Yesterday, after watching the promotional video, I learned that "War Thunder" will introduce the BMPT in its next update. Today, while discussing this vehicle with friends, I suddenly remembered that I had actually made it 1.4 years ago. So, what you’re seeing now is essentially an old model with some patches applied (honestly, my productivity hasn’t been enough lately to rebuild a vehicle from scratch). I might consider making the BMPT-72 in the future, but that’s still a distant plan.

The history of the BMPT fire support vehicle (the "Terminator") traces back to the lessons learned by the Soviet Union during the Afghan War, when tanks struggled to engage guerrilla forces positioned at higher elevations. Following Russia’s devastating defeat in urban combat during the First Chechen War in the 1990s, the Russian Ministry of Defense revived the project in 1998. The Ural plant was tasked with developing it based on the T-72 chassis. The prototype, equipped with dual 30mm autocannons, anti-tank missiles, and grenade launchers, was unveiled in 2000. State trials were completed in 2006, but the project was halted in 2011 due to funding issues. Eventually, a limited number were put into service and saw their first combat deployment during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict.

After I finished making this vehicle, I discovered that the original creator of the chassis had already made one. Still, having an extra version isn’t necessarily a bad thing (though the original creator hasn’t updated it in a long time). This version only addressed a few minor issues, with almost no other changes made.

I probably should have used the T-90 chassis, but since the T-90 was originally called the T-72U, it really doesn’t make much of a difference.

By the way, this translation was polished by AI (and you know what? AI is incredibly useful!). It’s far better than those rigid, bureaucratic translation tools.