List of main battle tanks by country

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This is a list of main battle tanks in active military service with countries of the world. A main battle tank (MBT) is the type of powerful, heavily-armoured and highly mobile tank which is the backbone of a mechanized land force.

Country	Main Battle Tank
Afghanistan	600 T-55, 170 T-62
Albania	T-34/85, T-55, T-62, Type 59, Type 69
Algeria	275 T-55, 300 T-62, 340 T-72, 180 T-90
Andorra	No army
Angola	200 T-55, 50 T-62, 50 T-72
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	TAM
Armenia	102 T-72
Australia	59 M1A2
Austria	114 Leopard 2A5
Azerbaijan	247 T-55, 286 T-72
Bahamas
Bahrain	180 M60A3
Bangladesh	120 Type 59, 48 Type 96, 300 Type 69/79
Barbados
Belarus	29 T-54, 1,465 T-72B, 92 T-80
Belgium	132 Leopard 1A5
Belize
Benin	20 PT-76
Bhutan
Bolivia	54 SK-105 Kürassier
Bosnia and Herzegovina	89 M-84, 80 M60A3
Botswana	36 FV101 Scorpion, 50 SK-105 Kürassier
Brazil	128 Leopard 1A1, 240 Leopard 1A5, 91 M60A3 ^[1]
Brunei	FV101 Scorpion
Bulgaria	430 T-72
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia	100 T-55, PT-76, 200 Type 59
Cameroon
Canada	66 Leopard 1A5, 20 Leopard 2A6M on loan (plan to purchase 40 Leopard 2A4 and 40 Leopard 2A6M)^[2]
Cape Verde
Central African Republic	4 T-55
Chad	60 T-55
Chile	140 Leopard 2A4, 202 Leopard 1A5
China	~500 Type 99, 2,500 Type 96, 500 Type 88, 5,000 Type 59
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 Type 59, 20 T-55
Republic of the Congo	20 Type 59
Costa Rica	No army
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia	29 M-95 Degman, 75 M-84A4 Sniper
Cuba	1,100 T-55, 50 T-72
Cyprus	41 T-80
Czech Republic	181 T-72M4 CZ
Denmark	57 Leopard 2A4
Djibouti
Dominica	No army
Dominican Republic
Ecuador	30 T-55
Egypt	390 T-55E, 260 Ramses II, 500 T-62E, 1,700 M60A3, 1,005 M1A1
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	3 T-55
Eritrea	280 T-55
Estonia
Ethiopia	170 T-55, 50 T-62, 50 T-72
Fiji
Finland	124 Leopard 2A4
France	407 Leclerc, 614 AMX-30B2
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia	250 T-72
Germany	408 Leopard 2A6
Ghana
Greece	170 Leopard 2A6 HEL, 196 Leopard 2A4, 501 Leopard 1A5, 308 M60A3, 390 M48A5 MOLF
Grenada	No army
Guatemala
Guinea	8 T-55
Guinea-Bissau	T-55
Guyana
Haiti	No army
Honduras
Hungary	Last tank brigade abolished early 2007
Iceland	No army
India	2,000 T-90, 2,200 T-72, 424 Arjun MBT, 755 T-55, 500PT-76
Indonesia	T-90
Iran	80 M48A5, 150 M60A3 100 Chieftain MK3 75 T-62, 480 T-72, 100 Zulfiqar MBT
Iraq	72 T-55, 77 T-72, 330M-60
Republic of Ireland	FV101 Scorpion
Israel	1,200 Merkava I/II, 1410 Merkava III/IV, 561 Magach 5, 711 Magach 6, 111 Magach 7 ^[3]
Italy	250 Ariete 120 Leopard_1
Jamaica
Japan	315 Type 90, 561 Type 74
Jordan	392 Challenger 1, Khaled, 292 Tariq
Kazakhstan	650 T-72, 75 T-62, 540 T-55
Kenya	76 Vickers Mk 3
Kiribati	No army
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1000 Ch'onma-ho, 300 P'okpoong-Ho, 1600 T-54, 800 T-62, 500 Type 59
Republic of Korea	850 M48A5, 80 T-80, 680 K2 Black Panther, 1,524 K1 Type 88
Kuwait	218 M1A2
Kyrgyzstan	210 T-72
Laos	30 T-55
Latvia	3 T-55
Lebanon	205 T-55, 104 M48A5, 43 Leopard 1A5
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya	1,500 T-55, 350 T-62, 315 T-72
Liechtenstein	No army
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia	31 T-72
Madagascar
Malawi	1 T-55
Malaysia	48 PT-91
Maldives
Mali	33 T-55, T-54 and T-34
Malta
Marshall Islands	No army
Mauritania	35 T-55
Mauritius	No army
Mexico	ERC 90 Sagaie
Micronesia	No army
Moldova
Monaco	No army
Mongolia	350 T-55, 250 T-62
Montenegro	61 T-55s (Scrap)^[4]
Morocco	300 M60A3, 150 T-72
Mozambique	80 T-55
Myanmar	280 Type 59, 190 Type 69, 139 T-72
Namibia	1 T-55
Nauru	No army
Nepal
Netherlands	110 Leopard 2A4
New Zealand
Nicaragua	31 T-55
Niger
Nigeria	50 T-55
Norway	52 Leopard 2A5
Oman	38 Challenger 2, 73 M60A3
Pakistan	600 Al-Khalid, 320 T-80UD, 900 Type 85-IIAP, 720 Al-Zarar
Palau	No army
Panama	No army
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay	8-10 M4 Sherman, 12 Stuart tank
Peru	375 T-55
Philippines	41 FV101 Scorpion
Poland	233 PT-91, 128 Leopard 2A4, 586 T-72M1
Portugal	37 Leopard 2A4
Qatar	24 AMX-30
Romania	350 TR-85
Russia	300 T-90, 4,744 T-80, 7,144 T-72, 4,000 T-64, 689 T-62, 1,200 T-54/55 ^[5]
Rwanda	12 T-55
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No army
Saint Lucia	No army
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No army
Samoa	No army
San Marino	No army
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	388 M1A2, 290 AMX-30, 460 M60A3
Senegal
Serbia	212 M-2001, M-84AB1, M-84AB, M-84ABN, 65 T-72
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore	66 Leopard 2A4
Slovakia	245 T-72
Slovenia	54 M-84
Solomon Islands	No army
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa	250 Olifant 1A/1B
Spain	327 Leopard 2
Sri Lanka	80 Type 59
Sudan	250 T-55
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden	280 Leopard 2
Switzerland	380 Leopard 2A4
Syria	2,150T-55, 1,600 T-72, 1,000 T-62
Republic of China (Taiwan)	480 M60A3, 450 CM11 Brave Tiger, 100 M41 Walker Bulldog ^[6]
Tajikistan	44 T-72
Tanzania	30 Type 59,
Thailand	50 Type 69/79, 105 M48 Patton, 178 M60 Patton
Timor-Leste
Togo	2 T-55
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	84 M60A3
Turkey	450 leopard 1T, 298 Leopard 2A4, 2,650 M48A5, 170 M60T Sabra, 755 M60A3 (All are being modernized to M60T Sabra Level)
Turkmenistan	702 T-72
Tuvalu	No army
Uganda	20 T-55
Ukraine	6 T-84 Oplot, 271 T-80UD, 2,215 T-64, 180 T-72, 112 T-55
United Arab Emirates	388 Leclerc
United Kingdom	386 Challenger 2
United States	8,000 M1A1/2/2SEP
Uruguay	M41 Walker Bulldog
Uzbekistan	170 T-62, 100 T-64, 70 T-72
Vanuatu	No army
Vatican City	No army
Venezuela	86 AMX-30
Vietnam	20 M48 Patton, 350 Type 59, 900 T-55, 200 T-62, 300 T-72
Yemen	64 M60A1, 250 T-62, 700 T-55
Zambia	10 T-55
Zimbabwe	32 T-54/55, 35 Type 59, 10 Type 69