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Cold War US MBTs Has Own Video

105mm Gun Tank M1 Abrams ‘Improved Performance’ (M1IP)

United States of America (1984-2000) Main Battle Tank – 890 Built The Improved Performance M1, often referred to as IPM1 or M1IP, was a stopgap before the introduction of the M1A1 upgraded standard. It was intended to implement some of the features being added on the M1E1 prototype and rush it into a production Abrams […]

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Cold War US MBTs Modern US Armor

M1 Abrams

United States of America (1978) Main Battle Tank – 9,000 Built The American iconic MBT The M1 Abrams eclipsed for the last thirty years all past MBTs to date, including the M48/M60 series. It represented a definitive change in US tank design since World War 2 and was engineered with the crew protection in mind, […]

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Cold War US MBT Prototypes Has Own Video

120mm Gun Tank M1E1 Abrams

United States of America (1979-1985) Main Battle Tank – 14 Built Following the failure of the MBT-70/KPz-70 joint project, the need for a new tank for West Germany and the USA (amongst others) had not gone away. One of the main points of value for those projects was the interchangeability of parts and, even after […]

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Cold War US Vehicles in Foreign Service El Salvadorian Armor

Marenco M114 in El Salvadoran Service

Republic of El Salvador (1976) Armored Fighting Vehicle – 23 Converted Following the invasion of Honduras by El Salvador in July 1969, the nation was placed under a strict arms embargo which lasted until 1979. Many weapons were still obtained during this time, including heavy mortars (UMB-59 120mm heavy mortars) as well as anti-aircraft guns […]

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Cold War US M113 Prototypes

M226 (M113 Cybernetically Coupled Research Vehicle ‘CCRV’)

United States of America (1972-1982) Research Vehicle – 1 Built This science-fiction sounding vehicle was a real project from 1973 by the Stevens Institute of Technology to create a new type of Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) capable of significantly improved cross-country abilities by using the novel means of articulation and force-feedback control. Such ideas have […]

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Cold War US M113 Prototypes

M113A1/2E HOTROD

United States of America (1978-1980) Armored Personnel Carrier – 1 Built By the late 1970s, there was an emerging belief that armor may have had its day. New anti-tank weapons borne by helicopters, infantry, and a new generation of anti-tank missiles, as well as Soviet tank armament, made the US consider if armor was worth […]

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Modern US Engineering Vehicles

M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV)

United States of America (2008) Combat Engineer Vehicle – Estimated 239 Built The Assault Breacher Vehicle or ‘ABV’ is (as of 2018) the United States’ latest Combat Engineering Vehicle or ‘CEV’. It is built on the hull of the US Military’s currently serving Main Battle Tank (MBT), the M1 Abrams. CEVs were a concept made […]

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Modern US Engineering Vehicles

M60A3 Panther & M1 Panther II MDCVs

United States of America (1996) Mine Detection & Clearing Vehicles – 6 of Each Built The most dangerous part of operating a mine-clearing vehicle, is operating a mine-clearing vehicle. Even protected inside an armored vehicle, the crew of such a vehicle could be severely injured or killed when operating in an area heavily saturated with […]

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Cold War Taiwanese Prototypes

Wan Cheng 2/萬乘二

Republic of China (Taiwan) (1975) Fire Support Vehicle – 1 Prototype Built The Republic of China (中華民國), exiled in Taiwan, was a key US ally in East Asia during the Cold War. Following the defeat in mainland China and Hainan during the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang political party and Republic of China were able […]

Ukraine (Modern)

Vehicles Ukraine gained its independence from the collapsing Soviet Union in 1991, with the Soviet Republic’s Soviet declaring sovereignty in August and seeing it approved by referendum in December. The second largest Soviet Republic in population and industry, and third in size, Ukraine saw itself bordering both Russia and its Belarusian ally, to the north […]

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Modern Italian Armor

IVECO ACTL Family

Italian Republic (2000-Present) Military Transport Vehicles – Unknown Number Built The IVECO AutoCarro Tattico Logistico or ACTL (English: Tactical Logistics Truck) is a whole range of logistic and special purpose trucks specifically developed at the request of the Esercito Italiano (English: Italian Army) in the 1990s. The ACTL family was intended to substitute all Italian […]

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Modern Chinese Armor

ZTZ96

People’s Republic of China (1997-Present) Main Battle Tank – Around 1,000 Built The ZTZ96 or Type 96, officially ZTZ1996式主战坦克 (ZTZ1996 Type Main Battle Tank), is one of the many main battle tank (MBT) models currently used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). First publicly unveiled during China’s 1999 National Day Parade, it was the […]

Spanish State and Kingdom of Spain (Cold War)

BMR Family Click here to partake! Prototypes & Projects Spain was left in ruins following a devastating civil war between 1936 and 1939. Generalissimo Francisco Franco had emerged victorious from the conflict thanks, in no small measure, to German and Italian support, military, and otherwise. The quasi fascist regime had itself supported Germany and Italy […]

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Cold War Brazil MB-3 Tamoyo

MB-3 Tamoyo 3

Federative Republic of Brazil (1989-1991) Main Battle Tank – 1 Built Already from the start of the Tamoyo project for the Brazilian Army, there were requirements for a new tank which was to be armed with a 105 mm or 120 mm gun. As the Tamoyo project progressed, a split seemed to form, as the […]

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Cold War Brazil MB-3 Tamoyo

MB-3 Tamoyo 2

Federative Republic of Brazil (1986) Medium Tank – 1 Built With the initiation of the Tamoyo 1 project by Bernardini and the Brazilian Army in 1979, Brazil set off designing a new family of tanks for the country. The Tamoyo 1 was designed to have as many parts in common with the existing M41 Walker […]

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Cold War Brazil MB-3 Tamoyo

MB-3 Tamoyo 1

Federative Republic of Brazil (1984-1991) Medium Tank – 4 Built + 1 Mock-up The development of a national tank in Brazil started as early as 1969, with the founding of the Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento de Blindados (CPDB) (English: Centre for the Research and Development of Tanks). The CPDB studied the possibilities of locally […]

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Has Own Video Modern North Korean Tanks

Songun-Ho

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2009-Present) Main Battle Tank – Unknown Number Built North Korea, or officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), stands as one, if not the most isolated major tank manufacturer in the world. Sometimes thought of as a relic of the Cold War desperately clinging onto existence, the country, sometimes […]

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Has Own Video Modern Iranian Armor

Karrar Main Battle Tank

Islamic Republic of Iran (2016-Present) Main Battle Tank – 800 To Be Built The Karrar (English: Striker) is Iran’s latest Main Battle Tank (MBT). It is one of the first produced entirely by Iran and was first unveiled in 2016 and officially entered active service in 2020. It is produced on the basis of the […]

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Modern Egyptian Armor

Egyptian ATS-59G 122 mm MLRS

Arab Republic of Egypt (2016 At The Latest-Present) Multiple Rocket Launch System – At Least 24 Converted The Egyptian Ground Forces are one of the largest armies both in the Middle Eastern region and on the African continent. During the first three decades following the end of the Second World War, Egypt was implicated in […]

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Cold War Taiwanese Prototypes Has Own Video

Wan Cheng 4/萬乘四

Republic of China (Taiwan) (1975) Main Battle Tank – 1 Prototype Built The Republic of China (中華民國), exiled in Taiwan, was a key US ally in East Asia during the later stages of the Cold War. Following the defeat in mainland China and Hainan during the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang and Republic of China […]