List of main battle tanks by country

This is a list of countries that currently operate main battle tanks, in their military service. A main battle tank (MBT) is a type of tank that is armour-protected, direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies mechanized land force.

Table of main battle tanks by country

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| rowspan="2" valign="top"|Afghanistan

| T-55 || 400 || || Most either destroyed or scrapped during NATO occupation. Those that remain are now under Taliban control.

| T-62 ||260 || || Most either destroyed or scrapped during NATO occupation. Those that remain are now under Taliban control.

| rowspan="4" valign="top"|Algeria

| T-62|| 270 || ||

| T-64|| 300 || ||

| T-72 || 325 || ||

| T-90A || 300 || / ||

| rowspan="3" valign="top"|Angola

| T-55 || 200 || ||

| T-62 || 50 || ||

| T-72 || 50 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top" |Argentina

| Tanque Argentino Mediano (TAM) || 231 || || Chassis is based on Marder IFV

| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Armenia

| T-62|| 14 || ||

| T-72 || 168|| ||

| T-90|| 30 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top" |Australia

| M1 Abrams || 75 || || In 2022, Australia signed a contract to replace the 59 M1A1 AIM Abrams with 75 M1A2 SEPv3. 46 delivered as of late 2025.

| rowspan="1" valign="top" |Austria

| Leopard 2A4 || 56 || || Replaced the M60 A3 in 1997. Will be subject to a combat value increase in the near future.

| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Azerbaijan

| T-90S || 100 || / ||

| T-72 Aslan || 420 || ||

| T-55 || 100 || ||

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Bahrain

|M60A3 Patton || 180 || || 100 in active service with a further 80 in storage

| rowspan="4" valign="top" |Bangladesh

| Type 59 Durjoy || 174 || / || 174 Type 59 tanks were upgraded to Type 59 Durjoy

| Type 69 || 58 || ||

| MBT-2000 || 44

| rowspan="4" valign="top" |Bosnia and Herzegovina

|M-84 || 71 || ||

|AMX-30S || 50 || ||

|M60A3 || 85 || ||

|T-55 || 142 || ||

| rowspan="4" valign="top" |Brazil

| EE-T1 Osório || 2 || || Two operational tanks with the Centro de Instrução de Blindados of the Brazilian Army

| M60A3 TTS || 91 || ||Used for instruction

| Leopard 1A1 || 127 || ||

| Leopard 1A5 || 221 || ||Upgraded for ´´BR+´´ version

| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Bulgaria

| T-72M1 Mod. 2022|| 90

|T-72

|Unknown, estimated 130-250

| rowspan="1" valign="top"|Burundi

| T-55 || about 10 || ||

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Cambodia

| T-55 || 365 || ||

|T-62

|19

| Type 59 || 74 || / ||

| rowspan="3" valign="top"|Canada

| Leopard 2A6M CAN|| 20 || / || 20 Leopard 2A6M were leased from Germany in December 2007. The tanks were permanently transferred to Canadian service when tanks purchased from the Netherlands were transferred to Germany in exchange.

| Leopard 2A4M CAN|| 20 || / || Upgraded from Dutch Leopard 2A4 in 2010, closer to 2A7+ armour configuration but with shorter barrel.

|Leopard 2A4 CAN || 34 || || 100 Dutch Leopard 2A4 initially purchased in 2007, and 15 more 2A4s were later purchased from Germany as "Logistic Stock Vehicles" exclusively for spare parts.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"|Cape Verde

| T-55 || 12|| ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"|Central African Republic

| T-55 || 4 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"|Chad

| T-55 || 60 || ||

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Chile

| Leopard 2A4|| 172 || || 8 to be used as spares, upgrades for Leopard 2A5 in 2015

| Leopard 1V || 100 || ||

| rowspan="6" valign="top"|China

| Type 99A || 600 || ||

| Type 99

| AMX-30B2 || 52 || ||

| AMX-30G || 30 || ||

| T-80U || 82 || || Ordered January 2009

| rowspan="3" valign="top"|Czech Republic

| T-72M4 CZ || 30 || || 3rd tank generation Czech upgrade of T-72, produced 2003-2006.

| Leopard 2A4|| 14 || || Donated by Germany in exchange for Czech tanks sent to Ukraine.

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| rowspan="1" valign="top"|Denmark

| Leopard 2A7DK||48 || || Upgraded 2A5DK to 2A7DK in 2016 (2A5DK/2A7DK is the Danish upgraded version of the 2A5/2A7) ( (optional +9 2A7DK)

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| rowspan="3" valign="top"|Ecuador

| Leopard 1|| 60 || || 30 1V's and 30 1A5's models bought from Chile.

| AMX-13|| 80 || || Light tanks

| T-55|| 3 || || Borrowed from Peru as war compensation (Cenepa War). Some sources establish that the T-55 are part of an unfinished weapons deal .

| rowspan="4" valign="top"|Egypt

| T-62|| 500 || / || A significantly upgraded T-54/55. Though the initial prototype (T-54E) was delivered in 1984, full production did not begin until 2004–2005, an additional 140–160 are to be converted from stored T-55.

| M60 || 1,150 + 108 M60A3 from the Austrian Army Surplus in 2002,

| M1A1 Abrams || 1,130|| ||

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| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Finland

| Leopard 2A4|| 139 || || Some of the existing Leopard 2A4's are equipped with Israeli made Urdan mine rollers.

| Leopard 2A6|| 100 || || In total, 100 used Leopard 2A6 tanks were delivered from the Netherlands by the end of 2019.

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| France

| Leclerc || 406 || ||184 in storage, 239 is active. 200 will be upgraded to Leclerc XLR.

| Leclerc XLR|| 15 || ||Total 200 ordered.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Georgia

| T-72M1 SIM-1 || 143 || ||

| T-55 || 100 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Germany

| Leopard 2 A5/A6/A7/A7V/A8 || 328 || || 2A4 no longer in use; for resale by KMW and Rheinmetall. All 19 2A5 only used for training exercises. 18 Leopard 2A8 ordered in 2023 to backfill the 18 2A6 given to Ukraine. Leopard 1s in long-term storage, or held by FFG, KMW, and Rheinmetall for resale.

| rowspan="5" valign="top" |Greece

|Leopard 2A6 HEL|| 170 || || License built in Greece.

| Leopard 2A4 || 183 || ||

| Leopard 1A4/5 || 501 || ||

| M60A3 || 101|| ||

| M48A5 MOLF || 390 || || Upgraded with a new Fire Control System similar to the one found on the Leopard 1A5

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Guinea

| T-55 || 8 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Guinea-Bissau

| T-55 ||10 || ||

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Hungary

|Leopard 2A7+

|44

|Ordered in 2018.

|Leopard 2A4

|12

|Ordered in 2018. Used units for training purposes.

T-72M1

| 34 || || 34 units in active service. Another 130 T-72 in storage.

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| rowspan="4" valign="top"| India

| Arjun MBT ||141 (MK1 and MK1A)|| || 124 Arjun MK1 MBTs and a total of 118 MK1A tanks on order. Army required nearly 3500 MBTs in future.

| Tank EX ||8 || || Only prototypes made.

| T-90 || 2,078 || / || 464 new T-90MS are on order as of 2020. These tanks are now manufactured locally.

| T-72 || 2,414 || || Upgraded to advanced Ajeya Mk1 and MK2 standard. To be replaced with next generation MBT.

| rowspan="5" valign="top" | Indonesia

| Leopard 2A4|| 42 || ||

| Leopard 2 Revolution || 61 || || Up-armored and up-rated version of Leopard 2A4

|Kaplan MT / Harimau

|18

|Lightweight tank

|FV101 Scorpion

|90

|Designed as light tank

| AMX 13|| 120 || || Already retrofit, light tanks

| rowspan="8" valign="top" | Iran

| M60 Patton || 150 || ||

| Chieftain MK3|| 100 || || Mobarez is domestically upgraded version.

| T-62|| 75 || ||

| T-72S || 565 || / ||

| Zulfiqar MBT || 100 || / ||

| valign="top" |Type-72Z Safir

|540

| Karrar || 420 || ||Additional 380 on order.

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Iraq

| T-55 || 72 || ||

| T-72M1 || 125 || ||

| M1A1 Abrams || 146 || || Further 175 on order. Yet to be delivered, Tank is equipped with Export Armor Package.

| T-90S/SK || 75 || ||

| rowspan="6" valign="top"| Israel

| Merkava Mk.1 || 180 || ||

| Merkava Mk.2 || 400 || ||

| Merkava Mk.3 || 780 || ||

| Merkava Mk.4 || 660 || ||

| Magach 6 || 560 || / || Upgraded M60 tank

| Magach 7 || 1,600 || / || Upgraded M60 tank

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Italy

| Ariete || 150

| Type 90 || 341 || || Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries until 2009. Replaced by the Type 10.

| Type 10 || 106 || || Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, current MBT in Japanese service.

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Jordan

| Tariq || 292 || || Locally upgraded Centurion. Most of them were modified into Temsah heavy armoured personnel carriers.

| M60A3 || 250 || || Modernized by KADDB

| Khaled || 274 || || Locally upgraded Chieftain

| Challenger 1 || 392 || ||

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| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Kazakhstan

| T-55 || 540 || ||

| T-62 || 75 || ||

| T-72 || 650 || ||

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Kenya

| Vickers Mk 3 || 78 || ||

| T-72Av || 76 || ||

| rowspan="7" valign="top" | Korea, North

| T-55 || 1,800 || ||

| T-62 || 1,000 || ||

| Type 59 || 1,000 || ||

|Type 69 tank

|200

| Chonma-ho || 1,000 || ||

| Pokpung-ho || 500 || ||

| M2020 || 9 prototypes || ||

| rowspan="6" valign="top"| Korea, South

| M48A3K|| 300 || ||

| M48A5, M48A5K || 500 || ||

| T-80U, T-80UK || 35 || || Used in "aggressor" training and test purposes only. Two T-80Us were destroyed during tests in November 2024.

| K1, K1E1 || 1,027 || || All K1s will be upgraded to K1E1 by 2026.

| K1A2 || 484 || ||

| K2 Black Panther || 206 || || Put into service in June 2014. Total 260 to be delivered.

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Kuwait

| M-84D || 150 || ||

| M1A2 || 218 || || Depleted uranium armor removed.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Kyrgyzstan

| T-72 || 210 || ||

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| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Laos

| T-54/55 || 15 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Latvia

| T-55 || 3 || || Exclusively for training

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Lebanon

| T-55 || 270 || ||

| M48A5 || 81 || ||

| M60A3 || 10 || ||

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Libya

| T-55 || 325 || || Large numbers of tanks destroyed by NATO bombings and rebel actions during 2011 Libyan civil war

| T-62 || 350 || ||

| T-72 || 315 || ||

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| rowspan="2" valign="top"| North Macedonia

| T-72 || 10 || || 20 scrapped. Only 10 are in fine condition.

| T-55 || 98 || || All were military aid from Bulgaria during the 2001 KLA insurgency. Fate unknown.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Malawi

| T-55 || 1 || ||Medium tanks

| rowspan="1" valign="top" | Malaysia

| PT-91M || 48 || || Special variant, Commissioned in 2008.

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Mali

| T-34 || 30

| || Medium tanks, Retired as of 2020

| T-54 || || ||

| T-55 || 33 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Mauritania

| T-55 || 35 || ||

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Mongolia

| T-54 || 100 || ||

| T-55 || 170 || ||

| T-62 || 150 || ||

| T-72 || 100 || ||

| rowspan="6" valign="top"| Morocco

| M1A1 || 222 || || M1A1SA "Special Armor".

| M1A2 ||156|| || M1A2

| VT-1A || 150 || || VT-1A version, 54 received in 2011, 96 to be delivered.

| T-72 || 148 || || T-72B/BV.

| M60A3 || 427 || || 260 M60A3TTS and 167 M60A3.

| M48 || 224 || || 224 M48A5 in active service.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Mozambique

| T-55 || 80 || ||

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Myanmar

| Type 59 || 280 || / ||

| Type 69 || 190 || / ||

| T-72B || 300 || ||

| MBT-2000 || 200 || ||

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| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Namibia

| T-55 || 1 || ||

| valign="top" | Netherlands || Leopard 2A6 || 20 || || Most MBTs retired in 2011, 100 Leopard 2 MBTs sold to Finland in 2014. 18 Dutch Leopard 2s are still in use in the German-Dutch tank battalion Panzerbataillion 414 (leased).

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Nicaragua

| T-55 || 31 || ||

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Nigeria

| T-55 || 24 || ||

| T-72 || 16 || ||

| Vickers MBT || 108 || ||

| AMX-30 || 16 || ||

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Norway

| Leopard 2A4NO || 52 (36 operational) || || 52 Leopard 2A4NLs were acquired from the Netherlands in 2001. 46 of these have been refurbished and brought up to Norwegian standards, while the remaining 6 are being used for spare parts. Furthermore, Norway is planning on upgrading 38 tanks to modern standards in the future.

Also has Leopard 1's in storage (unknown condition and quantity). Not in service.

| Leopard 2A7 || 54 on order, option for further 18 || || Norway has ordered 54 Leopard 2A7 with expected delivery starting 2026. The new MBTs are expected to achieve FOC in 2031. Existing Leopard 2A4s are expected to be withdrawn from service with the introduction of the Leopard 2A7s, possibly by donation to Ukraine. 8 Leopard 2A4s, 1 Bergepanzer 2 Armoured Recovery Vehicle, and 3 NM189 Armoured Engineering Vehicles have already been donated to Ukraine.

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| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Oman

| M60A3 || 73 || ||

| Challenger 2 || 38 || ||

| Chieftain Tank || 27 || ||

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| rowspan="6" valign="top" | Pakistan

| Type 85-IIAP || 410 || ||

| T-80UD || 320 || ||

| Al-Zarrar || 750 || / || Pakistani-upgraded Type 59

| Al-Khalid

Al-Khalid-l

| 600

150+

| Pakistani variant of MBT-2000

| Haidar MBT || 200+ || / || Pakistani-variant of VT-4

|VT-4 || 174|| || Delivery in process MBT-3000

| rowspan="1" valign="top" | Peru

| T-55 || 200 || || 50 operatives, 75 in store.

| rowspan="2" valign="top" | Philippines

| Sabrah|| 18 (+10 on order) || ||Light/medium tank armed with 105mm gun designed by Elbit Systems based on ASCOD and Pandur II platforms.

|FV101 Scorpion

|1~12

|Principal light tank of the Philippine Army. Returned to service in 2024. Up to 12 units planned for reactivation.

| rowspan="7" valign="top" | Poland

| T-72M1 || Unknown || ||In service since 1978. License built in Poland At least 290 donated to Ukraine since the beginning of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

| PT-91 || 152 || ||In service since 1994. Polish development of the T-72M1. 60 were donated to Ukraine since the beginning of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

| Leopard 2A4|| 46 || ||In service since 2002. 14 were donated to Ukraine since the beginning of 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

| Leopard 2A5|| 105 || ||In service since 2014.

| Leopard 2PL|| 82 || / ||In service since 2020. Polish modernization of Leopard 2A4s.

|M1 Abrams

|201/394

|In service since 2023. 28 M1A2 SEPv2 tanks leased for training in 2020. 116 M1A1 FEPs to be delivered in 2023 and to be upgraded to SEPv3 standard at a later date. 250 M1A2 SEPv3s to be delivered between 2025 and 2026.

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| rowspan="5" valign="top"| Romania

| T-55 || 394 || ||

|--

| TR-580 || 42 || ||

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| TR-85 || 227 || ||

|--

| TR-85M1 || 54 || ||

|--

| M1 Abrams || 0 (With 54 on order) || || In May 2023, the decision to buy 54 used M1A2 Abrams from US Army stocks was approved by the Parliament of Romania. The Romanian M1A2 variant is designated M1A2R.

| rowspan="6" valign="top" |Russia

|T-54/55

|30 Mostly used as either self-propelled artillery or remote-controlled VBIED's. Remaining T-55 may be used as driver training vehicles. At least 22 lost; destroyed, damaged or captured.

|T-62

|600 (322 lost)

|Up to 600 T-62s were taken out of long-term storage. Some are being modernized into the T-62M obr.2022 variant. At least 322 lost; destroyed, damaged or captured. At least 100 lost; destroyed, damaged or captured.

| T-72 || 91 || || 30 T-72B1MS donated by Russia, ≈50 T-72M in reserve, used mostly for crew training.

| T-55 || 250+ || || Kept in reserve and are being refurbished and sold to other nations.

| valign="top" |Sierra Leone

|T-72

|Purchased from Ukraine, delivered via Poland.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Singapore

| Leopard 2SG || 196 (30 tanks with additional feature) || || Upgraded ex-German Leopard 2A4 / Leopard 2SG-1200

| rowspan="2" valign="top" | Slovakia

| T-72M1 || 22 || ||Leased from Czechoslovakia.

|Leopard 2A4

|6/15

|Donated from Germany

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Slovenia

| M-84 || 54 || || 28 in active service

| M-55S || 2 || || 30 T-55 were heavily modernized in cooperation with Israel, reserve status. 28 donated to Ukraine in October 2022.

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Somalia

| T-54/55 || 40 || || Number in operable condition unknown

| M47 Patton || || || Number in operable condition unknown

| Centurion || 40 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| South Africa

| Olifant 1A/1B || 167 || /

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| South Sudan

| T-55 || || ||

| T-72 || 110 || ||

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Spain

| Leopard 2A6E || 239 || / || License built in Spain

| Leopard 2A4 || 108 || || 54 reserve

| M60A3 TTS || 17 || || Spanish Marines

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Sudan

| T-55 & mods || 400 || ||

| T-72 || 230 || ||

| Type 96 || 40 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Sweden

| Leopard Strv.122 || 120 || / || Leopard 2A5 modified to Swedish specifications. Sweden also previously leased and operated 160 Leopard 2A4s (locally designated Strv 121) from Germany, but most of these have been returned.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Switzerland

| Leopard Pz 87 || 250 || / || Leopard 2A4; 134 upgraded to Pz87 Leopard WE with PERI-R17A2, driver rear view camera and electric Turret drive, produced in Thun/Switzerland

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Syria

| T-55 || 2,250 || || Scores destroyed in civil war, exact numbers left unknown.

| T-62 || 1,000 || || Scores destroyed in civil war, exact numbers left unknown.

| T-72 || 1,600 || || Includes 100+ upgraded T-72B3.

| T-90 || 40 || ||

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| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Taiwan

| M60A3 || 480 || ||

| CM11 Brave Tiger || 450 || / ||

| M1A2T Abrams || 14 || || 108 ordered, will be received from 2022 onwards.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Tajikistan

| T-72 || 44 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Tanzania

| Type 59 || 30 || ||

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Thailand

| M48A5 || 105 || ||

| M60A1 and M60A3 || 178 || ||

| BM Oplot || 49 || ||5 more reported en-route as of November 2017 and manufacture of the remaining 13 completed.

| VT-4 || 60 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Togo

| T-54/T-55 || 4 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Tunisia

| M60A3 || 84 || ||

| rowspan="11" valign="top" | Turkey

| Altay || 7 || || In serial production. 250 on order.

| Leopard 1A3T1 || 227 || || With EMES-12A3 fire control system.

| Leopard 1T || 171 || || With Volkan-M Fire control system modernization.

| Leopard 2A4 || 233 || || 15 more for spare parts.

| Leopard 2A4T1 || 40 || || T1 upgrade is subjected to ballistic protection improvement with ERA plates and anti-drone cages whilst integrating modern electronics.

| Leopard 2A4TM || 81 || || TM upgrade is the refinement of T1 package with active protection and RCWS.

| M60A1 || 100 || || All in reserve.

| M60A3 TTS || 650 || || Some additional units for spares.

| M60TM || 170 || || The ballistic profile of the appliqué armor was improved, incorporated the MG253 120 mm gun and new electronics. It received further updates with ERA plates, active protection and a RCWS.

| M48A5T1 || 400 || || Upgraded along similar lines to the M60, with an M68 105 mm main gun, passive night vision, M60A1 fire control system and an AVDS-1790 diesel engine. All in reserve.

| M48A5T2 || 750 || || Refinement of T1 upgrade with M60A3 thermal imaging, M60A3 fire control system and a laser rangefinder.

| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Turkmenistan

| T-72 || 702 || ||

| T-90 || 10 || / ||

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| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Uganda

| T-55 || 20 || ||

| T-90 || 44 || / ||

| rowspan="12" valign="top" | Ukraine

| M-55S || 28 (2 lost) || || Slovenia donated 28 of their 30 heavily upgraded T-55 tanks to Ukraine in October 2022. At least 2 lost.

| T-64 || >1,000 (643 lost) || || Only T-64BV and T-64BM are in active service. The numbers provided are for tanks in active service, based on data from late 2021 (before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine). Additionally, 578 T-64As and T-64Bs were in storage in 2021 before the war, and would need to be overhauled before returning to service. As of 26 June 2022, 188 T-72 tanks have been visually confirmed captured by the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Territorial Defense Forces and the National Guard, with the biggest number among all Russian MBT types. In April 2022, it was reported that the Czech Republic and Poland (about 200 tanks) had supplied Ukraine with more than 260 T-72 tanks in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Some of these were paid for by other countries including 90 from Czech Republic were upgraded using funds from the U.S. and Denmark. At least 358 lost; destroyed, damaged or captured. In 2020, Ukrainian media reported multiple deliveries of T-80BV tanks.

60 Russian T-80BV, T-80BVM, T-80UK, T-80UE1 and T-80U tanks have been visually confirmed captured during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as of 26 June 2022, with some put to use by the 93rd Mechanized Brigade.

| PT-91 || 60 (12 lost) || || Modernized version of T-72, 60 units sent by Poland. At least 12 lost; destroyed, damaged or captured.

|Leopard 1A5 || 135 (21 lost) || || Financed by Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. Delivered by Germany between 2023-2025. At least 21 lost; destroyed, damaged or captured. The remaining 10 arrived after 7 March. Norway delivered all eight tanks on 20 March 2022. Canada delivered all eight Leopard 2A4CAN by 18 April 2023.

Rheinmetall initially claimed it could prepare up to 51 Leopard 2A4 tanks for Ukraine. However, 14 of these were instead donated to Czechia and 15 were donated to Slovakia as part of Germany's Ringtaush program. 14 were jointly purchased by the Netherlands and Denmark for Ukraine on 20 April 2024, with delivery scheduled for Q1 2024.

On 19 March 2024, Spain announced it is preparing an additional 19 or 20 An additional 49 delivered by Australia in 2025. At least 27 lost.

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| United Arab Emirates

| OF-40 Mk.2 || 36 || || Being withdrawn from service.

| AMX-30S || 45 || ||

| Leclerc || 388 || ||

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| United Kingdom

| Challenger 2 || 158 active (59 Driver training and reserve) (70 in storage, since 2010) || || Equips three regular and one Yeomanry (reserve) Armoured Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps, each of 56 tanks.

A Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP) is planned, and will include new optronics, situational awareness and fire control systems, with 148 tanks upgraded and rebadges as Challenger 3.

In 2010 due to budget cuts, 118 tanks were withdrawn from service. Of these, 70 were put in storage and 48 were converted to Driver Training Tanks.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| United States

| M1A1/M1A2 ||2,509|| || 750 M1A1 SA, 1,605 M1A2 SEPv2, 154 M1A2 SEPv3. (some 3,700 M1A1, M1A2 SEPv2/v3 in storage) All USMC M1A1s retired in 2021 and to be divested by 2025.

| rowspan="1" valign="top"| Uruguay

| Ti-67 || 15 || / || T-55 significantly upgraded by Israel

| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Uzbekistan

| T-55 || 80 || ||

| T-62 || 170 || ||

| T-64 || 100 || ||

| T-72 || 70 || ||

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| rowspan="2" valign="top"| Venezuela

| AMX-30V || 81 || ||

| T72M1M || 92 || / || Purchased in Sept, 2009; the deliveries started in January, 2011

| rowspan="5" valign="top"| Vietnam

| Type 59 || 350 || ||

| T-55 || 900 || ||

| T-62 || 200 || ||

| T-90S/SK || 64 || ||

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| rowspan="4" valign="top"| Yemen

| M60A1 || 50 || ||

| T-55 || 450 || ||

| T-62 || 200 || ||

| T-72 || 60 || ||

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | Zambia

| T-55 || 10 || ||Purchased 1976 and 1981

|Type 59

|20

| rowspan="3" valign="top"| Zimbabwe

| Type 59 || 35 || ||

| Type 69 || 10 || ||

| T-54/55 || 32 || ||

References

Sources

Hunnicutt, R. P. Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank. 1984. Presidio Press; .
War History. (2024, December 14). Chinese Type 59 Tank. WarHistory.org. <nowiki>https://warhistory.org/zh/@msw/article/chinese-type-59-tank</nowiki>

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