List of main battle tanks by generation

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As of now there have been three generations of Main Battle Tanks.

Contents 1 First Generation 2 Second Generation 3 Third generation 4 Under development 5 See also

[edit] First Generation

• T-44
• A41 Centurion
• T-10
• T-54
• M46 Patton
• M47 Patton
• M48 Patton
• FV214 Conqueror
• T-55
• M-103
• Type 59
• Stridsvagn 74
• Type 61
• Sho't
• Magach 3/5
• Type 69
• Tiran-4/5
• Type 79

[edit] Second Generation

• T-62
• M60 Patton
• FV 4201 Chieftain
• Leopard 1
• AMX 30
• Stridsvagn 103
• T-64
• T-72
• Tiran 6
• Type 74
• Type 80
• T-55AM "Merida"
• M-84
• Type 85
• Type 88
• Type 90
• Type 96
• Lion of Babylon
• Ch'onma-ho
• Magach 6/7
• Sabra
• M-60 2000
• Merkava Mark I/II
• Zulfiqar tank
• M-2002

[edit] Third generation

• Leopard 2
• T-80
• T-90
• T-84
• Zulfiqar tank
• M-1 Abrams
• FV4030/4 Challenger 1
• Type 90
• Type 98
• Type 99
• FV4034 Challenger 2
• AMX-56 Leclerc
• PT-91
• C1 Ariete
• Arjun MBT
• Al-Khalid (MBT 2000)
• Merkava Mark III/IV
• M-2001
• M-95 Degman

[edit] Under development

Tanks that are currently under development by some countries, not in service.

• Black Eagle
• K2 Black Panther
• T-95
• MBT-X

[edit] See also

• Armoured fighting vehicle classification
• List of main battle tanks by country