Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank, Germany

Posted on 23 June, 2009 | Read more >>

The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei AG, now Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), of Munchen, Germany. The Leopard 2 is a successor to the successful Leopard 1.
Leopard 2 Programme
The Leopard 1 was first produced in 1963 by Krauss-Maffei for the German Ministry of Defence and more than 6,000 vehicles have been exported [...]

T-72S Main Battle Tank, Russia

Posted on 23 January, 2009 | Read more >>

The Russian T-72 main battle tank was produced at the Malyshev HMB Plant, based in Kharkov, Ukraine and at UKBM Nizhny Tagil, Russian Federation and produced under licence in a number of countries. The T-72 first entered production in 1972 and an estimated 50,000 have been built.

Armament
The tank is fitted with a 125mm D-81 smoothbore [...]

M1A1 / M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank, USA

Posted on 23 January, 2009 | Read more >>

The M1A1/2 Abrams main battle tank is manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The first M1 tank was produced in 1978, the M1A1 in 1985 and the M1A2 in 1986.
3,273 M1 tanks were produced for the US Army. 4,796 M1A1 tanks were built for the US Army, 221 for the US Marines and 880 [...]

M60A3 Main Battle Tank, USA

Posted on 25 December, 2008 | Read more >>

The M60 is one of the world’s most successful main battle tanks with 15,000 having been produced and serving in the armies of 22 countries. The tank has provided proven battlefield performance over four decades and has been continuously advanced and upgraded with advanced weapon control, ammunition, applique armour and increasingly powerful engines. The M60 [...]

Stormer 30 Light Tank, United Kingdom

Posted on 23 December, 2008 | Read more >>

Stormer 30, first launched in 1997, is a highly mobile armoured reconnaissance vehicle and light tank developed by Alvis Vickers Ltd (now BAE Systems Land Systems) of Coventry, UK. Stormer 30 is a new variant of the Stormer family of tracked vehicles and the development was based on proven technology from the Scorpion range of [...]

Leclerc Main Battle Tank, France

Posted on 25 November, 2008 | Read more >>

The Leclerc main battle tank (MBT) built by Giat Industries is operational with the French Army and the armed forces of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates. The Leclerc was first operational with the French Army in 1992 and with UAE in 1995. Leclerc mk2 tanks with improved software and engine control system entered [...]