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==Operators==
===Current operators===
* [[File:T-72 users.PNG|thumb|right|upright=1.35|Operators {{legend|#0b60d4|Current}}{{legend|#dc0023|Former}}]]{{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}} [[File:T-72B.jpg|thumb|[[Armenian Ground Forces|Armenian Army]] T-72B during a military parade in [[Yerevan]].]]
* {{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 | 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
* {{CAN}} – 1 operated by the [[4 Intelligence Company]].
* {{Flag|Croatia}} –
* {{CZE}} – 30 [[T-72M4CZ]] in service as of 2025.<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> Later all usable T-72M1 tanks were donated to Ukraine (last T-72M1s left Czechia in Spring 2025).<ref name="allt-72m1givenaway">{{cite web | url=https://archiv.hn.cz/c1-67691960-na-ukrajinu-zamirily-posledni-ceskoslovenske-tanky-u-utvaru-uz-je-jen-nekolik-leopardu-na-desitky-dalsich-se-ceka | title=Na Ukrajinu zamířily poslední československé tanky. U útvarů už je jen několik Leopardů, na desítky dalších se čeká |author= Jan Beránek | date= 8 April 2025 |publisher= Hospodářské noviny }}</ref>[[File:T-72 CI-Ajeya.jpg|thumb|T-72 CI-Ajeya tank of Indian Army during an army parade.]]
* {{flaglist|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} – 100 T-72AV delivered by Ukraine in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/february_2014_global_defense_security_news_uk/ukraine_to_supply_a_total_of_50_t-64bv1_main_battle_tanks_to_democratic_republic_of_congo_1302143.html |title=Ukraine to supply a total of 50 T-64BV1 main battle tanks to Democratic Republic of Congo. |publisher=Army Recognition |date=2014-02-13 |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303122229/http://www.armyrecognition.com/february_2014_global_defense_security_news_uk/ukraine_to_supply_a_total_of_50_t-64bv1_main_battle_tanks_to_democratic_republic_of_congo_1302143.html |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{ERI}} – Atleast 1 Captured in Badme War. Current status unknown.
* {{ETH}} – 50 bought from Yemen, 171 T-72UA1 vehicles reportedly ordered from Ukraine in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/106382/#ixzz1OtrZzLJF|title=Ukraine sells 200 tanks to Ethiopia|work=KyivPost|date=9 June 2011|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501033238/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/106382/#ixzz1OtrZzLJF|archive-date=1 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{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
* {{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}}
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* {{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-91 Twardy|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}}
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* {{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}}
* {{POL}} –
▲* {{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.
* {{RUS}} – 1100 T-72B3, 550 T-72B3M, and more than 1000 T-72B in operation in 2022, 4800 variants of the T-72B in total.<ref name="IISS 2022">{{cite book |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2022 |date=14 February 2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0367466398 |pages=192–195 |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}</ref> As of February 2023, the [[Russian Army]] operates 400 T-72B/BA, 500 T-72B3, and 250 T-72B3M tanks; the [[Russian Naval Infantry]] operates 170 T-72B/B3/B3Ms; the [[Russian Airborne Forces]] operates 50 T-72B3/B3M; while the [[1st Army Corps (Russia)|1st Army Corps]] and [[2nd Army Corps (Russia)|2nd Army Corps]] operates some T-72A and T-72B tanks.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|pages=183-192}} 10,000 T-72 tanks of all variants in different conditions in storage.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=185}} Many of the T-72 tanks have been left exposed and stored since the early 1990s, and they are likely to be in poor condition.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Russia’s vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/07/16/russias-vast-stocks-of-soviet-era-weaponry-are-running-out |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
* {{SRB}} – 30 T-72B1MS and
* {{SVK}} – 20 T-72M1, still in service at the end of 2018. Another 10 in storage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sme.sk/c/5976453/armada-posiela-vsetky-tanky-do-srotu.html|title=SME.sk – Armda posiela vetky tanky do rotu|author=SME – Petit Press, a.s.|work=sme.sk|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131204/http://www.sme.sk/c/5976453/armada-posiela-vsetky-tanky-do-srotu.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
▲* {{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}}
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* {{ALG}}
* {{ANG}}
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* {{FIN}} – Some 160–170 T-72M1s. About 70 T-72M1s (one armoured brigade) were bought from the Soviet Union and were delivered in 1984, 1985–1988 and 1990. A further 97 T-72M1s (including a small number of command versions T-72M1K and T-72M1K1) were bought from German surplus stocks in 1992–1994. All withdrawn from service in 2006. Scrapped in [[Jyväskylä]] or sold as spares to the Czech Republic. At least two Finnish T-72s are still in working order and have been used in showcases.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/nGN7NLL8e7M Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210319074117/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGN7NLL8e7M Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGN7NLL8e7M |title=Leopard 2 vs T-72M1 – Combat Demonstration [4K] – Armoured Division 75th Anniversaryv |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* {{flaglist|Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant}} – Several were captured from the [[Syrian Arab Army|Syrian army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2017/08/armour-in-islamic-state-story-of.html?m=1|title=Armour in the Islamic State – The Story of 'The Workshop'|website=oryxspioenkop.com|date=31 August 2017|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
* {{MKD}} – 30 T-72A and 1 T-72AK delivered from Ukraine in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |author=Taras Kuzio |date=2001-10-31 |title=UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA |url=https://jamestown.org/program/ukraine-forges-military-alliance-with-macedonia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220222447/https://jamestown.org/program/ukraine-forges-military-alliance-with-macedonia/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=2017-04-17 |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation}}</ref> 8 tanks were donated to Ukraine in June 2022.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
* {{ROM}} – 31 T-72Ms were bought from the USSR, and received between 1978 and 1979.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Opriș|first1=Petre |title=Achiziționarea de tehnică militară și muniții sovietice pentru Armata Română 1976 1979|url=https://amnr.defense.ro/webroot/fileslib/upload/files/Revista_Document/Revista_090_2020.pdf|year=2020|magazine=Buletinul Arhivelor Militare Române|number=90/2020|issn=1454-0924|page=93}}</ref> Withdrawn from service (in long-term storage), 28 tanks are for sale (23 of them need repairs and five are operational).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kH6TAWUst5EC&q=romanian+army+t-72+quantity&pg=PA141|title=The Diffusion of Military Technology and Ideas|isbn =978-0-8047-4535-2|last1=Goldman|first1=Emily O.|last2=Eliason|first2 =Leslie C.|year =2003|publisher=Stanford University Press }}</ref> In 2022 it was reported that Romania transferred their fleet of T-72s to Ukraine in response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2022_global_security_army_industry/romania_to_donate_t-72_main_batle_tanks_and_spare_parts_to_ukraine.html|title=Romania to donate T-72 main battle tanks and spare parts to Ukraine|website=armyrecognition.com|date=22 April 2022}}</ref>[[File:Romanian T-72M tank.jpg|thumb|right|Ex-Romanian T-72M.]] * {{flag|Sierra Leone}} – In 1994 Sierra Leone acquired two T-72s from Poland via Ukraine (the vehicles were previously in Polish service). Another unspecified number of ex-Polish tanks was delivered to Sierra Leone in 1997 also via Ukraine (these vehicles also previously served with Poland).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holtom |first1=Paul |title=United Nations Arms Embargoes Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour Case study: Sierra Leone, 1997–present |url=https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/files/misc/UNAE/SIPRI07UNAESLe.pdf |publisher=SIPRI |date=2007}}</ref>
* {{USSR}} – Passed on to successor states:
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[[File:Degman 041.jpg|thumb|right|220px|A [[Croatian Army]] M-95 Degman]]
* '''[[M-84|M-84A]]''' – The M-84 is a Yugoslav third generation main battle tank, based on the Soviet T-72, produced in Croatian Đuro Đaković specijalna vozila.
* '''[[M-84D]]''' –
* '''[[M-95 Degman]]''' – 3rd generation prototype tank based on the Yugoslav M-91 Vihor prototype.
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