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Medium tank (main battle tank) in service with the Argentine Army. Bernardini MB-3 Tamoyo [9] 1983 — Brazil: Only a few 30 tons 500 hp 550 km Designed by Bernardini; it never passed beyond the prototype stage. The final model, the Tamoyo III was armed with a NATO 105 mm L7 rifled main gun. TR-85: 1986 Socialist Republic of Romania: 617 42.2 tons
The Army reclassified their armor (tanks) in 1950 from heavy, medium, and light tanks to 120mm, 90mm and 76mm gun tanks, etc. Consequently, when the M551 Sheridan entered combat in Vietnam in January 1969, it was assigned to strictly cavalry units, and was classified as an Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicle M551 and not a light ...
M1988 NATO reporting name for the T-72 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M1990 NATO reporting name for the T-72 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M-2001 Main Battle Tank (Serbia; modern) MAC-1 4×4 armoured car (United States; Cold War) MAC-2 4×4 armoured car based on the MAC-1 (Spain; Cold War) Mae West (popular name for the ...
Leonardo da Vinci sketch of his armored fighting vehicle. Leonardo da Vinci is often credited with the invention of a war machine that resembled a tank. [6] In the 15th century, a Hussite called Jan Žižka won several battles using armoured wagons containing cannons that could be fired through holes in their sides, but his invention was not used after his lifetime until the 20th century. [7]
Throughout the history of armored warfare, tankers have been known to give nicknames to their tanks. [1] This is a list of named tanks. Canada. Churchill Oke.
Tanks in the Japanese Army (Japan up to present) List of Polish armoured fighting vehicles; List of tanks of the Soviet Union; List of armoured fighting vehicles of Ukraine; List of tanks of the United Kingdom (United Kingdom up to 1945) List of FV series military vehicles (United Kingdom after 1945) List of "M" series military vehicles (United ...
Light tank armed with 105mm gun designed by Elbit Systems based on ASCOD and Pandur II platforms. FV101 Scorpion: 1~12 United Kingdom: Principal light tank of the Philippine Army. Returned to service in 2024. Up to 12 units planned for reactivation. Poland: T-72M1: Unknown Soviet Union Poland: In service since 1978.
This was a prototype of a new design that would become the British Army's Mark I tank, the first tank used in combat in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. [12] The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose (see etymology). While the British and ...