T-72M/M1 from Czech Republic and Germany

86 of them have been pledged of which 86 have been delivered in april and may 2022 and april 2025.

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.