However, I find it very difficult to model Georgian tank after what they've been doing in Southern outskirts of S. Ossetia's capital in past 48 hours. There. I just had to say it!

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However, I find it very difficult to model Georgian tank after what they've been doing in Southern outskirts of S. Ossetia's capital in past 48 hours. There. I just had to say it!

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I'm hesitant to ask, but frankly there seems little evidence the Georgians are the perpetrators of what they are accused, especially with Russian forces now moving into Abkhasia on the opposite side of the country. Seems Russia's ulterior motives are all what this is about.

ERA is only effective against HEAT rounds-APFSDS rounds will just blow right thru them... Dan

I am following this war on the news, and I have noticed a lot of footage with T-72's with the turret upside down. It is interesting to see what a T-72 versus a T-72 can do......

Although it is my favourite tank of all times, I really doubt the effectiveness of all that ERA on the hull. And maybe they should store their rounds somewhere else too

First of all, there are no T-90 equipped units of Russian Army currently deployed in Ossetia. 58th Army's heavy armor is almost exclusively composed of T-72B "Super Dolly Parton" and few T-72B mod. 1989 (more commonly known as T-72BM). Georgian Army uses USSR legacy T-72Bs Super Dolly Parton (in far fewer number compared to RuA), T-72A and AV. Since there have been influx of military hardware from former Warsaw Pact nations into Georgia in past few years I would assume there maybe limited number of T-72Ms used as well.Since I don't recall any hard evidence on that, you might want check it yourself.

However, I find it very difficult to model Georgian tank after what they've been doing in Southern outskirts of S. Ossetia's capital in past 48 hours. There. I just had to say it!

On to the kits and AM:
Your best, and pretty much only bet, is to get Tamiya T-72M. This is the most accurate T-72 model currently on the market. It is, though, a model depicting license built T-72 by either Poland or late Czechoslovak one. It has accurate hull and running gear, but turret is not so good overall. Having said that it is modeled after license built tank and not a soviet one, you can't basically build OOB as either Russia or Georgia used vehicle (unless of course, you can find proof of Ms or M1s being actually used). On the positive side, there are aftermarket sets available from Miniarm, necessary to convert base kit into either model B or B(M); down side is obvious-they are pricey. Also, I doubt you can find any T-72AV conversions today, unless you are willing to re-do kit's turret and use Kontakt-3 ERA, Modelpoint sets are too old and inaccurate, from Miniarm's T-72B sets.
I hope that helped

The Revell, Zvezda, and Italeri are all just copies of the DML. They are all the same junk.

Guess you missed Desert Storm and OIF. That's what happens to a T72 when it's hit. It's a bad design having all your ammo in an unprotected set up like that. They are just a Roman candel waiting to happen.