Monthly Archives: May 2011

The French company GIAT (now Nexter) designed the Leclerc main battle tank to be a replacement for the AMX-30 main battle tank. Development of the Leclerc main battle tank began in 1983. The first prototype was finished in 1989, and the first production model was completed in 1991. The Leclerc MBT entered service with the French

The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the primary main battle tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corp. It is the only battle tank currently produced in the United States.  The M1 Abrams main battle Tank is known for its exceptional service in the 1990/1991 and 2003 Persian Gulf Wars.

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Great Britain's Challenger 2 main battle tank is known for the instrumental role that it played during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, particularly during the capture of Basra. The Challenger 2 was also used in Bosnia and Kosovo. The Challenger 2 main battle tank was the first British tank to be developed entirely by a private contractor

During the 1970s, Royal Ordnance Leeds, a British company that was later taken over by Vickers, developed an upgraded version of the FV4201 Chieftain main battle tank for export to Iran and Jordan. This tank became known as the Shir 1. The Shir 1 had the hull of a late-model Chieftain and a new engine and

Japan's Type 74 main battle tank was designed to be an improvement over the Type 61 MBT. Mitsubishi began designing the Type 74 main battle tank in 1964. The first two prototypes of the tank, which was then designated the STB-1, were completed in 1969. More prototypes, known as the STB-3 and STB-6 were then built, and