T-72 operators and variants: Difference between revisions

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

* {{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 All withdrawn from service in 2006.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>

* {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Battle for Grozny, Volume 1: Prelude and the way to the city, 1994 |last=Sandler |first=Efim |publisher=Helion & Company |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-804514-81-8 |___location=Warwick |pages=30-31}}</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}}