As per the defence ministry data, the Indian army has more than 4500 MBTs and 6800 Armoured Fighting Vehicles assisted with modern technology. Indian army has a large volume of main battle tanks with advanced technology which enclosed us in the world’s top 5 list.
No. | Tank Name | Year in which it is produced | Crew | Weight in tons | No. of variants | No. of units produced | Manufacturer(s) | Engine Spec. | Operated by | Max. Speed | Max. Range |
1. | Vickers MK-VI | 1936 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1682 | Vickers-Armstrong UK | 1 X Meadows ESTL 6 cylinder gasoline engine with 88 HP | Australia; Canada; Egypt; India; United Kingdom; New Zealand | 52 | 201 |
2. | M3 Stuart (Light tank) | 1941 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 22744 | American Car & Foundry Company, USA | 1 X Continental W670-9A 7-cylinder 4-cycle radial gasoline engine developing 262HP at 2400 rpm | 31 countries | 58 | 113 |
3. | M5 Stuart (Light tank) | 1942 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 8884 | Cadillac Division of General Motors / Massey Harris / American Car and Foundry – USA | 2 X Cadillac V8 (16 total cylinders) gasoline delivering 296HP | Brazil; Haiti; India; Israel; Pakistan; Soviet Union; United Kingdom; United States | 58 | 160 |
4. | M4 Sherman (Medium tank) | 1942 | 5 | 31 | 98 | 50000 | American Locomotive / Detroit Tank Arsenal / Lima Locomotive among others – USA | 1 Continental R975-C1 9-cylinder gasoline fuelled engine developing 400HP at 2400 rpm | 53 countries | 39 | 193 |
5. | Centurion A41 | 1945 | 4 | 62 | >100 | 4423 | Leyland Motors / Vickers / Royal Ordnance Factory – UK | 1 Rolls-Royce 12-cylinder liquid cooled gasoline engine developing 650HP at 2550 rpm. | Australia; Austria; Canada; Denmark; Egypt; India; Iraq; Israel; Kuwait; Lebanon; Jordan; Netherlands; New Zealand; Singapore; Somaliland; South Africa; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom | 39 | 190 |
6. | T-54 MBT | 1949 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 50000 | State Factories – USSR / Poland / Czechoslovakia / China | 1 V54 12-cylinder diesel fuelled liquid cooled engine developing 520HP driving conventional track and wheel arrangement | 43 countries | 48 | 400 |
7. | AMX-13 LT | 1952 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 7700 | GIAT Industries, France | 1 SOFAM Model 8-cyclinder water cooled gasoline engine developing 250HP at 3200 rpm | Algeria; Argentina; Austria; Belgium; Cambodia; Chile; Cyprus; Dominican Republic; Djibouti; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; France; Guatemala; India; Indonesia; Israel; Ivory Coast; Kuwait; Lebanon; Mexico; Morocco; Nepal; Netherlands; Peru; Singapore; Switzerland; Tunisia; Venezuela | 60 | 375 |
8. | PT-76 (ALTCV) | 1952 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 12000 | State Arsenals, Soviet Union | 1 X V6B 6-cylinder inline water cooled diesel engine developing 240HP at 1800 rpm | Benin; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Congo; China; Croatia; Cuba; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Indonesia; Laos; Madagascar; Nicaragua; North Korea; Soviet Union (Russia); Uganda; Vietnam; Zambia | 44 | 370 |
9. | T-55 MBT | 1948 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 50000 | State Factories – Soviet Union / China / Czechoslovakia / Poland / Romania | 1 V55 diesel fuelled engine developing 80HP driving the conventional track and wheel arrangement | 61 countries | 50 | 500 |
10. | Vickers MBT (VIJAYANTA) | 1965 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 2331 | BAE Systems Land Systems – UK / Avadi Company – India | 1 Detroit Diesel 12V-71T turbocharged diesel fuelled engine developing 720HP at 2500 rpm | India; Kenya; Kuwait; Nigeria; Tanzania | 50 | 490 |
11. | BMP-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty) LT/IFV | 1966 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 26000 | State Factories – Soviet Union / Czechoslovakia / India / China | 1 UTD20 6-cylinder inline water cooled diesel fuelled engine developing 300HP at 2000 rpm | 53 countries | 65 | 500 |
12. | BMD-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Desanta) AALT/IFV | 1969 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2000 | Volgograd Tractor Plant – Soviet Union | 15D-20 6-cylinder liquid cooled diesel engine developing 241HP at 2600 rpm | Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Cuba; India; Iraq; Iran; Moldova; Russia; Soviet Union; Ukraine; Uzbekistan | 80 | 600 |
13. | T-72 (Ural) MBT (AJEYA) | 1972 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 25000 | Various – Soviet Union/Russia / Poland / Czechoslovakia / India / Iran | 1 air-cooled multi-fuelled diesel engine at 840HP at 2000 rpm | 32 countries | 67 | 483 |
14. | BMP-2 IFV | 1982 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 35000 | Kurganmashzavod – Soviet Union | 1 UDT 6-cylinder supercharged diesel fuel developing 400HP at 2600 rpm | 38 countries | 65 | 600 |
15. | BMD-2 AALV/IFV | 1985 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2150 | Volgograd Tractor Plant – Soviet Union | 1 5D-20 liquid cooled 6-cylinder diesel engine developing 241HP at 2600 rpm | India; Russia; Soviet Union; Ukraine; Uzbekistan | 80 | 450 |
16. | T-90 MBT | 1995 | 3 | 51 | 14 | 2055 | Uralvagonzavod – Russia | 1 V84, V92 or V96 12-cylinder diesel fuelled engine can develop 840HP, 950HP and 1250HP respectively | Algeria; Armenia; Azerbaijan; India; Pakistan (possible); Russia; Syria; Turkmenistan; Uganda | 65 | 650 |
17. | DRDO Tank EX Karna MBT | 2002 | 4 | 51 | – | 2 | DRDO | Cancelled Tank | India (cancelled) | 60 | 480 |
18. | DRDO Arjun MBT | 2004 | 4 | 65 | 6 | 124 | DRDO / CVRDE / Heavy Vehicles Factory – India | 1 MTU 838 Ka 501 12-cylinder liquid cooled turbocharged diesel engine developing 1400HP at 2500 rpm | India | 68 | 483 |
19. | T-90M Bhishma MBT | 2009 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 354 | Heavy Vehicles Factory – India | 1 V-model 12-cylinder diesel engine developing 1130HP | India | 60 | 550 |
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