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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.
The third generation of main battle tanks is characterized by composite armour and computer stabilized fire control systems, which allow firing on the move as well as very high first hit probability on targets multiple kilometres away. Many tanks had smoothbore guns with a calibre around 120mm.
List of Sd.Kfz. designations (Germany from 1939) Tanks in the Japanese Army (Japan up to present) List of Polish armoured fighting vehicles; List of tanks of the Soviet Union; List of armoured fighting vehicles of Ukraine; List of tanks of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom up to 1945) List of FV series military vehicles (United Kingdom after 1945)
Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank Volume 1 (Reprint ed.). Echo Point Books & Media. ISBN 978-1626541597. LCCN 84016586. OL 2854160M. Hunnicutt, Richard P. (1988). Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank. Presidio Press. Hunnicutt, Richard P. (1971). Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series. Presidio Press.
The Type 10 started as the TK-X (MBT-X) project, intended to complement and eventually replace the Type 74 and Type 90 tanks in service with the JGSDF. [5] Development began in the 1990s, and production started in 2010–2011.
Tank classification is a taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of tanks.The classification by role was used primarily during the developmental stage of the national armoured forces, and referred to the doctrinal and force structure utility of the tanks based on design emphasis.
Pages in category "Tanks by type" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Tank Urban Survival Kit (TUSK) is a series of improvements to the M1 Abrams intended to improve fighting ability in urban environments. [150] Historically, urban and other close battlefields have been poor places for tanks to fight. A tank's front armor is much stronger than that on the sides, top, or rear.