Challenger 2Main battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: Vickers Defence Systems / BAE Systems Land & Armaments / Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land / United KingdomThe Challenger 2 is a British third-generation main battle tank built around a rifled 120 mm gun, heavy composite armor, and four-person crew operations. In the Russia-Ukraine War, the United Kingdom supplied a small squadron to Ukraine as one of the first Western main battle tank transfers of the full-scale invasion.Category archive
Tanks Weapon Systems
Heavy armor built around direct fire, protection, and battlefield shock.
This category covers tracked main battle tanks represented in the catalog, including Soviet, Ukrainian, German, and U.S. designs.
Entries focus on battlefield role, protection, armament, production background, and the conflict context attached to each tank record.
7 weapon systemsChallenger 2Main battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: Vickers Defence Systems / BAE Systems Land & Armaments / Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land / United KingdomThe Challenger 2 is a British third-generation main battle tank built around a rifled 120 mm gun, heavy composite armor, and four-person crew operations. In the Russia-Ukraine War, the United Kingdom supplied a small squadron to Ukraine as one of the first Western main battle tank transfers of the full-scale invasion.
Leopard 2Main battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KNDS Deutschland) / Rheinmetall / GermanyA Western main battle tank supplied by European partners. Its arrival marked a major shift in Ukraine's armored force mix toward NATO-standard logistics, optics, and fire-control systems.
M1 AbramsMain battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: General Dynamics Land Systems / United StatesA U.S. main battle tank transferred to Ukraine. It brings heavy protection, advanced sensors, and a demanding sustainment footprint compared with older Soviet-pattern fleets.
T-64BVMain battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: Malyshev Factory / Soviet tank plants / Ukraine / Soviet UnionA core Ukrainian tank family, often seen with explosive reactive armor and local modernization packages. The T-64 lineage remains important because Ukraine inherited deep experience maintaining and upgrading it.
T-72Main battle tankSide: UkraineBuilt: Uralvagonzavod and licensed producers / Soviet Union / Russia / licensed producersA widely used Soviet-designed tank operated in several variants. Ukraine fields inherited, captured, and donated T-72s, making the family one of the war's most recognizable armored vehicles.
T-80Main battle tankSide: Russia / UkraineBuilt: Leningrad Kirov Plant / Omsktransmash / Malyshev Factory / Soviet Union / Russia / UkraineThe T-80 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank built around a compact three-man layout, autoloaded 125 mm gun, and gas-turbine mobility in most major variants. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears on both sides: Russia has deployed T-80BV, T-80U, and T-80BVM-family tanks, and Ukraine has operated captured Russian T-80s alongside its own armored forces.
T-90MMain battle tankSide: RussiaBuilt: Uralvagonzavod / RussiaThe T-90M Proryv is Russia's upgraded T-90 main battle tank, combining a revised turret, 125 mm gun, Relikt explosive reactive armor, modernized sights, and improved mobility. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as one of Russia's most modern operational tanks, with visually documented battlefield losses and captures.