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Line 106: * {{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> * {{~~flag~~flagcountry\|Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya~~\|1977~~}} – 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>▼ * {{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 Withdrawn from service (in long-term storage), 28 tanks are for sale (23 of them need repairs and five are operational).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> [[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> * {{~~flag~~flagcountry\|Ba'athist Syria}} – 1991 – 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}} * {{USSR}} – Passed on to successor states: {{Ordered list \|list_style_type=lower-alpha \| ~~{{flagicon\|Russian Federation\|1991}} [[Russia]] /~~ {{RUS}} – 10,284 \| ~~{{flag\|Republic of Belarus\|1991}} /~~ {{BLR}} – 1,797 \| {{UKR}} – 1,044<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://yv-gontar.io.ua/s204760/voorujennye_sily_sssr_na_ukraine_v_1991_godu \|title=Вооруженные Силы СССР на Украине в 1991 году (Russian) \|work=Unknown \|access-date=2018-05-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728131330/https://yv-gontar.io.ua/s204760/voorujennye_sily_sssr_na_ukraine_v_1991_godu \|archive-date=28 July 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Soviet Armed Forces">{{cite web \|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/newindex.htm \|title=Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991 \|work=Michael Holm \|access-date=2018-05-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423043250/http://www.ww2.dk/new/newindex.htm \|archive-date=23 April 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> \| {{TKM}} – 702{{citation needed}} \| {{KAZ}} – 700{{citation needed}} \| {{AZE}} – 325<ref name="Soviet Armed Forces" /> \| {{ARM}} – 246<ref name="Soviet Armed Forces" /> \| ~~{{flagicon\|Georgia\|1990}} [[Georgia (country)\|Georgia]] /~~ {{GEO}} – 219<ref name="Soviet Armed Forces" /> \| {{KGZ}} – 150{{citation needed}} \| {{TJK}} – 44{{citation needed}} \| {{UZB}} – 70{{citation needed}} \| {{LTU}} – 398,<ref name="Soviet Armed Forces" /> all units transferred to Russia in 1993{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}} \| {{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{{citation needed\|date=July 2025}}}} ▲* {{flag\|Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya\|1977}} – 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> * [[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>

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