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.Tag archive
armor Weapon Systems
Weapon systems and military equipment tagged armor.
6 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-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.