The T-72 was the most common tank used by the Soviet Army from the 1970s to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was also exported to other Warsaw Pact countries, as well as Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yugoslavia, as well as being copied elsewhere, both with and without licenses.
T-72M – Export version, similar to T-72A but with thinner armour and downgraded weapon systems. Also built in Poland and former Czechoslovakia
