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This is a list of main battle tanks, and other vehicles serving that role, in active military service with countries of the world. A main battle tank (MBT) is the type of powerful, heavily armoured and highly mobile tank which is the backbone of a mechanized land force.
This is a list of countries by level of military equipment, including naval ships, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made.
List of main battle tanks by country This page was last edited on 1 August 2020, at 07:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Type 69 main battle tank prototype; Type 69-I prototype, incorporating some technologies from captured Soviet T-62; Type 69-II (A) main battle tank (First production version released in 1982.) Type 69-II-B/C command tank; Type 79, also known as Type 69 III; Type 80 main battle tank; Type 85 main battle tank; Type 88 main battle tank
The main battle tank thus took on the role the British had once called the "universal tank", exemplified by the Centurion, filling almost all battlefield roles. Typical main battle tanks were as well armed as any other vehicle on the battlefield, highly mobile, and well armoured. Yet they were cheap enough to be built in large numbers.
The majority of NATO members use the Leopard 2 as their main tank, with some countries, such as Spain and Poland, having their own variants. The Leopard 2A4 is the most widely used, but oldest, variant in current use. NATO also uses the variants developed after the 2A4: the 2A5, 2A6, and 2A7.
The first generation of main battle tanks was based on or influenced by designs of World War II, most notably the Soviet T-34. [4] The second generation was equipped with NBC protection (only sometimes), night-vision devices, a stabilized main gun and at least a mechanical fire-control system. [ 4 ]
Tanks by period by country (7 C) Tanks by country by type (13 C)-History of the tank by country (3 C, 2 P) A. Tanks of Argentina (1 C, 4 P) Tanks of Australia (2 C, 1 P)