A Tank Market Situational Awareness

摘要

A Royal United Services Institute estimate evaluates at 108,000 the number of main battle tanks in service around the world, with 18,000 of them deployed by Western countries and their allies. The most widespread model is the Ml Abrams with around 10,000 serving in the United States, Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, followed by nearly 4,800 Leopard 2s fielded by the armies of Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Singapore and Chile. The Netherlands and Belgium decided to forgo main battle tanks, their Leo 2s being put on the market as a result, joining many from Germany following army structure reductions.