List of modern armoured fighting vehicles

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This article lists modern armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) produced or used after the Second World War.

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Algeria

AFVs produced in Algeria

Argentina

AFVs produced in Argentina

Australia

AFVs produced in Australia

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Austria

AFVs produced in Austria

Azerbaijan

AFVs produced in Azerbaijan

Belgium

AFVs produced in Belgium

Belarus

AFVs produced in Belarus

Brazil

AFVs produced in Brazil

Armoured personnel carrier

Infantry fighting vehicles

Main Battle Tank

Self-propelled artillery

4×4 Armored car

Others

Bulgaria

AFVs produced in Bulgaria

Canada

AFVs produced in Canada

Chile

AFVs produced in Chile

China

Modern armoured fighting vehicles produced in the People's Republic of China.

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Colombia

AFVs produced in Colombia

Croatia

AFVs produced in Croatia

Egypt

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured reconnaissance vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled air defence

Finland

AFVs produced in Finland

Armoured personnel carriers

Multirole AFVs

France

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Leclerc main battle tank
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Panhard M3 VTT

AFVs produced in France

Tanks

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Armoured reconnaissance vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Self-propelled artillery

Multirole AFVs

Other AFVs

Georgia

Fast attack vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Infantry fighting vehicle

Self-propelled artillery

Germany

AFVs produced in Germany

Tanks

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery

Tank destroyers

Infantry fighting vehicles

Reconnaissance vehicle

Armoured personnel carriers

Bridge layers

Other AFVs

Greece

AFVs produced in Greece

Tanks

Infantry carriers

Wheeled armoured vehicles

Hungary

AFVs produced in Hungary

Armoured fighting vehicles

Wheeled armoured vehicles

India

AFVs produced in India

Tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Armoured carrier

Self-propelled artillery

Indonesia

AFVs produced in Indonesia

Tank

Fire support vehicle

APCs

Light utility vehicle

Iran

AFVs produced in Iran

Tanks

Tank destroyers

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personal carriers

Infantry Mobility Vehicles

Self-propelled artillery

Iraq

Tanks

Republic of Ireland

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Timoney-derived BDX used by the Belgian Gendarmerie.

Armoured personnel carriers

Israel

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Merkava Mk 4M Windbreaker

Tanks

··((Magach 3: Modernized M48A1/A2C/A3. )) ··((Magach 5: M48A5 in the original configuration. Generally similar to the Magach 3, but had slightly different engine and transmission—AVDS-1790-2D and CD-850-6A accordingly. They were eventually fitted with Blazer ER)) ··((Magach 6: Modernized M60A1 or M60A3.)) ··((Magach 7: M60 with more upgrades))

Armoured personnel carriers

Self-propelled artillery

Combat engineering vehicles

Italy

AFVs produced in Italy

Main battle tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled air defence

Japan

AFVs produced in Japan

Main battle tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armored Reconnaissance vehicles

Armored personnel carriers

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defence

Tank destroyers

Other AFVs

Malaysia

AFVs produced in Malaysia

Tracked armoured fighting vehicle

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicle

Wheeled armoured personnel carrier / Mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP)

Myanmar

Armoured Vehicle producing in Myanmar.

Tanks

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Army Scout Vehicle

Armoured Air-defence Vehicle

Netherlands

AFVs produced in the Netherlands

Tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

North Korea

AFVs produced in North Korea

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles and Armoured personnel carriers

Self-propelled guns

Norway

AFVs produced in Norway

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CV9030
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MLRS

Main Battle Tanks

Light Tanks

Armoured personnel carrier

Tank destroyers

Pakistan

Main battle tanks (MBT)

Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ACRV)

Multirole Combat Vehicles (MCV)

Armoured personnel carriers (APC)

Self propelled guns (SPG)

Poland

AFVs produced in Poland

Tanks

Tracked armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles

Wheeled armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured cars

Self-propelled artillery

Portugal

AFVs produced in Portugal

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles

Main battle tanks

Romania

AFVs produced in Romania

Tanks

Armoured personnel carriers

Infantry fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery

Russia

AFVs produced in Russia

Tanks

Armoured personnel carriers

Infantry fighting vehicles

Tank destroyers

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defense

Serbia

AFVs produced in Serbia

Tanks

Armoured personnel carriers

Infantry fighting vehicles

Combat engineering vehicles

Singapore

AFVs produced in Singapore

Tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Self-propelled guns

Slovenia

AFVs produced in Slovenia

South Africa

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Rooikat armoured reconnaissance vehicle
Badger infantry fighting vehicle Badger-infanteriegevegsvoertuig, c, Waterkloof Lugmagbasis.jpg
Badger infantry fighting vehicle

Armoured fighting vehicles designed and produced in South Africa

Tanks

Main battle tanks

Prototype tanks

Self propelled artillery

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Armoured cars

South Korea

AFVs produced in South Korea

Tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defense

Soviet Union (later Russian Federation)

AFVs produced in the [ Soviet Union / Russian Federation]

Tanks

Armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defense

Spain

AFVs produced in Spain

Tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Sri Lanka

AFVs produced in Sri Lanka

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Unibuffel MK II Armored Personnel Carrier – Sri Lanka Army

Armoured personnel carriers

Sweden

AFVs produced in Sweden

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Self-Propelled Artillery

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Other AFVs

Switzerland

AFVs produced in Switzerland

Main battle tanks

Armored fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery

Armored reconnaissance vehicles

Taiwan

AFVs produced in Taiwan

Main battle tanks

Armored fighting vehicles

Thailand

AFVs produced in Thailand

Infantry fighting vehicles

Other AFVs

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defense

Wheeled armoured personnel carrier / Mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP)

Turkey

AFVs produced in Turkey

Main battle tanks

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Armored personnel carriers

Self-Propelled Artillery

Multirole AFVs

Ukraine

AFVs produced in Ukraine

Main battle tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Other AFVs

United Kingdom

AFVs produced in the United Kingdom

Main battle tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured reconnaissance vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Tank Destroyers

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defence

Armoured Recovery Vehicles

Combat Engineering Vehicles

Other AFVs

United States

AFVs produced in the United States

Tanks

Main battle tanks

Light tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured reconnaissance vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Tracked

Wheeled

Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled air defense

Engineering support vehicles

Multirole AFVs

Other AFVs

Vietnam

AFVs produced in Vietnam.

Infantry fighting vehicles

Amphibious armoured personnel carriers

Zimbabwe

AFVs produced in Zimbabwe

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Infantry fighting vehicles

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "الرئيسية". Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "الرئيسية". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "الرئيسية". Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gulfco, Ltd". www.gulfcosecurity.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ↑ defenceupdate (2018-04-14). "K-9 Vajra-T:: India's Deadly Self-Propelled Howitzer". Indian Defence News. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  6. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  7. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  8. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  9. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  10. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  11. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  12. ↑ Maung, Aung Myoe (2009). Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN   978-981-230-848-1.
  13. ↑ "Al Khalid I makes public deput at IDEAS". Asian Military Review. November 2018.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "HIT-Products".
  15. 1 2 3 "HIT-Factories".
  16. ↑ "Specifications of Pakistan Army's Type-85UG Main Battle Tank". PakStrategic.com.
  17. ↑ "HAMZA 8x8 MCV". CavalierGroup.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  18. ↑ "HAMZA 6x6 MCV". CavalierGroup.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  19. ↑ "HIT-Products".
  20. ↑ Modernisation of T-54, T-55, T-59 and T-62 main battle tanks Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  21. ↑ T-64 Main Battle Tank Upgrade at KMDB.
  22. ↑ BM Bulat (Modernisation of T-64B Battle Tanks Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine . at KMDB.
  23. ↑ T-72MP Upgraded Main Battle Tank Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  24. ↑ T-72AG Upgraded Main Battle Tank Archived 2009-02-09 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  25. ↑ T-72-120 Upgraded Main Battle Tank Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  26. 1 2 Zaloga 2000, pp 3–4.
  27. ↑ Yatagan Main Battle Tank at KMDB.
  28. ↑ Oplot Main Battle Tank Archived 2013-01-13 at archive.today at KMDB.
  29. ↑ BTR-3U Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  30. 1 2 BTR-4 Archived 2007-05-14 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  31. ↑ Dozor-B – Armored Personnel Carrier Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.
  32. ↑ Armoured Repair Recovery Vehicle BREM-84 Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine at KMDB.

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