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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 2025.<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 20232025.{{sfn|The<ref Militaryname=":2" 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>
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* {{NGR}}<ref name="NMAA"/> – 10 T-72AV and 31 T-72M1 as of 2023.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=469}}
* {{POL}} – 78 T-72M1/M1R and 206 [[PT-91 Twardy]], which is an improved variant of the T-72M1, as of 2025.<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}} – 700 T-72A/B/BA and 470 T-72B3 in active service. 909 T-72A and 433 T-72B/BA in store as of 2025.<ref name=":2" />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 195 [[M-84]], which is an improved variant of the T-72M, as of 2025.<ref name=":2" /><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>
* {{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>