T-72 operators and variants: Difference between revisions

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| number = approx. 25,000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tankmuseum.org/tank-nuts/tank-collection/t-72/ |title=T-72 total production no. 1 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190357/https://tankmuseum.org/tank-nuts/tank-collection/t-72/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/ussr/soviet_t-72.php |title=T-72 total production no. 2 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185332/https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/ussr/soviet_t-72.php }}</ref>

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The [[T-72]] is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-designed [[main battle tank]] that entered production in 1973. 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).{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} In front-line Russian service, T-72s are being upgraded or augmented by the [[T-90]], itself a modernized version of the T-72B. The T-72 has been exported and produced in many countries.