TR-125

The TR-125 (TR-125 stands for "Tanc Romanesc 125" - Romanian Tank 125) main battle tank is the redesigned T-72 made in Romania made of Romanian components only. Number 125 in the designation stands for the 125 mm A555 smoothbore tank gun. It is now designated P-125.

History
In the late 1970's - early 1980s, the USSR supplied Romania with 30 T-72 main battle tanks. Mass production was also planned and because Romania has a tradition of producing only weapons that are made of domestic made components therefore works on a such a variant were started in mid 1980's. Three (five according to other sources) prototypes were made and tested.

Description
The vehicle has a modified suspension with seven pairs of wheels, unlike the T-72 and most tanks based on it which have six. This allowed the hull to be stretched by 1 m and installation of a more powerful 850-900 HP diesel engine 8VSA3, basically a variant of the engine mounted in TR-85. It used an old DShK machine gun for anti-aircraft purposes and was fitted with extra armour. As a result of these changes the tank's weight increased from 41.5 tonnes (T-72M) to around 50 tonnes.

Operators

 * - 3 or 5 prototypes