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Four additional 2A4 tanks were promised along with 1 ARV on February 24. [116] Spain promised to send at least 10 of its Leopard 2A4 tanks, with more possible pending repairs. [117] [118] Norway has promised to send 8 of its 36 operational Leopard 2A4s along with 4 ARV/AEV non-combat versions. [119] Portugal is sending 3 of its 37 Leopard 2A6s ...
1984 (Mk 10‑12) United Kingdom: 1,896 56 t 650–750 hp 400–500 km First tank with a supine driver position. Designed to replace both the Centurion, and heavier Conqueror tanks. Chobham armour was tested on the FV 4211. 1976 United Kingdom Iran: 185 650–750 hp 400–500 km
The initial production rate was low, with only ten tanks produced in 1962, increasing to twenty in 1964 and thirty in 1965 and 1966. A total of 250 had been produced by 1970, with production continuing at an increased pace until 1975 when it was terminated. A total of 560 were produced. [55]
The T-55 tank remained the most common tank in the armies of the various Yugoslavian successor states until recently, and it was the most used tank by all armies during the decades-long wars. T-55s were also used by Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War and Macedonia (now North Macedonia ) during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia and by Russian ...
The total weight was limited to 39.7 tonnes. [1] The Lorraine 40t featured a pike nose design similar to the IS-3.It had an oscillating turret like the AMX-50. [2] The Lorraine 40t mounted a 100 mm SA47 gun fed from a drum autoloader similar to that of the AMX-50 project.
Weighing 10-35 tonnes, they were fast and mobile, and were designed to operate independently of the slow-moving infantry and their more heavily armoured infantry tank support. They were built specifically to fight a mobile war against other tanks. They were armed with anti-tank guns, from the QF 2 pdr to the QF 17 pdr or the general purpose 75 mm.
M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle (ATGMV) M1135 nuclear, biological, chemical, reconnaissance vehicle (NBC RV) M113 armored personnel carrier – 6,000 [2] [3] M58 Wolf; M113A3 APC; M113 armored medical evacuation vehicle (AMEV) M548A3 cargo carrier; M577A3 medical vehicle; M901A3 improved TOW vehicle (ITV) M1059A3 Lynx smoke generator ...
A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars. Poole: Blandford Press. Foss, Christopher F. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles. London: Amber Books. ISBN 978-1905704-44-6. Gale, Tim (2016). The French Army's Tank Force and Armoured Warfare in the Great War: The Artillerie Spéciale. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317031338.