Editing MT-LB (section)

==Operators==
[[File:MT-LB v.2.png|alt=|thumb|upright=1.35|Map of MT-LB operators{{legend|#0b60d4|Current}}{{legend|#dc0023|Former}}]]

===Current operators===
* {{ARM}}{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=199}}
* {{AZE}} – 336{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=201}}
* {{flag|Angola}} – 31<ref name=IISS>{{cite book |last=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]|date=2021|title=The Military Balance|page=448|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781032012278}}</ref>
[[File:Resting iron Bangladesh Army MT-LB APC. (36251501343).jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Bangladesh Army]] MT-LB on exhibition.]]
* {{flag|Bangladesh}} – 134{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=274}}
* {{BUL}} – 100 MT-LB in service as of 2024.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613">[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]]: The Military Balance 2024</ref>
* {{flag|Belarus}} – 70{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=203}}
* {{flaglist|Congo-Kinshasa}} – 6{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=508}}
* {{flag|Eritrea}} – 10{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=511}}
* {{FIN}} – 320 MT-LBu/MT-LBV in service as of 2024.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613" />
* {{GEO}} – 66 in Service{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=205}}
* {{flag|Iraq}} – About 400 in Service.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=380}}
* {{KAZ}} – 150{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=206}}

* {{flag|Moldova}} – 60{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=209}}
* {{flag|Myanmar}} – 26+ of MT-LBMSh{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|p=275|}}
* {{flag|Nigeria}} – 67{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=528}}
* {{Flag|North Korea}} – unknown number of HT-16PGJ based on Strela-10
* {{MKD}} – 10 MT-LB in service as of 2024.<ref name="IISS2022_p2613" />
* [[File:People's Protection Units Flag.svg|22px]] [[People's Defense Units]] (YPG)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Kurdish Armour: Inventorising YPG Equipment In Northern Syria |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/10/kurdish-armour-inventorising-ypg.html |website=Oryx Blog |date=29 October 2021}}</ref>
* {{flag|Russia}} – 3,300 in active service before the start of [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=212}} As of May 9th 2025, Russia has lost 1710 MT-LBs of various variants in the Russo-Ukrainian War.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Oryx}}</ref>
*{{SYR}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/Bosni_94/status/1760714564566466856?t=PVI-8NMirImLe1ycJh_2lQ&s=19 SAA’s MTLB with the ZU-23-2]</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Transnistria}} [[Transnistria]]
*{{UKR}} – 2,090.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=228}}<ref>{{cite web |author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/groundforces-equipment.htm |title=Ground Forces Equipment – Ukraine |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |access-date=2013-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707104146/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/groundforces-equipment.htm |archive-date=7 July 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 nine MT-LBs received from Poland (those vehicles were previously in Polish service).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/biznes/art1081331-drgnelo-w-eksporcie-broni|title=Drgnęło w eksporcie broni|website=www.rp.pl}}</ref>
**As of May 9th 2025, Ukraine has lost 156 MT-LBs of various variants during Russia's invasion.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html | title=Attack on Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine }}</ref>
* {{URU}} – 5{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=472}}
* {{USA}} – Used by [[opposing force]] units for training purposes.

===Former operators===
[[File:LT MT-LB.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lithuanian army|Lithuanian Army]] MT-LB on exhibition.]]
* {{flag|Artsakh}} − Seized by Azerbaijan after the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijin |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Documenting Equipment Losses During The September 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2023/09/documenting-equipment-losses-during.html |website=Oryx |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>
* {{CRO}} – 6 SNAR-10 stored, for scrap.
* {{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovakia]] – Passed on to the Czech Republic.
* {{DDR}} – 721 Bulgarian-made MT-LBs, 32 SNAR-10 and 36 Strela-10M. Unified with West Germany.
* {{GER}} – taken from GDR's army, all scrapped or sold to other countries.
* {{HUN}} – Strela-10 and SNAR-10
* {{flag|Islamic State}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitzer |first1=Stijn |last2=Oliemans |first2=Joost |title=Vehicles and equipment captured by the Islamic State inside Syria until November 2014 |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2014/11/vehicles-and-equipment-captured-by.html |website=Oryx Blog}}</ref>
* {{LIT}} – 10 retired.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=133}}
* {{POL}} – 15 retired{{sfn|The Military Balance 2017|p=145}}
* {{USSR}} – Passed on to successor states.
* {{SWE}} – 460 (Locally designated Pbv 401, former [[East Germany|East German]], bought in 1993, then decommissioned gradually until the last 147 examples were sold to [[Finland]] in 2011)<ref name="milfi">{{cite web |url=http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/puolustusvoimat.fi/!ut/p/c5/xZLLkqJAEEW_pT9AyQLlsUQoEOQhSKGyMXzQCggyjVpSX984ExMzG-3ZjF25vHHzRp5bXMJ1U62v2X59zk7V-sgtuERcmbwoj21Aij9xR2D5DsSSM0VaIHX68rEO6JmbH_xyiwKeYM8cIHOqDcCa6USJiCSYRPwX9wPdD6Uv3HNuAYPVLG9rixUszFnouMC3nqNSV8csKih4pAdnXYVZUTJP3wpukd08PfbQVkGxEWDV4jfvN_mt25U8SzP55_qd011_RuKJ_-etdx0ePBU4b3wqU27JJdKfLSby5G5LNOXN0ABAwEW_mZyaaMb_QOq21To8ZBXkbGe7RUs7PDeXWTTCIHi47fBYaAYZ89gSXNLhieIpalp3ZwRGTY8j4YtM_hsy0QsyfdHWwRrY2kgf464C9Po7x9_Q5_gVffrdt-_YTi1XFwUey8J_ybS5JNuUfbot-9AXEC8LQxmJkjxUeEUacvPNEm5GY1Ed-1fYD1NT7m0PziTxstgvWHbd7uo2pRO3wZUItZuw9EBkSgJZz_x9qtxKLdCq3CzUei-UgVGRs12dT1pkO7HNUsijPF5QYyIttAU5fSwaWhswdw7eip-Fon9NyUUwQwvrDfmQrEKpjfU7DtNjJUhHM-4tL001P1vz8kx3V7Mll3YX7qZ2zsTVnsxXt9ORq0tCyLXG4Zgi-e-h6tsnLz3wug!!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?pcid=6f5b9080463aa57a9812df97720d955e |title=Puolustusvoimat hankkii miehistönkuljetusajoneuvoja |date=24 March 2011 |publisher=The Finnish Defence Forces |access-date=24 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510164843/http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/puolustusvoimat.fi/!ut/p/c5/xZLLkqJAEEW_pT9AyQLlsUQoEOQhSKGyMXzQCggyjVpSX984ExMzG-3ZjF25vHHzRp5bXMJ1U62v2X59zk7V-sgtuERcmbwoj21Aij9xR2D5DsSSM0VaIHX68rEO6JmbH_xyiwKeYM8cIHOqDcCa6USJiCSYRPwX9wPdD6Uv3HNuAYPVLG9rixUszFnouMC3nqNSV8csKih4pAdnXYVZUTJP3wpukd08PfbQVkGxEWDV4jfvN_mt25U8SzP55_qd011_RuKJ_-etdx0ePBU4b3wqU27JJdKfLSby5G5LNOXN0ABAwEW_mZyaaMb_QOq21To8ZBXkbGe7RUs7PDeXWTTCIHi47fBYaAYZ89gSXNLhieIpalp3ZwRGTY8j4YtM_hsy0QsyfdHWwRrY2kgf464C9Po7x9_Q5_gVffrdt-_YTi1XFwUey8J_ybS5JNuUfbot-9AXEC8LQxmJkjxUeEUacvPNEm5GY1Ed-1fYD1NT7m0PziTxstgvWHbd7uo2pRO3wZUItZuw9EBkSgJZz_x9qtxKLdCq3CzUei-UgVGRs12dT1pkO7HNUsijPF5QYyIttAU5fSwaWhswdw7eip-Fon9NyUUwQwvrDfmQrEKpjfU7DtNjJUhHM-4tL001P1vz8kx3V7Mll3YX7qZ2zsTVnsxXt9ORq0tCyLXG4Zgi-e-h6tsnLz3wug!!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?pcid=6f5b9080463aa57a9812df97720d955e |archive-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}}<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>