T-72 operators and variants: Difference between revisions

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* {{IRN}} – 480 T-72S as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=324}}

* {{IRQ}} – 1,000 T-72 Ural (1973), T-72 Ural ''modernization'', T-72M, T-72M1 and Saddam tanks were in service with [[Iraqi Army]] in 1990. 375 T-72 Ural (1973), T-72 Ural ''modernization'', T-72M, T-72M1, Lion of Babylon and Saddam tanks were in service with Iraqi Regular Army in 2003. Only 125 T-72M1 are in service as of 2009 with the [[new Iraqi Army]]. Some T-72S MBTs in service with the PMF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.com/2021/07/24/iran-gave-upgraded-tanks-to-its-iraqi-proxies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725051138/https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.com/2021/07/24/iran-gave-upgraded-tanks-to-its-iraqi-proxies/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 July 2021|title=Iran Gave Upgraded Tanks to Its Iraqi Proxies|date=24 July 2021}}</ref> Some T-72s have been upgraded and modernized by Iran with Rakhsh kits.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-24|title=Iran Gave Upgraded Tanks To Its Iraqi Proxies|url=https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.com/2021/07/24/iran-gave-upgraded-tanks-to-its-iraqi-proxies/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725051138/https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.com/2021/07/24/iran-gave-upgraded-tanks-to-its-iraqi-proxies/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 July 2021|access-date=2021-10-21|website=21st Century Asian Arms Race|language=en}}</ref>

**{{flag|Kurdistan}} −<63 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www63.youtube.com/watch?v=TgbEhvrfwQc&feature=player_embedded|title=shex ja3far puk|work=YouTube|access-date=9 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117235016/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgbEhvrfwQc&feature=player_embedded|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Military Balance 2016|p=491}} Entered service for the [[Peshmerga]] after 1991.

* {{KAZ}} – 350 T-72BA as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|pages=178-179}}

* {{KEN}} – 33 T-72M1 possibly ordered by South Sudan from Ukraine, but seized by Kenya after being held ransom en route by Somali pirates in 2008<ref name="SIPRI"/>

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* {{SWE}} – Acquired 8 former East German T-72s in 1991 primarily to evaluate Soviet armour. One has been preserved, while others are used as targets.

* {{USA}} – 90{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

* {{PRC}} -– 1 obtained from the exchange of industrial machinery in Romania for scientific research, which is called "Type 64".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guancha.cn/XiYaZhou/2014_08_09_254957.shtml |title=席亚洲：中俄坦克恩仇录 |accessdate=2016-10-21 |archive-date=2016-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021133436/http://www.guancha.cn/XiYaZhou/2014_08_09_254957.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> And as of 2023, a domestically modernized variant equipped with a new turret—reportedly intended for export to third countries—has also been spotted in China.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://k.sina.cn/article_2019914355_78657273020017t4i.html |title=国内现T72坦克改进型，会不会是俄军工产能不足，找中国帮忙呢？ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=新浪网 |date=2023-03-13}}</ref>

=== Former operators ===

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}}{{GDR}} – 35 T-72s (from USSR), 219 T-72s (from Poland and Czechoslovakia), 31 T-72Ms (from USSR), 162 T-72Ms (from Poland and Czechoslovakia) and 136 T-72M1s. 135 T-72S were ordered but none delivered before reunification. 75 T-72s were fitted with additional hull armour. Passed on to the unified German state<ref name="rfahrzeuge1" />

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{{GDR}} – 35 T-72s (from USSR), 219 T-72s (from Poland and Czechoslovakia), 31 T-72Ms (from USSR), 162 T-72Ms (from Poland and Czechoslovakia) and 136 T-72M1s. 135 T-72S were ordered but none delivered before reunification. 75 T-72s were fitted with additional hull armour. Passed on to the unified German state<ref name="rfahrzeuge1" />

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| {{GER}} – 549 tanks taken from the GDR's army, all scrapped, sold to other countries or given to museums.}}

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| {{LVA}} – 114,<ref name="Soviet Armed Forces" /> all units transferred to Russia in 1994{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

| {{MDA}} – 0,<ref name="Soviet Armed Forces" /> no Soviet divisions stationed in Moldova fielded T-72s}}

* [[Tigray Defense Forces]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oryx|title=The Tigray Defence Forces -– Documenting Its Heavy Weaponry|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/09/the-tigray-defence-forces-documenting.html|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Oryx Blog}}</ref> − Surrendered to the Ethiopian forces in the aftermath of the [[Tigray War]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Misikir |first1=Maya |title=Tigray Forces Start Handing Over Heavy Weapons as Part of Peace Deal |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tigray-forces-start-handing-over-heavy-weapons-as-part-of-peace-deal-/6913979.html |access-date=11 January 2024 |work=Voice of America |date=11 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

* {{YUG}} – Bought approximately 18 T-72Ms from the USSR and 72 from Czechoslovakia, later developed the improved [[M-84]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Iztok |last1=Kočevar|title=Micmac à tire-larigot chez Tito: L'arme blindée yougoslave durant la Guerre froide|trans-title=The Yugoslav armored arm during the Cold War|magazine=Batailles et Blindés|language=fr|date=August 2014|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|issue=62|pages=66–79}}</ref>