Monthly Archives: July 2011

South Korea's K1 main battle tank, sometimes known as the Type 88 or the ROKIT (Republic of Korea Indigenous Tank), was developed by Chrysler (now General Dynamic Land Systems), the company that designed and built America's M1 Abrams MBT. The first prototype of the K1 main battle tank was finished in the United States in

Japan's Type 90 Main Battle Tank is the main battle tank of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF). It was a replacement for the Type 74 MBT.  Although the Type 90 main battle tank and all of its components, except for the main gun, were designed entirely in Japan, the tank bears similarities to

China's Type 85 main battle tank was designed to be an upgraded version of the Type 80 MBT. Type 85-I  never got past the prototype stage. However, the next variant, Type 85-II, was able to enter production successfully.  It was introduced in 1991. The Type 85-II main battle tank uses many of the systems of the Type

China's Type 80 main battle tank was based on the Type 69, which was in turn based on the Soviet Union's T-54. The first prototype of the Type 80 main battle tank was finished in 1985, and tank development was finished in 1988. The Type 80 MBT has a low silhouette, similar to the silhouette of Russian