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.

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Afghanistan	T-55	400	Soviet Union	Most either destroyed or scrapped during NATO occupation. Those that remain are now under Taliban control.
Afghanistan	T-62	260	Soviet Union	Most either destroyed or scrapped during NATO occupation. Those that remain are now under Taliban control.
Algeria^[1]	T-62	270	Soviet Union
	T-64	300	Soviet Union
	T-72	325	Soviet Union
	T-90A	300	Soviet Union / Russia
Angola	T-55	200	Soviet Union
	T-62	50	Soviet Union
	T-72	50	Soviet Union
Argentina	Tanque Argentino Mediano (TAM)	231	Argentina West Germany	Chassis is based on Marder IFV
Armenia	T-62	14	Soviet Union
	T-72	168	Soviet Union
	T-90	30	Soviet Union
Australia	M1 Abrams	75	United States	In 2022, Australia signed a contract to replace the 59 M1A1 AIM Abrams with 75 M1A2 SEPv3, scheduled for delivery beginning in 2024.
Austria^[2]	Leopard 2A4	56	West Germany	Replaced the M60 A3 in 1997. Will be subject to a combat value increase in the near future.
Azerbaijan	T-90S	100	Soviet Union / Russia
	T-72 Aslan	420	Russia
	T-55	100	Soviet Union

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Bahrain	M60A3 Patton	180	United States	100 in active service with a further 80 in storage^[3]
Bangladesh	Type 59 Durjoy	174	China / Bangladesh	174 Type 59 tanks were upgraded to Type 59 Durjoy^[4]
	Type 69	58^[5]	China
	Al-Khalid	44^[5]	China / Pakistan
	VT-5	44 (on order)^[5]	China	Light tank
Belarus	T-72B	497	Soviet Union	477 T-72B and 20 T-72B3^[3]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	M-84	71	Yugoslavia
	AMX-30S	50	France
	M60A3	85	United States
	T-55	142	Soviet Union
Brazil^[6]	EE-T1 Osório	2	Brazil	Two operational tanks with the Centro de Instrução de Blindados of the Brazilian Army^[7]
	M60A3 TTS	91	United States	Used for instruction
	Leopard 1A1	127	West Germany
	Leopard 1A5	221	West Germany	Upgraded for ´´BR+´´ version
Bulgaria	T-72	90^[3]	Soviet Union	T-72M1/M2
Burundi	T-55	about 10^[8]	Soviet Union

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Cambodia	T-55	365	Soviet Union
	T-62	19	Soviet Union
	Type 59	74	Soviet Union / China
Canada	Leopard 2A6M CAN	20	West Germany / Germany	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.^[9]^[10]
	Leopard 2 A4M CAN	20	West Germany / Germany	Upgraded from Dutch Leopard 2A4 in 2010, closer to 2A7+ armour configuration but with shorter barrel.
	Leopard 2A4 CAN	34	West Germany	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.^[10] 20 were upgraded to 2A4M CAN standard in 2010, 20 were upgraded to 2A7 standard and given to Germany in exchange for 2A6Ms, 18 converted into Wisent 2 "Ram" AEVs, leaving 42 Leopard 2A4 CAN in service by 2022. 8 were donated to Ukraine in 2023.^[11]
Cape Verde	T-55	12	Soviet Union
Central African Republic	T-55	4	Soviet Union
Chad	T-55	60	Soviet Union
Chile^[12]	Leopard 2A4	172	West Germany	8 to be used as spares, upgrades for Leopard 2A5 in 2015
Chile^[12]	Leopard 1V	100	West Germany
China	Type 99A^[13]	600	China
	Type 99^[13]	600	China
	Type 96	2,500	China
	Type 88	300	China	Reserve and training units. Retired from active service
	Type 69/79	300	Soviet Union / China	Reserve and training units. Retired from active service
	VT-4	300^{[citation needed]}	China	Reserve and training units. Retired from active service^{[citation needed]}
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Type 59	30	Soviet Union / China
Congo, Democratic Republic of	T-55	20	Soviet Union
Congo, Republic of	Type 59	20	Soviet Union / China
Croatia	Leopard 2A8	(50+ on order)	Germany	On order
Cuba	T-55	900	Soviet Union
	T-64	20	Soviet Union
	T-62	400	Soviet Union
Cyprus^[14]	AMX-30B2	52	France
	AMX-30G	30	France
	T-80U	82	Russia	Ordered January 2009
Czech Republic^[15]	T-72M4 CZ	30	Czech Republic	3rd tank generation Czech upgrade of T-72, produced 2003-2006.
	T-72M1	86 (?)	Czechoslovakia	20 active, remainder (66) in storage, as reserve.^[16] Unknown number donated to Ukraine.
	Leopard 2A4	14	West Germany	Donated by Germany in exchange for Czech tanks sent to Ukraine.^[17]

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Ecuador	Leopard 1	60	West Germany	30 1V's and 30 1A5's models bought from Chile.^[18]^[19]^[20]
	AMX-13	80	France	Light tanks
	T-55	3	Soviet Union	Borrowed from Peru as war compensation (Cenepa War). Some sources establish that the T-55 are part of an unfinished weapons deal .^[21]
Egypt	T-62	500^[3]	Soviet Union	300 in active service with a further 200 in storage.
	Ramses II	840^[3]	Soviet Union / Egypt	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^[3]	United States	Out of 735 M60A3 + 700 M60A1 were brought up to A3 Standard from U.S. Army Europe surplus stocks in Germany between 1979–1988 + 173 M60A3 between 1992–2001^[22] + 108 M60A3 from the Austrian Army Surplus in 2002,^[23]
	M1A1 Abrams	1,130^[3]	United States
Equatorial Guinea	T-55	3	Soviet Union
Eritrea	T-55A/AM2	300	Soviet Union	150 in service, 150 in storage.
Eritrea	T-62	~	Soviet Union	Received a number from Ethiopia.
Ethiopia	T-55	170	Soviet Union
	T-62	50	Soviet Union
	T-72	~250^[24]	Soviet Union

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Finland	Leopard 2A4	139	West Germany	Some of the existing Leopard 2A4's are equipped with Israeli made Urdan mine rollers.
Finland	Leopard 2A6	100	Germany	In total, 100 used Leopard 2A6 tanks were delivered from the Netherlands by the end of 2019.
France	Leclerc	406	France	184 in storage, 239 is active. 200 will be upgraded to Leclerc XLR.
France	Leclerc XLR	15	France	Total 200 ordered.

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Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
India	Arjun MBT	141 (MK1 and MK1A)	India	124 Arjun MK1 MBTs and a total of 118 MK1A tanks on order.^[29]^[30]^[31] Army required nearly 3500 MBTs in future.^[32]
	Tank EX	8	India	Only prototypes made.
	T-90	2,078	Soviet Union / Russia	464 new T-90MS are on order as of 2020. These tanks are now manufactured locally.
	T-72	2,414^[33]	Soviet Union Poland	Upgraded to advanced Ajeya Mk1 and MK2 standard. To be replaced with next generation MBT.
Indonesia	Leopard 2A4	42	West Germany	Already arrived all from Germany
	Leopard 2 Revolution	61	Germany	Already arrived all. Up-armored and up-rated version of Leopard 2A4
	Kaplan MT / Harimau	18	Indonesia/ Turkey	Lightweight tank
	FV101 Scorpion	90	United Kingdom	Designed as light tank
	AMX 13	120	France	Already retrofit, light tanks
Iran^[34]
	M60 Patton	150	United States
	Chieftain (tank) MK3	100	United Kingdom	Mobarez is domestically upgraded version.
	T-62	75	Soviet Union
	T-72S	480	Soviet Union / Polish People's Republic
	Zulfiqar MBT	1,150	United States / Iran
	Karrar	420	Iran	Additional 380 on order.
Iraq	T-55	72	Soviet Union
	T-72M1	125	Soviet Union
	M1A1 Abrams	146	United States	Further 175 on order. Yet to be delivered, Tank is equipped with Export Armor Package.
	T-90S/SK	75	Russia	^[35]
Israel^[36]	Merkava Mk.1	180	Israel
	Merkava Mk.2	400	Israel
	Merkava Mk.3	780	Israel
	Merkava Mk.4	660	Israel
	Magach 6	560	United States/ Israel	Upgraded M60 tank
	Magach 7	1,600	United States/ Israel	Upgraded M60 tank
Italy	Ariete	150^[3]	Italy	147 C1 and 3 C2 variants.^[3] To be upgraded.
Ivory Coast	T-55	10	Soviet Union	Some donated by Angola

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Japan^[37]
	Type 90	341	Japan	Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries until 2009. Replaced by the Type 10.
	Type 10	106	Japan	Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, current MBT in Japanese service.
Jordan	Tariq	292	United Kingdom	Locally upgraded Centurion. Most of them were modified into Temsah heavy armoured personnel carriers.
	M60A3	250	United States	Modernized by KADDB
	Khaled	274	United Kingdom	Locally upgraded Chieftain
	Challenger 1	392	United Kingdom

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Kazakhstan	T-55	540	Soviet Union
	T-62	75	Soviet Union
	T-72	650	Soviet Union
Kenya^[38]	Vickers Mk 3	78	United Kingdom
Kenya^[38]	T-72Av	76	Soviet Union
Korea, North	T-55	1,800	Soviet Union
	T-62	1,000	Soviet Union
	Type 59	1,000	China
	Type 69 tank	200	China
	Chonma-ho	1,000	North Korea
	Pokpung-ho	500	North Korea
	M2020	9 prototypes	North Korea
Korea, South	M48A3K	300	United States
	M48A5, M48A5K	500	United States
	T-80U, T-80UK	35	Soviet Union	South Korea was given 33 T-80Us during 1996 and 1997 and 2 T-80UKs in 2005 as a partial interest payment of Russian debts incurred during the Soviet era.
	K1, K1E1	1,027	Republic of Korea	All K1s will be upgraded to K1E1 by 2026.
	K1A2	484	Republic of Korea
	K2 Black Panther	206	Republic of Korea	Put into service in June 2014. Total 260 to be delivered.
Kuwait	M-84D	150	Yugoslavia
Kuwait	M1A2	218	United States	Depleted uranium armor removed.
Kyrgyzstan	T-72	210	Soviet Union

Country	Type	Quantity (Estimated)	Origin	Notes
Namibia	T-55	1	Soviet Union
Netherlands	Leopard 2A6	20	Germany	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).^[40]
Nicaragua	T-55	31	Soviet Union
Nigeria	T-55	24	Soviet Union
	T-72	16	Soviet Union
	Vickers MBT	108	United Kingdom
	AMX-30	16	France
Norway	Leopard 2A4NO	52 (36 operational)	West Germany	52 Leopard 2A4NLs were acquired from the Netherlands in 2001. 46 of these have been refurbished and brought up to Norwegian standards,^[41] while the remaining 6 are being used for spare parts.^[42] Furthermore, Norway is planning on upgrading 38 tanks to modern standards in the future.^[43] Also has Leopard 1's in storage (unknown condition and quantity). Not in service.
Norway	Leopard 2A7	54 on order, option for further 18	Germany	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.