List of modern armoured fighting vehicles

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

Algeria

AFVs produced in Algeria

  • BCL-M5

Argentina

AFVs produced in Argentina

Australia

AFVs produced in Australia

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles

  • ASLAV (Australian LAV-25 series)
  • Boxer AFV

Armoured personnel carriers

  • M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (modifications only)
  • Bushmaster IMV
  • Shorland S600 (Design by Short Brothers plc purchased in 1996 by BAE Systems Australia, with later variants produced by Tenix Defence)

Austria

AFVs produced in Austria

  • Saurer 4K 4FA series (Schützenpanzer A1)
  • Steyr 4K 7FA
  • SPz Ulan – co-development with Spain ("ASCOD").
  • Pandur I 6x6
  • Pandur II 6x6 and 8x8
  • SK-105 Kürassier

Azerbaijan

AFVs produced in Azerbaijan

  • Matador 4x4 (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle)
  • Marauder 4x4 (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle)

Belgium

AFVs produced in Belgium

  • BDX (APC)
  • Cobra series
  • SIBMAS
  • FN 4RM-62F AB

Belarus

AFVs produced in Belarus

Brazil

AFVs produced in Brazil

Armoured personnel carrier

Infantry fighting vehicles

  • VBTP-Charrua
  • EE-T4 Ogum
  • FNM Cutia

Main Battle Tank

Self-propelled artillery

4×4 Armored car

  • VBPED 4×4 CTEx light armoured car
  • Marruá M27 VPBL Agrale/OTT 4×4 light armored car
  • GUARÁ Avibrás 4×4 light armored car
  • VBL Gladiador 4×4 light armored car
  • AV-VU4 AM medium 4×4 armored car
  • AV-VBL Heavy 4×4 armored car

Others

  • EE-17 Sucuri
  • EE-18 Sucuri II

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

  • Type 92 aka WZ551 wheeled IFV (Modern)
  • ZBD-03 aka WZ-506, tracked dedicated airborne IFV (Modern)
  • ZBD-04 tracked semi-amphibious IFV (Modern)
  • ZBD-05, tracked dedicated amphibious IFV (Modern)
  • ZBL-08, family of wheeled vehicles including IFV, APC (Modern)

Colombia

AFVs produced in Colombia

Croatia

AFVs produced in Croatia

Egypt

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured reconnaissance vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

  • Fahd
  • Walid

Tank destroyers

  • Locally modified anti-armour Humvee variant

Self-propelled air defence

Finland

AFVs produced in Finland

Armoured personnel carriers

Multirole AFVs

France

Leclerc main battle tank
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

  • Marder 1
  • Puma
  • Lynx

Reconnaissance vehicle

  • Luchs
  • Fennek replacing the Luchs
  • TH200 (prototype only)

Armoured personnel carriers

Bridge layers

  • Biber
  • Panzerschnellbrücke 2

Other AFVs

Greece

AFVs produced in Greece

Tanks

Infantry carriers

Wheeled armoured vehicles

Hungary

AFVs produced in Hungary

Armoured fighting vehicles

  • Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Wheeled armoured vehicles

  • Gidrán 4x4 MRAP

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

  • Karrar MBT
  • Zulfiqar 1 MBT
  • Zulfiqar 2 MBT (Prototype)
  • Zulfiqar 3 MBT
  • Type 72Z Medium tank
  • Tiam Medium tank
  • T-72M Rakhsh T-72M variant developed by the IRGC with new ERA, sights, an RWS. and many other upgrades.
  • T-72S MBT (under license)
  • Tosan light tank

Tank destroyers

  • Aqareb Wheeled 8x8 Tank Destroyer
  • Pirooz on ARAS 4x4

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personal carriers

Infantry Mobility Vehicles

  • Toofan 4x4 IMV
  • Ra'ad 6x6 IMV
  • Roueintan 4x4 IMV
  • Fateq 4x4 IMV

Self-propelled artillery

  • Raad-1 Self-propelled artillery
  • Raad-2 Self-propelled artillery
  • Heidar-41 122mm truck based self-propelled artillery.
  • HM-41 Truck based automatic loading version

Iraq

Tanks

Republic of Ireland

Timoney-derived BDX used by the Belgian Gendarmerie.

Armoured personnel carriers

  • Timoney armoured personnel carrier

Israel

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

  • VCC-80 Dardo
  • VBM Freccia – Infantry Fighting Variant of the Centauro

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

  • MALT(Myanmar Army Light Tank):105 mm Light tank based on 2S1U chassis.

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • BAAC-73 :(4x4)Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[6]
  • BAAC-83 :(4x4)Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[7]
  • BAAC-84 :(4x4)Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[8]
  • BAAC-85 :(4x4)Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[9]
  • BAAC-86 :(4x4)Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[10]
  • BAAC-87 :(4x4)Infantry Fighting Vehicle.[11]

Armoured Personnel Carriers

  • ULARV-1 :(4x4)Armoured Personnel Carrier with a 14.5 mm machine gun.
  • ULARV-2 :(4x4)Armoured Personnel Carrier with a 14.5 mm machine gun and a short range Igla turret.
  • ULARV-3(Prototype) :(6x6)Armoured Personnel Carrier with a RCWS.

Army Scout Vehicle

  • MAV-1 :(4 x 4)Light Armoured Vehicle.[12]
  • MAV-2 :(4 x 4)Light Armoured Vehicle.
  • MAV-3 :(4 x 4)Light Armoured Vehicle.
  • MAV-4 :(4 x 4)Light Armoured Vehicle.
  • Naung Yoe Jeep :(4 x 4)Armoured Jeep.
  • Inlay Jeep:(4 x 4)Armoured Jeep.

Armoured Air-defence Vehicle

  • MADV-1 :(4 x 4)Armoured Air-defence Vehicle based on locally made Naung Yoe Armoured Jeep.
  • MADV-2 :(4 x 4)Armoured Air-defence Vehicle based on locally made MAV-1 Light Armoured 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

  • M-1978 170mm SP
  • M-1974 152mm SP
  • M-1975 130mm SP
  • M-1992 130mm SP
  • M-1977 122mm SP
  • M-1981 122mm SP
  • M-1991 122mm SP
  • M-1992 120mm SP

Norway

AFVs produced in Norway

CV9030
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)

  • ASV Dragoon - License made at HIT [19]
  • Mohafiz - Internal security vehicle
  • M-113 - License made domestic variants
    • APC Talha – Armoured personnel carrier
    • Al-Hadeed - Armoured Recovery Vehicle [14]
    • Al-Qaswa – Armoured logistics vehicle [14]
    • Sakb – Armoured Command Vehicle

Self propelled guns (SPG)

Poland

AFVs produced in Poland

Tanks

Tracked armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles

  • IFV Borsuk – first production batch, in testing
  • WPB Anders – prototype, cancelled
  • BWP-2000 – prototype/experimental, cancelled
  • BWP "Puma" E8 – modernized BMP
  • BWP "Puma" RCWS-30 – modernized BMP
  • BWP-1 series Infantry fighting vehicle
  • SPG Kalina series
  • OT-62 TOPAS series
  • Opal series
  • MT-LB series

Wheeled armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured cars

  • Dzik
  • Jenot
  • Honker 2000
  • Tur

Self-propelled artillery

  • 2S1 "Goździk" – (pl. Carnation) 122 mm howitzer using MT-LB chassis, licensed copy of soviet design
  • AHS Krab – 155 mm howitzer, a modern tracked system
  • PZA "Loara" – AA system based on a PT-91 chassis, withdrawn from service
  • Poprad
  • Hibernyt - ZU-23-2 cannon mounted on Star 266 truck
  • M120 Rak - 120mm mortar

Portugal

AFVs produced in Portugal

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles

Main battle tanks

  • Leopard 2A6 NL

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

  • SSPH1 155 mm Computerised Automatic-loading SP gun

Slovenia

AFVs produced in Slovenia

South Africa

Rooikat armoured reconnaissance vehicle
Badger infantry fighting vehicle

Armoured fighting vehicles designed and produced in South Africa

Tanks

Main battle tanks

  • Olifant Mk1A
  • Olifant Mk2

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

  • Centauro VRCC (Vehículo de Reconocimiento y Combate de Caballería)
  • VEC-M1

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Sri Lanka

AFVs produced in Sri Lanka

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

  • BTR-3E1
  • DTI Black widow spider
  • DTI 8×8 AAPC
  • Panus R-600 8×8
  • Chaiseri tiger 1

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

  • Ferret Scout Car wheeled (4×4) armoured car
  • FV721 Fox CVR wheeled (4×4) armoured car
  • Jackal family of vehicles including Jackal 2 and Coyote 6x6
  • Sabre tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle
  • Saladin wheeled (6×6) armoured car
  • Scorpion tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle
  • Scimitar tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle

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

  • Cadillac Gage LAV 300, configurable as a self-propelled anti-air vehicle, armoured personnel carrier or anti-tank missile carrier.
  • An armoured Humvee, depending on its configuration, may serve as a reconnaissance vehicle, infantry mobility vehicle or, when equipped with a TOW missile launcher, a light anti-tank vehicle.

Other AFVs

Vietnam

AFVs produced in Vietnam.

Infantry fighting vehicles

  • XCB-01

Amphibious armoured personnel carriers

  • XTC-02

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. ^ a b c d e "HIT-Products".
  15. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.

References

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  • Hunnicutt, R. P. (1984). Patton: A History of the American Main Battle Tank. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-230-1.
  • Hunnicutt, R. P. (1988). Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-304-9.
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