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* {{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 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404035759/https://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf |url-status=dead }}</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}}

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[[File:T-72AV.jpg|thumb|T-72AV with 2 T-72B and a T-72B3 in the background]]

:* {{anchor|T-72BA}}'''T-72BA (Ob'yekt 184A/A1)''': this designation is used to refer to several models of late T-72B, stripped down, refurbished and upgraded with certain core components at [[Uralvagonzavod]] between 1998 and 2005. There are several features common to all upgraded T-72BA models; front of the turret and front of the hull reinforced with [[Kontakt-5]] ERA, the frontal floor plate reinforced against mines, the driver's seat is now suspended from the ceiling instead of being fixed to the floor and the driver's station has a new steering system as well as a new TVN-5 [[night sight]]. These tanks are equipped with the V-84MS engine using an upgraded exhaust system and newly developed twin-pin tracks (used on the T-90A). The upgrade also included the integration of a DWE-BS wind sensor whose mast is located on the rear, left part of turret and which feeds information into the 1A40 fire control system automatically. Tanks upgraded after the year 2000 received an improved 1A40-01M fire control system which makes use of a TBV digital ballistic computer. The tanks can also fire the [[9M119M Refleks]] laser-guided anti-tank missile through the use of a 1K13-49 sight. The most recent T-72BA tanks made in 2005 feature the latest iteration of the 1A40 FCS, designated 1A40-M2.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bastion-opk.ru/t-72bm-tank/ |title=Modernized main battle tank T-72B (T-72BM, T-72BA) |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=bastion-opk.ru |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926210440/http://bastion-opk.ru/t-72bm-tank/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> While the upgraded tanks retained the original 2A46M main gun, more importantly, they received a much improved 2E42-4 stabilization system which significantly improved accuracy – especially during firing on the move. Approximately 750 tanks were upgraded to the T-72BA standard.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wolski |first1=Jarosław |title=PT-91 Twardy – Modernizacja Zamiast Fikcji? |journal=Nowa Technika Wojskowa |date=September 2015|issue=9|page=37}}</ref><ref name="t728090">{{cite web|url=http://artofwar.ru/w/wechkanow_i_w/vivboewyetanki-semejstwot-72t-80t-90wtoroeizdanie19122011.shtml|title=Танки - Т-72, Т-80, Т-90 (Второе издание 19 December 2011)|date=19 December 2011|language=ru|access-date=6 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129050514/http://artofwar.ru/w/wechkanow_i_w/vivboewyetanki-semejstwot-72t-80t-90wtoroeizdanie19122011.shtml|archive-date=29 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:T-72B M1989.jpg|thumb|right|T-72B obr.1989 with Kontakt-5 ERA.]]