T-64
These features made the T-64 expensive to build, significantly more so than previous generations of Soviet tanks. This was especially true of the power pack, which was time-consuming to build and cost twice as much as more conventional designs. Several proposals were made to improve the T-64 with new engines, but chief designer Alexander Morozov's political power in Moscow kept the design in production in spite of any concerns about price. This led to the T-72 being designed as an emergency design, only to be produced in the case of a war, but its 40% lower price led to it entering production in spite of Morozov's objections.
Q270697
T-64
MISC
-64^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-64
NUMBER
Q270697
T-64
MISC
-64^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-64
NUMBER
Q2472099
Alexander Morozov
PER
Q649
Moscow
LOC
Q155658
T-72
MISC
-72^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-72
NUMBER
+40^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
40
NUMBER
Q155658
T-72
MISC
Q270697
T-64
MISC