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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	T-62
Albania	Type 69
Algeria	T-90
Andorra	No army
Angola	T-72
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	TAM (tank)
Armenia	T-72
Australia	M1 Abrams
Austria	Leopard 2
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh	Type 69/79
Barbados
Belarus	T-72
Belgium	Leopard 1A5
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	M-84
Botswana	FV101 Scorpion
Brazil	Leopard 1
Brunei
Bulgaria	T-72
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia	PT-76
Cameroon
Canada	Leopard 1 (Leopard 2 being adopted)
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile	Leopard 2
China	Type 99, Type 96, Type 59
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 Type 59, 20 T-55
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica	No army
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia	M-95 Degman
Cuba	T-55
Cyprus	T-80
Czech Republic	T-72M4 CZ
Denmark	Leopard 2
Djibouti
Dominica	No army
Dominican Republic
Ecuador	T-55
Egypt	M1 Abrams
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	T-55
Estonia
Ethiopia	T-72
Fiji
Finland	Leopard 2
France	Leclerc, AMX-30B2
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia	T-72
Germany	Leopard 2
Ghana
Greece	Leopard 2
Grenada	No army
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti	No army
Honduras
Hungary	Final tank brigade abolished early 2007
Iceland	No army
India	T-90, T-72, Arjun MBT
Indonesia	T-90
Iran	Zulfiqar MBT
Iraq	T-72
Republic of Ireland
Israel	Merkava
Italy	Ariete
Jamaica
Japan	Type 90
Jordan	Challenger 1
Kazakhstan	T-72
Kenya	Vickers Mk 3
Kiribati	No army
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Ch'onma-ho
Republic of Korea	K1 Type 88
Kuwait	M1 Abrams
Kyrgyzstan	T-72
Laos
Latvia	T-55
Lebanon	M48 Patton
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya	T-55
Liechtenstein	No army
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia	PT-91
Maldives
Mali	T-85
Malta
Marshall Islands	No army
Mauritania
Mauritius	No army
Mexico	ERC 90 Sagaie
Micronesia	No army
Moldova
Monaco	No army
Mongolia
Montenegro	61 T-55s (Scrap)[1]
Morocco	M60 Patton
Mozambique
Myanmar	T-72
Namibia
Nauru	No army
Nepal
Netherlands	Leopard 2
New Zealand
Nicaragua	T-55
Niger
Nigeria	T-55
Norway	Leopard 2
Oman	Challenger 2
Pakistan	Al-Khalid, T-80UD, Type 85-IIAP, Al-Zarar
Palau	No army
Panama	No army
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru	T-55
Philippines
Poland	PT-91, Leopard 2
Portugal	Leopard 2
Qatar
Romania	TR-85
Russia	T-90, T-80, T-72, T-64
Rwanda
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	M1 Abrams
Senegal
Serbia	M-2001/M-84AB1/M-84AB/M-84ABN
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore	Leopard 2
Slovakia
Slovenia	M-84
Solomon Islands	No army
Somalia	T-55
South Africa	Olifant 1A/1B
South Korea	K1 Type 88
Spain	Leopard 2
Sri Lanka	T-55
Sudan	T-55
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden	Leopard 2
Switzerland	Leopard 2
Syria	T-72
Tajikistan	T-72
Tanzania
Thailand	Type 69/79
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey	Leopard 2
Turkmenistan	T-72
Tuvalu	No army
Uganda	T-55
Ukraine	T-84 Oplot, T-80UD, T-64, T-72
United Arab Emirates	Leclerc
United Kingdom	Challenger 2
United States	M1 Abrams
Uruguay	M41 Walker Bulldog
Uzbekistan	T-72
Vanuatu	No army
Vatican City	No army
Venezuela	AMX-30
Vietnam	T-55
Yemen	M60 Patton
Zambia
Zimbabwe	Type 59