Army Futures Command is just a means to an end: modernizing the Army for high-intensity war against Russia or China.

Pre-production tanks were first publicly revealed in 2015. “Up to now, electric batteries have not been able to produce the power required to move tanks - weighing over 60 tons - …

Germany’s main battle tank (Leopard 2) is part of the land forces of 16 countries. 12 Sep 2017 2017-09-12T07:58:06+02:00. The Indian Army is still juggling concepts of precisely what it wants from its Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT), but information shared with LiveFist . Nine months into the Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP) Assessment Phase, Team Challenger 2 has set out some of the improvements it will provide British Army tank crews. A modern main battle tank can weigh up to 70 tons. The European Main Battle Tank can be a “check-mate” move since European and other tank operators seek ways to modernise their land forces. The decision on how many Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks will be upgraded will not be made until 2021, says Minister Stuart Andrew. We all have seen that Indians take a long time to plan. Griffin uses a new turret incorporating the XM360 tank gun designed for the Army's Future Combat Systems, which was an early 2000s effort to field … First production tanks were planned to be delivered during the same year. According to current discussions, by 2030, the aim of the Leopard 3 main battle tank is to replace the existing stocks by the time it becomes available. Exact order numbers were not disclosed but it is likely that around 60 tanks were ordered.

The Army’s FMBT wish-list, in no particular order follows.

The Armata is a new Russian main battle tank of new generation.

provides a rare broad glimpse into work very much in progress as far as qualitative requirements for the future platform go. In 2018 Russian MoD ordered a first batch of these new tanks. The ministry’s goal for FPVs – aiming for a prototype within four years and an experimental operational capacity by 2013 – is for a lightweight vehicle, weighing 30 tonnes, powered by a hybrid electric drive, with the same effectiveness and survivability of a current main battle tank (MBT). Speaking to Forces TV here, the Minister made clear that the announcements will be made at the beginning of 2021.

Team Challenger® 2 offers a future-ready Main Battle Tank. They develop one of the best plans but many times when the plan is executed the produced outcome is already nearly outdated.

Generation Next Main Battle Tank (GNMBT) A post based on DRDO CVRDE's recently published paper on Design Configuration of a Generation Next Main Battle Tank for Future Combat on Defence Science Journal.