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The Type 99 main battle tank is a further development of the Type 98. It is generally similar to the Type 98, but has a number of improvements. The Type 99 was revealed in 2000 and entered service with the Chinese Army in 2001. This main battle tank shows a mixture of Russian and Western influence in its design and technology.
The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70) was an American– West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s. The MBT-70 was developed by the United States and West Germany in the context of the Cold War, intended to counter the new generation of Warsaw Pact tanks developed by the Soviet Union.
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. The weight classification is used in ...
M1130 command vehicle (CV) M1131 fire support vehicle (FSV) M1132 engineer squad vehicle (ESV) M1133 medical evacuation vehicle (MEV) 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.
A main battle tank(MBT), also known as a battle tankor universal tank,[1]is a tankthat fills the role of armour-protected direct fireand maneuver in many modern armies. Cold War-era development of more powerful engines, better suspension systems and lighter composite armourallowed for the design of a tank that had the firepower of a super-heavy ...
Leopard 2A6. 20. Germany. Most MBTs retired in 2011, 100 Leopard 2 MBTs sold to Finland in 2014. 18 Dutch Leopard 2s are still in use in the German-Dutch tank battalion Panzerbataillion 414 (leased). [50] New Zealand. Military force does not use MBTs, but uses IPVs, such as the NZLAV. Nicaragua. T-55.
M103 heavy tank. The M103 heavy tank (officially designated 120mm gun combat tank M103, initially T43) [3] was a heavy tank that served in the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps during the Cold War. Introduced in 1957, it served until 1974, by which time evolution of the concept of a main battle tank considered heavy tanks ...
Type 15 light tank; Type 02 6×6 armoured car based on the WZ551 (also known as PTL02)(China; modern) Type 3 Chi-Nu medium tank (Japan; World War II) Type 30 main battle tank based on the Type 69 (China; Cold War) Type 38 Ho-Ro self-propelled 150 mm gun (Japan; World War II) Type 54 self-propelled 122 mm artillery (China; Cold War)