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	Main Battle Tank T-80U
		Main battle tank T-80U was developed in 1985 in Soviet constructor bureau Nr.3 (KB-3, general constructor N.S.Popov) in result of modernization tank T-80.
		According that main battle tank T-80U is protected almost from all massive anti-tank cumulative projectiles and significally protected from armor-piercing undercaliber projectiles in traverse range of + 35 degrees.
		Tank has modern fire control system which allows gunner and commander separately select targets and destroy chosen targets in all weather and day/night conditions and on the move.
	www.enemyforces.com /tanks/t80u.htm (807 words)

	Tank classification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earlier cruiser tanks were largely replaced by larger cruisers such as the Crusader series, though in some cases reverted to even lighter scouting tanks such as the U.S. M3 Stuart (referred to by its crews as the 'Honey').
		Tank organizations (armoured units) are meant to participate in many different kinds of operations, including fighting other tanks, supporting infantry in the assault, heavy reconnaissance, or counterattack.
		By comparison the Israeli Merkava is a main battle tank with the ability to carry a section of infantry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Main_battle_tank (3922 words)

	Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tanks were first used in the First World War, to break the deadlock of the trenches, and they evolved to take the role of cavalry on the battlefield.
		Tank guns have fired many types of rounds, but their current use is commonly limited to kinetic energy (KE) penetrators and high explosive (HE) rounds.
		Since an immobilised tank is an easy target for mortars, artillery, and the specialised tank hunting units of the enemy forces, speed is normally kept to a minimum, and every opportunity is used upon to move tanks on wheeled tank transporters and by railway instead of under their own power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tank (8151 words)

	M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
		The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) is the namesake of the late General Creighton W. Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Battalion.
		The driver sits centered in the hull and forward of the turret, while the loader, gunner and tank commander occupy the turret, with the loader situated to the left of the main gun and the gunner and tank commander sitting in tandem on the right side.
		The tank commander's hatch is ringed by vision periscopes and the Commander's Weapon Station cupola is equipped with an M2 HB caliber.50 machine gun.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m1-intro.htm (2515 words)

	Main Battle Tanks
		The corresponding command tank for the T-62M is the T-62MK.
		Main armament is a 125-mm (2A46) smoothbore gun fitted with a light alloy thermal sleeve and a bore evacuator.
		A mobility test-bed of a 21th century tank and is a result of radical upgrading of the T-80U MBT.
	www.armscontrol.ru /atmtc/Arms_systems/Land/Tanks/Main_Battle_Tanks.htm (7600 words)

	T-72 "Ural" Main Battle Tank
		For that moment it was the most powerful main battle tank in the world considering main characteristics, such as fire power, armored protection and mobility.
		Main battle tank is completed with three 2-liter capacity extinguishers, shooting system and nine thermal sensors.
		Tank is also completed with entrenching equipment, mounted on the lower part of the frontal armor.
	www.enemyforces.com /tanks/t72.htm (1566 words)

	T-72S Main Battle Tank
		This tank is intended to equip mechanized infantry and tank subunits.
		Tank concealment is achieved by low-level noise, heat insulation of roof and shutters, ventilation of engine-transmission compartment, exhaust laying smoke screen capability, smoke dischargers and camouflage painting.
		Tank mobility is provided by diesel engine, planetary transmission with hydraulic servo-control system, running gear with RMB track, torsion bar suspension with hydro shock absorbers.
	www.maxwolf.ru /armor/t72s.html (268 words)

	Main Battle Tank - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tank designations during the Second World War generally focused on the weight of the vehicle and/or the thickness of its armour, dividing tanks into "light", "medium" and "heavy" classifications.
		Tank classification in the Second World War was done at first by intended role, and then by weight (though the designations "light", "medium" and "heavy" generally refer to a combination of firepower, armour protection, and speed in addition to physical size).
		The first tank formation of the Canadian Army to arrive overseas was the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade (consisting of the 11th, 12th, and 14th Canadian Army Tank Battalions), landing in the UK in July 1941.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Main_Battle_Tank (5138 words)

	YouTube - T-80U MAIN BATTLE TANK
		This tank looks alot like the t-72, The T-72s of the gulf war was unable to take out the abrams, I understand that is because they didnt have any depleted uranium shells.
		The problem with Russian tanks are their auto loading system for the main gun...
		KBTM of Omsk, Russian Federation, manufactures the T-80U for general use in infantry and tank units and the T-80UK command tank and XKBM, Kharkov, Ukraine, manufactures the T-80UD and the T-84.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=vglw7d7Y8io (532 words)

	T-80 Main Battle Tank
		The tank has a toothed shovel/dozer blade on the front of the hull beneath the glacis.
		The turret is steel with an inner layer of special armor; the gunner sits on the left and the tank commander on the right.
		The T-80 MBT uses the same 125-mm gun and horizontal ammunition system as the T-72 whereas the T-64 uses a 125-mm 2A26 gun with vertical ammunition stowage.
	www.angelfire.com /ab5/WWTanks/Russia/Tanks/T80/T80.html (543 words)

	USA-M-7 Jackson class Main Battle Tank
		The tanks that were initially constructed from low tech alloys and then refitted, such as the Russian converted M-80 Main Battle Tanks, were considered the worst as far as maintenance was concerned.
		As well, the main weapon systems were not upgraded on the original Jackson main battle tanks although armor and secondary weapon systems were upgraded on many of them.
		The electro-thermal main gun of the tank was replaced by a powerful 100 mm rail gun which had several times the range of the original cannon.
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Rifts/Rifts-Pre-Rifts-Vehicles/United_States/USA-M-7_Jackson_MBT.htm (2733 words)

	main battle tank (Germany) - Leopard 2 - Military Database
		The Leopard 2 is the principal main battle tank (MBT) in service with the German army and several other European countries.
		The Rheinmetall 120-mm smoothbore main armament is powerful and reliable and has been adopted for the U.S. and A2 as the M256.
		Most notably, the Strv-122 is the first MBT in Europe to use the advanced tank command and control system (TCCS).
	www.militaryperiscope.com /mdb-smpl/weapons/gcv/tanks/w0001000.shtml (2343 words)

	New Sovietskiy T-95U Main Battle Tank
		The T-95 was the ultimate of the Russian Main Battle Tanks, being ready in at least limited numbers for the war against the Soviet Ukraine in 2012, and proving it's self an excellent weapon, considered by many to be the best tank in the world at the time.
		Tank crews often personalize them with their pay in the armies of the assorted warlords to be considerably different from these Soviet-Era specifications.
		It was never fitted to any other Soviet tanks, however, as it was felt the rapid-fire lasers of the newer tanks replaced the need for it, especially with it's very limited payload, and there was no space on the older tanks.
	the_kitsune.tripod.com /Rifts-Earth-Vehicles/NS_T-95U_MBT.htm (1497 words)

	Human Alliance Forces "Kramer" Main Battle Tank (Grav)
		The tanks are very vulnerable during the descent phase and assault plans usually involved the tanks being escorted to the ground by Starfighters.
		The main gun of the "Kramer" hover tank is an eight centimeter particle beam.
		Main gun is usually controlled by the Gunner although both the commander have emergency controls.
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Rifts/Rifts-PW-Vehicles/HAFA-MBT-12_Kramer_Grav_Tank.htm (2249 words)

	T-95 Main Battle Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Main gun rounds are placed in a circle around a loader and are delivered by a revolving transporter, fully automating the loading procedure.
		Yet another major innovation attributed to this tank is a new anti-tank gun that has a larger caliber than the 2A46 series, 135 mm.
		It is hard to tell how much in common does this MBT have with a real new tank being developed in Nizhny Tagil, but the main features of both vehicles are an unmanned gunpod, crew placement in the hull and a large-caliber maingun.
	armor.vif2.ru /Tanks/MBT/t-95.html (423 words)

	T-54/55 Main Battle Tank. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This searchlight, however, is not a distinguishing feature since it has been retrofitted to many T-54 and T-54A tanks.
		The increased cruising range can go up to 715 kilometers with two 200-liter auxiliary fuel tanks which can be carried on the rear.
		It also has a basic load for the main gun of 43 rather than 34 rounds.
	www.stormloader.com /albanianarmy/T54.htm (335 words)

	MAIN BATTLE TANK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A tank is a machine that has a large gun tube that is propelled across the battlefield by a powerful engine.
		Modern tanks can destroy given enemy targets at a distance of up to 3 km, and can move rapidly across the battlefield, allowing the commander in charge of it to exploit weaknesses in enemy forces before they have a chance to react.
		In order to understand the almost organic coupling that takes place between the human tank crew and their machinic complement, one must understand the function of each crew member in relation to the machine.
	enculturation.gmu.edu /1_1/brenner/mbt.html (148 words)

	Type 88 Main Battle Tank \| Ground Forces \| SinoDefence.com
		The Type 88 is China’s second-generation indigenous main battle tank (MBT) developed from the Type 80 MBT prototype introduced in the early 1980s.
		The tank only saw limited service with the PLA, and its technology was used to develop the more capable Type 85/96 series MBT.
		While an ambitious project to develop a brand new MBT that would match the German Leopard 2 was underway, a less radical design was also being developed as a contingency plan by NORINCO, which later led to the introduction of the Type 80 MBT.
	www.sinodefence.com /army/tank/type88.asp (992 words)

	M60 Main Battle Tank
		The M60-series tanks are full-track-laying, heavily armored combat vehicles operated by a four-man crew: driver, gunner, loader, and tank commander.
		The system consists of a turretless M60 tank, Israeli mine rollers, an antimagnetic actuating device, and an remote-control unit that is mounted in a separate vehicle.
		The CEV is a full-tracked armored vehicle which consists of a basic M60A1 tank with a front-mounted, hydraulically-operated dozer blade, surmounted by a turret bearing a 165mm demolition gun, a retractable boom of welded tubular construction, and a winch.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/cv/tank/M60.html (665 words)

	AMX-30 Main Battle Tank (France)
		It was expected that France and Germany would design a main battle tank with the same general specifications, the two would be evaluated against each other and all three would adopt the best one.
		The tank has a torsion bar type suspension with five rubber-tyred twin road wheels, with an idler at the front and drive wheel at the back and five track return rollers.
		The tank is fitted with a battery powered electric pump for refuelling, a power receptacle in the driver's compartment that can charge the battery from another tank, NBC system, heater, automatic fire alarm system, crew intercom system and infantry telephone.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/weapons_amx30.html (1086 words)

	Main Battle Tank
		Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun is a multi-laboratory programme of DRDO with CVRDE as the lead Laboratory.
		The stabilization system for the main armament, slaved to the sighting equipment in elevation and azimuth, with a high and accurate laying speed, allows fire on the move.
		FSAPDS ammunition which is the main battle ammunition of the tank has accounted itself admirably during the trails.
	www.drdo.org /products/mbt.htm (751 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Challenger: Main Battle Tank 1982-1997 (Osprey New Vanguard Series, 23) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		New Vanguard 80: Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965-2003 by Simon Dunstan
		The successor to the Chieftain from the 1960's, work began in 1976 on development of a new MBT specifically for the Iranian army, who needed a more capable tank than the Chieftain to suit their climatic and geographical conditions.
		Tank design is a continuous process and, even before a Main Battle Tank (MBT) enters service, concepts and characteristics for its successor are being explored.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1855324857?v=glance (900 words)

	PA-MBTGT3 Phoenix Armory Slammer Main Battle Grav-Tank
		The main hull of the tank is long and rather low, and the glacis plate is mounted under a extreme angle.
		The sides of the tank are almost vertical, for although a angled armor was also available, it was later in the selection process discarded for a vertical armor.
		In all cases, the tank is difficult to spot: -20% for others to detect ambush and detect concealment, and as long as the tank is inactive there is a a 30% chance of not being seen if it does not fire any weapons or charges any systems.
	members.tripod.com /the_kitsune/Rifts-PW-Vehicles/PA-MBTGT3_Slammer_Tank.htm (3407 words)

	Leclerc Main Battle Tank (France)
		The development programme would have to start fairly quickly if the new tank was to be fielded by the start of the 1990s to combat the growing threat of increasing numbers of the latest Russian tanks being fielded in Eastern Europe.
		The tank is powered by a SACM V8X-1500 Hyperbar diesel engine (1,500hp) coupled to a SESM ESM 500 fully automatic transmission and has a computer system that calculates fuel requirements, starting procedures and monitors the engine's performance.
		The main armament consists of a 120mm CN 120-26 (F1) smoothbore gun that has the same chamber as the 120mm gun on the Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/weapons_leclerc.html (1149 words)

	STAR OF ISRAEL: Merkava Mk 4 Main Battle Tank
		All main gun ammunition is stored in the hull, below the turret ring (where it is protected not only by the thicker hull armor, but by earth as well, when the tank is "dug in" in a hull down defensive position).
		In addition to the main gun, Merkavas are also armed with a 7.62mm COAX machine gun, the loader and commander each have a 7.62mm machine gun, and a.50 caliber MG is often mounted directly to the gun mantlet for use by the gunner as a light vehicle weapon.
		Both the gunner and tank commander can scan independently for targets, with the TC having the same battle override and target handoff capabilities as are found on the M1A2 and the Leopard II.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Merkava,,00.html (1677 words)

	T-72 Main Battle Tank
		The T-72's all-welded hull is divided into three main compartments with the driver at the front, fighting compartment in the center, and the engine and transmission at the rear.
		The tank commander and gunner sit in the turret with the commander on the right and the gunner on the left.
		Other equipment includes a main winch with a capacity of 25 tons that can be increased to 100 tons, an auxiliary winch, a hydraulically operated dozer/stabilizing blade at the front of the hull, towing equipment, and a complete range of tools and recovery equipment.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/cv/tank/T-72.html (1148 words)

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