Name | Stage | Type | Place Of Origin | In Service | Crew | Weight | Power | Range | Manufacturer | |
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M1 Abrams | Modern | Main battle tank | USA | 1980- | 4 | 65.00 | 1100.00 | 426.00 | Lima Army Tank Plant (since 1980);Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (1982-1996) | |
Leopard 2A5 | Modern | Main battle tank | West Germany | 1979- | 4 | 68.70 | 1100.00 | 550.00 | tr1 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Maschinenbau Kiel | |
Arjun MBT | Modern | Main battle tank | India | 2004- | 4 | 57.60 | Heavy Vehicles Factory | |||
Mark I | World War I | Heavy tanks | UK | 1916- | 8 | 28.00 | 38.00 | William Foster & Co. of Lincoln Metropolitan Carriage, Birmingham | ||
M4 Sherman | World War II | Medium tank | USA | 1942-1957 | 5 | 38.10 | 241.00 | Detroit Tank Arsenal, Federal Machine and Welder Company, Fisher Tank Arsenal, Ford Motor Company, Lima Locomotive Works, Pacific Car and Foundry Company, Pressed Steel Car Company, Pullman-Standard Car Company | ||
Panzer | Interwar | Light tank | Germany | 1934-1945 | 2 | 5.40 | 200.00 | Henschel, MAN, Krupp, Daimler | ||
7TP | World War II | Light tank | Poland | 1935-1939 | 3 | 9.90 | 150.00 | |||
T-72 | Modern | Main battle tank | Soviet Union | 1967-1973 | 3 | 41.50 | 460.00 | Uralvagonzavod |
The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and 12 other European countries, as well as several non-European nations, including Canada (Leopard 2A4m can), Chile, Indonesia, Singapore and Turkey. The Leopard 2 was used in Kosovo with the German Army and has also seen action in Afghanistan with the Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as seeing action in Syria with the Turkish Armed Forces against IS and the YPJ.