Editing T-72M (section)

===East Germany===
[[File:T-72M_Stat_Card.jpg|300px|left|thumb|Die Statitiskkarte des neuen Volkspanzers!]]
The more advanced tank option for East German commanders, the T-72M is a pretty decent option for those who want to bury their enemies in steel, but also want a tank that isn't older than their ''Opa''. 

The T-72M has the exact same armament as its Soviet model, so this might get a bit repetitive. The T-72M mounts a 125mm 2A46 gun which is quite capable of brutalizing early model NATO Main Battle tanks and stands a decent chance of damaging later models with its AT value of 21, and with the FP of 2+, practically anything you penetrate you are going to blow up. It's also rather good at dealing with unarmored targets like infantry and light vehicles as the ''Brutal'' rule means that they have to re-roll their successful saves. The T-72M can fire on the move with near impunity as the stabilizer negates the negative effects of moving, and the laser range-finder negates the penalties of firing at extreme range. The only downside is the fact that the 2A46 only has a ROF of 1, both halted and on the move, which means that you must mass tanks to mass fire. Oh, there is also a pair of machine guns; one 12.7mm AA mounted on a pintle and a 7.62mm mounted coaxially.

As for the armor, well let's just say that it isn't great. The frontal armor of the T-72M is 15, one better than the T55AM2 and the exact same as the M60 Patton. The T-72M will have a very difficult time dealing with Dedicated AT Weapons, especially HEAT shells, as they don't lose penetration at extreme distances. Your okay-ish side armour of 8 does get a boost against them, with Bazooka Skirts bumping the value up to 10. Notably, however, the armor is only one worse than the composite version. 

T-72M Panzer Kompanies starts out with three tanks costing a total of 7 points. After that, you may add any number of vehicles to the unit up to a grand total of 10 T-72Ms, with every extra tank costing you an additional 4 points (so a max of 35). Yes this does mean that if you were using [[T55AM2]]s you could have twice the tanks for the same price, but you sacrifice a lot for that cheapness, so think about it before you join the Zerg rushing hordes.

For historians out there, the T-72M was phased in with the Land Forces of the NVA starting in the 1970s, and the process was complete with first-line tank regiments by the late 1970s/early 1980s. The T-72M was the MBT of choice with the 7th and 9th Panzer Divisions, the two tank divisions of the East German army, but the motor rifle divisions' tank regiments, along with those in second-line and reserve divisions, often had to make do with the older T-54/T-55.

"Volksarmee" features a T-72M company within Panzerregiment 21 "Walter Empacher" in most of its story descriptions from an East German perspective, and provides some background on the 9th Panzer Division.

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