988 and this change had to be implemented til the year 1992. (The implementation of the T-72S and T-72S1 until the year 1995.))
Which book was that? I recall that they wanted the missile, hence the T-55AM2PBs, but I wasn't certain what was planned for the T-72M1s other than some variant of T-72S. Another forum post suggests the T-72Ss would be of Romanian production, but I have not found anything to back that up or see what Romania wanted to produce.
T-90S is more or less the E7 variant of T-72S, just mine lacks the Svir (which I wouldn't mind adding). T-72S1 is the E8-1 variant which is a reasonable and cheap large scale upgrade for the T-72M1s. In Wargame's alternative timeline, I don't mind stretching things a bit to fit the T-90S alongside the T-72S1s instead of the E7 or E8. The question is really whether it should get a missile or not. If I give it a Svir, I am tempted to downgrade the main ammo to 3BM-42 (20 AP).
