The numbers do not include armored personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles. M1A2 Abrams or the German Leopard 2, but also more lightly-armed medium and light tanks, like Thailand’s Stingray. Notably, despite Russia's huge tank losses in Ukraine, it has not deployed the Armata there. The ranking includes main battle tanks, like the U.S. Although the M60 and Leopard 1 vehicles had proven dependable, both the United States and West Germany recognized that they might not fare well against such. However, Russia's army has bought few of them, in part due to manufacturing difficulties. If this sounds familiar, Russia's T-14 Armata, unveiled in 2015, also had an unmanned turret, a crew of three in the hull, and onboard drones. It is armed with six Switchblade 300 loitering munitions, known as 'kamikaze drones.' It also has an artificial-intelligence program - called 'Katalyst' - that can help the crew identify and prioritize targets, navigate, and predict future maintenance. It also has a Kongsberg RS6 remote-controlled weapon station with an XM914 30 mm cannon and a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun.Īs befits a 21st-century tank design, the AbramsX has some cutting-edge features. Its armour is designed to protect the vehicle and crew against a wide variety of. The AbramsX retains a 120 mm cannon as its main armament but replaces the current gun with the lighter XM360 originally developed for the failed Future Combat System. The main battle tank is the most heavily armoured vehicle in modern armies. US soldiers do maintenance on an Abrams tank in Germany in August 2017.ģrd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

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Main battle tanks of the world