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[[File:T-72 users.PNG|thumb|right|upright=1.35|Operators {{legend|#0b60d4|Current}}{{legend|#dc0023|Former}}]]

[[File:T-72 CI-Ajeya.jpg|thumb|T-72 CI-Ajeya tank of Indian Army during an army parade.]]

[[File:T-72B.jpg|thumb|[[Armenian Ground Forces|Armenian Army]] T-72B during a military parade in [[Yerevan]].]]

===Current operators===

* {{ALG}} – 325 T-72M1/M1M as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=315}}

* {{ANG}}<ref name="NMAA">{{cite web|first1=Jeremy |last1=Binnie|first2=Erwan|last2=de Cherisey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622123315/http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf|title=New-model African armies|publisher=Jane's |date=2017|archive-date= 22 June 2017|url=http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf}}</ref> – 50 T-72M1 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=433}}

* {{ARM}} – 390 T-72A, T-72B as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=171}}

* {{AZE}} – 404 T-72A, T-72AV, T-72B, and T-72SIM2 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=172-173}}

* {{BLR}} – 477 T-72B and 20 T-72B3 mod. 2016 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=175}} Various T-72 modifications in reserve.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://belarmy.by/novosti/belorusskij-bronirovannyj-kulak-teryaet-silu |title=Белорусский бронированный кулак теряет силу &#124; Армия Беларуси |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905000816/http://belarmy.by/novosti/belorusskij-bronirovannyj-kulak-teryaet-silu |archive-date=5 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* {{BUL}} – 90 T-72M1/M in service as of 2024.<ref name=":2">IISS 2024</ref>

* {{CAN}} – 1 operated by the [[4 Intelligence Company]].

* {{Flag|Croatia}} – 75 [[M-84|M-84A4 Sniper]] (which is an improved variant of the T-72M) as of 2024 awaiting replacement with the [[Leopard 2|Leopard 2A8]] while 30 M-84A4 will be donated to Ukraine.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613">[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]: The Military Balance 2022</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hrvatska nabavlja najmodernije tenkove Leopard 2A8, a Ukrajini šalje svoje M-84 i borbena oklopna vozila M-80 |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska-nabavlja-najmodernije-tenkove-leopard-2a8-a-ukrajini-salje-svoje-m-84-i-borbena-oklopna-vozila-m-80-1811407 |work=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref>

* {{CZE}} – 30 [[T-72M4CZ]] in service as of 2024.<ref name=":2" /> 50 T-72M1s were donated to Ukraine between 2022 and 2023.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/rusko-ukrajinsky-konflikt/3555450-armade-loni-rekordne-ubylo-techniky-zrejme-kvuli-dodavkam|title=Armádě loni rekordně ubylo techniky, zřejmě kvůli dodávkám zbraní Ukrajině|publisher=Česká televize|website=ČT24|accessdate=30 March 2023}}</ref>

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* {{GEO}} –143 T-72B/SIM1 in 2018. Upgraded T-72 SIMs were upgraded in Georgia with assistance of Israel.<ref name="IISS">{{cite book |title=Military Balance 2018 |date=2018 |publisher=IISS |isbn=978-1857439007 |page=187}}</ref>

* {{HUN}} – 44 T-72M1 in service as of 2024.<ref name=":2" /> 77 T-72s were donated to the new [[Iraqi Army]].<ref name="rmx">{{cite web |date=17 October 2018 |title=Hungarian armed forces upgrade ground troop equipment |url=https://rmx.news/hungary/hungarian-armed-forces-upgrade-ground-troop-equipment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713230453/https://rmx.news/hungary/hungarian-armed-forces-upgrade-ground-troop-equipment |archive-date=13 July 2019 |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> Hungary announced it ordered 44 [[Leopard 2#Leopard 2A7+|Leopard 2A7+]] tanks from Germany, which are to replace the T-72 in the 2020s.<ref name="StatementHungary">{{cite web |last1=Braatz |first1=Kurt |title=Krauss-Maffei Wegmann unterstützt ungarische Heeres-Modernisierung |url=https://www.kmweg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Press_Releases/2018/Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann-unterstuetzt-ungarische-Heeres-Modernisierung_19-12-2018.pdf |website=Krauss-Maffei Wegmann |access-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230842/https://www.kmweg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Press_Releases/2018/Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann-unterstuetzt-ungarische-Heeres-Modernisierung_19-12-2018.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2018 |___location=Munich |language=de |date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="JanesHungary">{{cite web |last1=Dunai |first1=Peter |title=Update: Hungary orders Leopard 2 MBTs and PzH 2000 SPHs |url=https://www.janes.com/article/85369/update-hungary-orders-leopard-2-mbts-and-pzh-2000-sphs |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221152550/https://www.janes.com/article/85369/update-hungary-orders-leopard-2-mbts-and-pzh-2000-sphs |archive-date=21 December 2018 |___location=Budapest |date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* {{IND}} – 2,418 T-72M1, 156 VT-72B, and some [[bridgelayer]] vehicles as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|pages=247-249}}

* {{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://www.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"/>

* {{KGZ}} – 150 as of 2023{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|pages=180-181}}

* {{LAO}} – T-72B1<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fediushko |first1=Dmitry |title=Russia begins deliveries of upgraded T-72B1 MBTs to Laos |url=https://www.janes.com/article/85330/russia-begins-deliveries-of-upgraded-t-72b1-mbts-to-laos |website=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=19 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219175043/https://www.janes.com/article/85330/russia-begins-deliveries-of-upgraded-t-72b1-mbts-to-laos |archive-date=19 December 2018 |___location=Moscow |date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibson |first1=Neil |last2=Fediushko |first2=Dmitry |title=Laotian military parades Russian- and Chinese-made equipment |url=https://www.janes.com/article/85876/laotian-military-parades-russian-and-chinese-made-equipment/ |website=Jane's 360 |access-date=24 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223848/https://www.janes.com/article/85876/laotian-military-parades-russian-and-chinese-made-equipment/ |archive-date=23 January 2019 |___location=London, Moscow |date=22 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2019/1126/123555530/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / ВС Лаоса передана вторая партия модернизированных танков T-72Б1 "Белый орел"|website=armstrade.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12271691@egNews|title=The delegation of the Russian Defence Ministry took part in celebrations dedicated to the 71st anniversary of the formation of the Lao People's Army : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation}}</ref>

* {{LBY}} – 150 in 2003.<ref name="Militarium.net">{{Cite web |title="Militarium.net" |url=http://www.militarium.net/wojska_ladowe/t72.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203004559/http://www.militarium.net/wojska_ladowe/t72.php |archive-date=3 February 2009}}</ref>

* {{MAS}} – 48 PT-91M delivered by Poland (which is an improved variant of the T-72M1).<ref>{{Citation|title=Ulang Tahun Kor Armor Diraja ke 58|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbdR2EaNTYc|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>

* {{MAR}} – 40 T-72B, ~60 in storage as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|pages=343-344}}

* {{MNG}} – 100 delivered.<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |title=Trade Registers |url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |website=armstrade.sipri.org |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref> 50 T-72A in service as of 2023{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=274}}

* {{MYA}} – 300 T-72S. Received from Ukraine between 2000 and 2008<ref name=asiasentinel>{{cite news|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=309&Itemid=31|author=David Fullbrook|title=Burma's Generals on a Buying Spree|publisher=[[Asia Sentinel]]|date=18 December 2006|access-date=20 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503190108/http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=309&Itemid=31|archive-date=3 May 2011|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

* {{NIC}} – 50 T-72B1MS tanks.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sanchez|first1=Alejandro|title=Nicaragua acquires Russian T-72 tanks|url=http://www.janes.com/article/59989/nicaragua-acquires-russian-t-72-tanks|website=IHS Jane's 360|access-date=2 August 2016|date=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821043553/http://www.janes.com/article/59989/nicaragua-acquires-russian-t-72-tanks|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Sanchez|first1=Alejandro|title=Nicaragua receives Russian T-72 tanks, set for September unveiling|url=http://www.janes.com/article/62727|website=IHS Jane's 360|access-date=2 August 2016|date=2 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="rénovation redsamovar">{{cite web |title=Rénovation des T-80BV et modernisation des T-72B1 au sein de la 61ème usine de réparation des blindés |url=https://redsamovar.com/2019/05/25/actu-la-renovation-des-t-80bv-et-la-modernisation-des-t-72b1-au-sein-de-la-61eme-usine-de-reparation-des-blindes/ |website=Red Samovar |date=25 May 2019}}</ref>

* {{NGR}}<ref name="NMAA"/> – 10 T-72AV and 31 T-72M1 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=469}}

* {{MKD}} – 30 T-72A and 1 T-72AK delivered from Ukraine in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://jamestown.org/program/ukraine-forges-military-alliance-with-macedonia/ |author=Taras Kuzio |title=UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |date=2001-10-31 |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220222447/https://jamestown.org/program/ukraine-forges-military-alliance-with-macedonia/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> 8 tanks were donated to Ukraine in June 2022. In 2024, 23 tanks are active.

* {{POL}} – 201 [[PT-91 Twardy|PT-91]], which is an improved variant of the T-72M1, as of 2024.<ref name=":2" /> 382 T-72 and 232 PT-91 as of 2019.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms) |url=https://www.unroca.org/poland/report/2019/ |access-date=2020-06-03 |website=www.unroca.org}}</ref> 2008 – 586 T-72M1 and T-72M1D, 135 T-72M1Z (T-72M1 upgraded to PT-91 standard), and 98 PT-91 in service<ref name="Militarium">{{Cite web|url=http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=411|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909053847/http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=411|url-status=dead|title="MILITARIUM – Uzbrojenie Wojska Polskiego w 2008 r"|archive-date=9 September 2009}}</ref> 2006, 2007 – 597,<ref name="disarmament.un">{{Cite web|url=http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.NSF/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/f828bbeb1ff68e068525749d007ef3ba?OpenDocument|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20100721214225/http://disarmament.un.org/UN_REGISTER.nsf/5cb8afbbb6536a298525647d00612b14/f828bbeb1ff68e068525749d007ef3ba?OpenDocument|url-status=dead|title=disarmament.un|archivedate=21 July 2010}}</ref> 2005 – 644, 2004 – 649<ref name="samez">{{Cite web|url=http://samez.tripod.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717103451/http://samez.tripod.com/|url-status=dead|title=Stan armii polskiej na dzień 7 June 2004|archivedate=17 July 2011}}</ref> More than 260 T-72s have been donated to Ukraine in 2022 with more in the next year.

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* {{SRB}} – 30 T-72B1MS and 13 T-72M are actively used, and 51 T-72M are in reserve.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&mm=12&dd=21&nav_id=100019 |title=Serbia to get Russian warplanes, tanks, armored vehicles |date=21 December 2016 |access-date=22 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222173900/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&mm=12&dd=21&nav_id=100019 |archive-date=22 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2020/1130/093560644/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / Новости / Президент Сербии поблагодарил Россию за поставку военной техники|website=armstrade.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2021/0524/083562858/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / Минобороны России передало военную технику российского производства вооруженным силам Сербии|website=armstrade.org}}</ref>

* {{SSD}} – 96-101 units delivered in two shipments from Ukraine: first, 32 T-72 on the [[MV Faina|MV ''Faina'']] in 2009, and second, 67 T-72 in 20??.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pirates' Catch Exposed Route of Arms in Sudan |author=Jeffrey Gettleman and Michael R. Gordon |date=8 December 2010 |journal=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/world/africa/09wikileaks-tank.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |access-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171245/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/world/africa/09wikileaks-tank.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-date=10 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=T-72s Were Indeed Being Sent to Sudan Rebel Army |author=John Reed |date=9 December 2010 |work=Defensetech |url=http://defensetech.org/2010/12/09/t-72s-were-indeed-being-sent-to-sudan-rebel-army/ |access-date=5 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114030712/http://defensetech.org/2010/12/09/t-72s-were-indeed-being-sent-to-sudan-rebel-army/ |archive-date=14 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> 2 T-72 tanks were destroyed during the [[Heglig Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ozatp-sudan-fighting-20120415-idAFJOE83E00C20120415|title=Sudan bombs disputed oil town, South Sudan says|work=Reuters|date=15 April 2012}}</ref> 80 T-72AV in service as of 2023{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=479}}

* {{SUD}} – 70 T-72AV as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|pages=480-481}}

* {{Flag|South Ossetia}} — 10<ref>{{Cite web |title=Фоторепотраж с празднования 18-летия РЮО |url=http://osinform.org/8986-fotorepotrazh-s-prazdnovanija-18-letija-rjuo.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=АЛАНИЯинформ |language=ru}}</ref>

* {{SYR}} – 650<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 29, 2020 |title=The Idlib Turkey Shoot: The Destruction and Capture of Vehicles and Equipment by Turkish and Rebel Forces |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/02/the-idlib-turkey-shoot-destruction-and.html |website=Oryx}}</ref> T-72A, T-72AV, T-72AVS, T-72S, T-72M, T-72M1, T-72M1M, T-72M1S, T-72B obr. 1989, T-72B3, [[T-72 Adra]] (a domestically improved version of the T-72M1 featuring [[slat armor|slat]] and [[Spaced armour|spaced]] [[Vehicle armour|armor]], with later versions also including the [[Sarab Active Protection System|"Sarab" active protection system]].)<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2016 |title=Танки Т-72 с динамической защитой "Контакт-5" впервые заметили в Сирии |url=http://www.rg.ru/2016/01/28/tank-site-anons.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130044759/http://rg.ru/2016/01/28/tank-site-anons.html |archive-date=30 January 2016 |access-date=30 January 2016 |work=Russian Weapons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/syrias-steel-beasts-the-t-72.65976/|title=Syria's Steel Beasts: The T-72}}</ref> and T-72 Shafrah{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=355}}

**[[Syrian Democratic Forces]] − Reported.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=356}}

* {{TJK}} – 28 T-72 Ural/A/AV/B and 3 T-72B1 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=198}}

* {{TKM}} – 650 T-72 and T-72UMG as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=199}}

* {{UGA}} – 40 T-72A and 10 T-72B1 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=485}}

* {{UKR}} – 500+ T-72 and PT-91 Twardy as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=202, 204}} In January 2014, Ukraine had 600 T-72 tanks all in storage.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2014|page=195}} They were returned to active service since the [[War in Donbas]], and several were captured and pressed into service during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roblin |first1=Sébastien |title=A Ukrainian Tanker Needed Help With a Captured T-72. So He Called Russian Tech Support. |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a45434507/urakainian-tanker-calls-russian-tech-support-to-help-with-captured-t72-tank/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=Popular Mechanics |date=12 October 2023}}</ref> while others were donated by NATO members such as Poland and Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinshaw |first1=Drew |last2=Ojewska |first2=Natalia |title=Poland Has Sent More Than 200 Tanks to Ukraine |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-04-29/card/poland-has-sent-more-than-200-tanks-to-ukraine-Krwar3DCPzHJJk4UMVh4 |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=29 April 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220513073408/https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-04-29/card/poland-has-sent-more-than-200-tanks-to-ukraine-Krwar3DCPzHJJk4UMVh4 |archive-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>

**[[Russian separatist forces in Donbas]]<ref>{{cite report |last1=Jenzen-Jones |first1=N. R. |last2=Ferguson |first2=Jonathan |title=Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine |date=18 November 2014 |publisher=[[Armament Research Services]] Pty. Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9924624-3-7 |pages=65, 67 |url=https://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf |language=en}}</ref>

* {{UZB}} – 70 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=205}}

* {{VEN}} – 92 T-72B1, delivered in 2009–2012 from Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/mainnews/2012/0411/101412424/detail.shtml|title=Россия завершила поставку основных боевых танков Т-72Б1 для ВС Венесуэлы|date=11 April 2012|publisher=armstrade.org|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113190021/http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/mainnews/2012/0411/101412424/detail.shtml|archive-date=13 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2012, Russia and Venezuela agreed on deal for 100 more T-72.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

* {{YEM}} – 39 in 2003.<ref name="Militarium.net" />

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===Evaluation / aggressor training===

[[File:OPFOR T-72 at Camp Pendleton, USA.JPEG|thumb|T-72M1 used by the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, [[1st Marine Division]] of US Marines at [[Camp Pendleton]] during Kernel Blitz 1997 exercise]]

* {{AUS}} – 1 donated by Germany to Australian Army for evaluation.

* {{CAN}} – Former East German tanks received at the end of the Cold War for OPFOR training. Out of service by 2000.

* {{KOR}} – Used for aggressor training. Its presence was considered classified but released into public after army's invitation events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://armynuri.tistory.com/439|title=육군 기계화학교 견학 및 체험|publisher=육군 공식 블로그 '아미누리'|date=2007-07-02|access-date=2015-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501063321/http://armynuri.tistory.com/439|archive-date=2015-05-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

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* {{ALG}}

* {{ANG}}

*{{flag|Republic of Artsakh}} − ~20 T-72AV/B and 1 T-72SIM2 as of February 2023,{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=174}} seized by Azerbaijan following the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Armenian separatists start surrendering weapons in Karabakh |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/armenian-separatists-start-surrendering-weapons-in-karabakh/ |website=Militarnyi |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>

* {{CZS}} – About 1,700 T-72/T-72M/T-72M1s were produced between 1981 and 1990. The Czechoslovak army had 815 T-72s in 1991. All were passed on to the successor states in 1993:

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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>