01 T-72M1 Main Battle Tank	02 T-72M1 Main Battle Tank	03 T-72M1 Main Battle Tank	04 T-72M1 Turret
05 T-72 Driver's Hatch	06 T-72 Loaders Hatch	07 T-72 Commander's Hatch	08 T-72 Commander's Hatch
09 T-72 Driver's Position	10 T-72 Infared Spotlight	11 T-72 Driving Lamp	12 T-72 Exhaust Cool Air Pipes
13 T-72 Exhaust Cool Air Pipes	14 T-72 Exhaust Cool Air Pipes	15 T-72 Tank Storage Tube	16 T-72 Tank Drive Sprocket

T-72M1 Main Battle Tank Specifications:

More Soviet T-72 Main Battle Tanks at other Military Museums in the northeast
A Soviet T-72 Main Battle Tank at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario	Another T-72 Main Battle Tank at the AAF Tank Museum in Danville, VA
	Another T-72 Main Battle Tank at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD

Length: 31 feet, 3 inches
Width: 11 feet, 9 inches
Height: 7 feet, 2 inches
Crew: 3
Weight: 44 Tons
Max Speed: 37mph
Range: 310 miles
Armor: Laminate 7.8" Glacis Plate
Powerplant: V-84 V12 Water Cooled Diesel 840hp
Fuel Capacity: 317 Gallons
Armament:
 125mm 2A46m Smoothbore Cannon
 7.62 Coax Machine Gun
 12.7mm Cupola Mounted Machine Gun
Entered Service: 1971
Unit Cost: $310,000

This particular T-72 Main Battle Tank was captured from the Iraqi army by the US 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq in 1991. The original Iraqi tank crew devised an interesting series of pipework. It looks like it draws cooler air from in front of the tank which is sucked into the exhaust stream, cooling the exhaust gasses and lowering the infared heat signature of the tank's diesel engine exhaust. Because of the uniqueness of the modification, it was brought back to the US for study. I haven't been able to find anything stating how effective this exhaust cooling system was.

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