T-72M1 from Czech Republic, Germany and Bulgaria

+62 of them have been pledged of which +62 have been Delivered in April and May or June 2022.

20 from Czech stocks through the Ringtausch programme in exchange of 14 Leopard 2A4 MBTs and 1 Büffel ARV, and some purchased by Bulgaria from Czech stocks.

The T-72M1 is a modernized T-72M ( The T-72M is an export version of the T-72A ) with 16mm armor plate above the driver station and added composite armor on the turret.

First example destroyed in November 2022

A T-72M1 in operation before being abandoned and then destroyed near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia.

A T-72M1 that was refurbished by the Bulgarian company Apolo Engineering back in 1993 was captured by the Russian force.

A T-72M1 was destroyed by a Lancet loitering munition in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.