9/23/2023 0 Comments German main battle tank modernMorocco – 40 T-72B, ~60 in storage as of 2023.Malaysia – 48 PT-91M delivered by Poland (improved Polish PT-91, which is itself an improved variant of the T-72M1).Kenya – 33 T-72M1 possibly ordered by South Sudan from Ukraine, but seized by Kenya after being held ransom en route by Somali pirates in 2008.Some T-72s have been upgraded and modernized by Iran with Rakhsh kits. Only 125 T-72M1 are in service as of 2009 with the new Iraqi Army. 375 T-72 Ural (1973), T-72 Ural modernization, T-72M, T-72M1, Lion of Babylon and Saddam tanks were in service with Iraqi Regular Army in 2003. Iraq – 1,000 T-72 Ural (1973), T-72 Ural modernization, T-72M, T-72M1 and Saddam tanks were in service with Iraqi Army in 1990.India – 2,418 T-72M1, 156 VT-72B, and some bridgelayer vehicles as of 2023. Hungary announced it ordered 44 Leopard 2A7+ tanks from Germany, which are to replace the T-72 in the 2020s. 77 T-72s were donated to the new Iraqi Army. Hungary – 44 T-72M1 in service as of 2022.Upgraded T-72 SIMs were upgraded in Georgia with assistance of Israel. Ethiopia – 50 bought from Yemen, 171 T-72UA1 vehicles reportedly ordered from Ukraine in 2011.Democratic Republic of the Congo – 100 T-72AV delivered by Ukraine in 2010.50 T-72M1s were donated to Ukraine between 20. Czech Republic – 30 T-72M4CZ in service (up to 89 T-72M1 in reserve) as of 2022.Canada - 1 operated by the 4 Intelligence Company.Bulgaria – 90 T-72M1/M in service as of 2022.2016 as of 2023 Various T-72 modifications in reserve. Republic of Artsakh − ~20 T-72AV/B and 1 T-72SIM2 as of 2023.Armenian Army T-72B during a military parade in Yerevan Current operators T-72S main battle tank of the Myanmar Army. T-72 CI-Ajeya tank of Indian Army during an army parade. Operators T-72 operators in blue with former operators in red. The T-72 has been exported and produced in many countries. In front-line Russian service, T-72s are being upgraded or augmented by the T-90, itself a modernized version of the T-72B. It replaced the T-54/55 series as the workhorse of Soviet tank forces (while the T-64 and T-80 served as the Soviet high-technology tanks). The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971.
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