Review | BF T-72B Tank Company Box Set 1/100 (15mm) - TSBX29 | Warsaw act - WWIII: Team Yankee

[@victordenbak]

Very nice review as ever, much appreciated. These upgrade sprues enhance the looks very much. It looks much better than I expected upon announcement. Got five built, two more to go from the new starter box :)

[@FogofWar]

They do look very cool, don't they!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Another great review mate. Good job.

[@FogofWar]

Thank you. Looking forward to talking WP on the livestream this weekend. I made slides...

[@Archaeonomy]

I love the look of the ERA blocks on this model, should really pick up drybrushing beaufiully.

[@FogofWar]

Sure should!

[@nuts4ships]

Very well done Harry.

[@FogofWar]

Thanks Russ. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kaipoh265]

Excellent look at this kit! And many thanks to your wallet for sponsoring the review!

[@FogofWar]

Thanks. I just hope my wallet will forgive me. It gets grumpy and says "It's all just take with you. Take, take, take!"

[@Subcomandante73]

I have ordered a box of 5 just to try them out. If nothing else they do meet the 'rule of cool' :)

[@FogofWar]

Yeah. They do, don't they. :-)

[@Gekiko7167]

Very helpful review! Are you planning on covering the RDF/LT?

[@FogofWar]

I would love to. Maybe one day.

[@Gekiko7167]

@@FogofWar Just got it and man, its a really nice little kit! I also got a Merkava and the details on the turret are amazing! I really didn't expect such a crisp and fine finish on this 1/100 models.

[@stephenhunt2806]

Nice review. I ordered my box yesterday!

[@FogofWar]

It’s a nice kit!

[@aledroberts6580]

Great video and now I am thinking that I may need T-72’s in my Soviet army. But I don’t think these will replace my T-64’s just yet in games down the club :)

[@FogofWar]

Thanks!

[@OneofInfinity.]

Great review, I like how they added those 2 extra protection "plates" on the left side skirt, under the exhaust. Nice extra detail missing on the original kit.

[@FogofWar]

Cool. Thanks for letting me know about that.

[@e-4airman124]

thank you

[@FogofWar]

You're welcome. Are you fielding these?

[@BrushQuill]

A great look at the kit Harry. Brill video :)

[@FogofWar]

Thanks Callum. It was a fun build.

[@trixiepara]

Great vid mate.

[@FogofWar]

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching.

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

T-72B also had a later development that had the same ERA as the T-80U (the only T-80 in team yankee is an 80U) that is the kit that Zvesda made (the T-72B 1989) Some T-72Bs were made without ATGM sights, referred to as the T-72B1

[@FogofWar]

Cool! Thanks for that. Was the T-72B1 without ATGM destined for WP and export? I'm not a T-72 surgeon. The history is pretty general with T-72 because if you tried to follow all the twists and curves of their development and variants your head would explode. And the video would be hours long. :-)

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@@FogofWar The export variant of the T-72B is the T-72S, the B1 was made for some strange part of the Soviet doctrine where they intentionally make batches of gunlaunching tanks without the equipment needed to use it, examples including the T-62M1 and the T-64B1 which both are existing tanks that simply didn't get made with a ATGM sight.

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@Darren Rushworth-Moore When they made that kit the T-72B3 didn't exist yet if I remember correctly. Though the T-72B3 is a modernisation of the T-72B model 1989 for two main reasons, it has the infared search lights which were removed when they added the B3's thermal sight and it was made for a game based on the 1991 Gulf War where the Soviets counter invade Iraq to prevent an American victory.

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@Darren Rushworth-Moore Yes, I am on about Zvezda too, they just used the same box art which showed a T-72B mod 1985

[@joshuameadow-betts9843]

This box might just convince me to finally start an east german list. That and they can finally field Acacia

[@FogofWar]

I have an EG opponent who regularly thrashes me. You know you want to do it!

[@GhostMaker00]

Dang it, now I will do a T72 horde

[@FogofWar]

You’re welcome… ;-)

[@gwill66000]

Nice review. A shame these came out so much later than the initial releases.

[@FogofWar]

Can’t be helped. I think TY was a bigger hit than BF expected.

[@andron2348]

Your pocket is a "Hero"

[@FogofWar]

He has certainly taken a few hits for the team...

[@andron2348]

@@FogofWar have you ever considered applying reactive armour to you wallet, you should take less of a hit that way

[@airsoftfreak11]

I want to make old t72s but I want to be able to swap to t72b when I feel like it

[@FogofWar]

It is technically possible I suppose, but it would be a LOT of magnet work.

[@simonbarnes7620]

So the kit is basically a T 72M1 ( which should have better armour than a T 72 Ural or a T 72M) or a T 72B, if you are not picky about details it could be a T 72A, shame the B is missing the distinctive radiation cladding from the turret.

[@FogofWar]

The radiation shielding would have been a nice detail to have.

[@maxxon99]

So my old T-72 models are overcosted and useless, but if I buy new models I have something competitive to field? Thanks for the "fix" Battlefront...

[@FogofWar]

I have a bunch of old T-72s as well. But I have some T-72s, some T-64s and some (mostly unbuilt) T-80s. I plan to use the T-72s alongside the new T-72B kits as proxies. I'm sure my opponents will be OK with them all being T-72Bs as long as I am clear about what is what up front. They never complained about my HQ tank, which was the Zvezda T-72B3. It just made it easy to pick him out. BF hate to repoint existing kits, so introducing the T-72B was really their only option.

[@maxxon99]

@@FogofWar I find that a bit weird. I can understand reluctance to changing the stats as then all the old unit cards turn obsolete, but the point costs are in far fewer places. Of course, it's not bad for business if people keep buying new models.

[@timwhitford6855]

Not very realistic, the turret is still attached.

[@FogofWar]

Meow! Someone get Tim a saucer of milk! :-)

[@timwhitford6855]

@@FogofWar Sorry couldn't stop myself.