It even has a toilet onboard for its three-man crew. Its active protection system uses a radar to detect and intercept attacks. The numbers do not include armored personnel. M1A2 Abrams or the German Leopard 2, but also more lightly-armed medium and light tanks, like Thailand’s Stingray. The ranking includes main battle tanks, like the U.S.

It can fire laser-guided missiles up to seven miles. Global Firepower has released their ranking of combat tank fleet sizes for 2023, which we’ve visualized in this infographic. Russian T-14 Armataįirst seen during Moscow’s 2015 Victory Day Parade, the T-14 Armata has a remote-controlled turret and a 125mm 2A82-1M smoothbore cannon.

In order to tackle the swampy terrain of the Korean Peninsula, it can cross water that is almost twice its height and can hold up to 500 gallons of water to ensure it constantly touches the ground when travelling underwater. Its hydropneumatic suspension means it can be raised for cross-country performance and lowered to improve speed. The Republic of Korea Army’s K2 Black Panther is the world’s most expensive tank, according to the Guiness World Records, costing a staggering $8.5million per unit.

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