MBT Arjun Mk-II: - Prototype in testing.Altay: Four testbeds produced, serial production planned for 2015.T-99 Armata: Introduction planned for 2015.K2 Black Panther: Introduction slated for 2014.Main Battle Tank 3000: Introduction slated for 2014./ Al-Khalid-II: Introduction planned for 2012.Leopard 2A7+ - planned modular upgrade for existing Leopard 2.Tanks that are currently under development and not yet in service. Joint development between China and Pakistan Upgraded Ukrainian version of the T-80 tank Upgraded Russian version of the T-72 tank Iranian tank derived from T-72 and M60 Patton. Prototype, never acquired by the Brazilian Army. World's first turbine engine equipped tank The third generation of main battle tanks is characterized by composite amour, smooth bore main cannons and computerized stabilized fire control systems, which allow firing on the move as well as very high first hit probability on targets up to 2000m.
Licensed copy of the T-62 later versions include upgrades. Hilmes puts the T-72 in the first intermediate generation. Turretless design developed and employed solely by Sweden Most western tanks of this generation were armed with the 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 tank gun.īased on the T-55, featured world's first smooth bore tank cannonĪrmed with the British 120 mm Royal Ordnance L11A5 gunīritish private venture design, license built as the Vijayanta for India The second generation had enhanced night-fighting capabilities and in most cases NBC protection. The first generation consists of the medium tanks designed and produced directly after World War II that were later redefined as main battle tanks. The third generation is determined by the usage of thermal imagers, digital fire control systems and special (composite) armour. The second generation was equipped with NBC protection (only sometimes), IR night vision devices, a stabilized main gun and at least a mechanical fire control system. The first generation of main battle tanks were based on or influenced by designs of World War II, most notably the T-34 and the Panther tank. In 1983 Rolf Hilmes saw three tank generations and three "intermediate generations", which consisted mainly of upgraded vehicles.
The military of the People's Republic of China also recognizes three generations of its own tanks. Soviet and Russian military planners organize tanks into a generation of tanks up to 1945, and four generations of main battle tanks, while Canadian strategists organize main battle tanks into three generations. Main battle tanks are often classified as belonging to a particular generation, although the actual definition and membership in these generations is not clearly defined.
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