Biggest Main Battle Tank forces in Europe?

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Which in EU or all Europe outside Russia have biggest forces of this since World War II ?!

Write on this page. I don't know self of fact in internet. Other knows better ?!

Come on the champions of Army ??
 

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All European countries are impotent without the presence of US.

All European countries on one side minus US are no match to Russia any day.

Germany and UK were European powers before WW2. France was less of a power after Napolean disappeared from the scene.

The WW2 brought US in Europe permanently and brought USSR/Russia as a great power.
 

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Obviously Russia has biggest tank forces of around 15000 tanks followed by China with around 9000, US with 8800 and India with 6600.
If consider Ukraine they have around 2800 tanks.
Then, Belarus has 1600, Greece has 1500, Poland has 1000, Italy has around 600, France has 400
 

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And if you consider total.arsenal, US leads in the world and Britain leads in Europe.
 

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Britain and France both over 400.

Germany has go down from 408 to 220 pieces.

It is mean in other sites in network.
 

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India have maybe little over 3000 pieces by battle tanks. No over six tousand hoe A expert say.
 

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Russia has 800 MBT operative
Germany has around 200 (4 armored battalions) operative (2 armored brigades, all tracked)
France has around 200 (4 armored battalions) operative
UK has around 150 (3 armored battalions) operative
Italy has 150 (3 armored battalions) operative (1 armored brigade and 1 mech brigade, all tracked)
Spain has around 200 Leo2A6E operative

Swiss has around 380 operative (are a old variant of Leopard 2A4)
Greece alot

so the European Champions is Poland followed by the little Swiss and Greece.
 
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Poland is stronger today than second war in world about 76 and 70 year ago. Easily. But they are in EU and NATO like Germany so they not attack Germany in between 2015-2020.
 

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Russia & America 1 China & India fighting for 2.

Pak Turkey Germany UK France rounding out

Lot of countries have old tanks.

Warfare is more mobility & information centric.
 

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EU contries invest alot in IFV:
German tracked Puma cost about 7 milions euro (about 350 pz), Italy 8x8 wheeled "Freccia" about 6 milions euro (650 pz)... u can bought a 2° hand Leo2A4 or A5 for 300,000 euro now (about 300/400K euro for upgrading at A6 standard without the 120/52 gun)
 
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It is Belarus, Greece and Poland leading European battle tanks no Russia includes ?!
 

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Germany have go down with near dubble sizes.
 

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I was editing the post.. read now :)

The A5 on the market are mainly from Holland.
 

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Finland have first 20 from beginning houndrad 2A6 this year from Holland.

Next time are 20 in 2016, 20 in 2017, 20+20 in 2018 and 2019.

It is today 124 or 91 2A4 in Finland from last 20-30 year + 20 2A6 heavy tanks.
 

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Good for Finland.. the low price are if the tanks remain in Europa (NATO or not NATO).
it seems that Holland has rethought the plan to completely erase the tanks from the army and held atleast 50 2A6 (1 battalion).
 

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Many of Europeans will force down with tanks in battleship ?!
 

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Leave aside numbers which won't make any difference on the battlefield.Brits, germany and France enjoys qualitative superiority over any tank in service with Russia, OIS or china.

Can't say about Armata vs challenger/Leopard/Lecrac.
 

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No they have around 15.5K MBTs.
in storage probable, but operative are about 800 :)

Do you want buy one of 2700 italian tanks in storage for demolition or one of 3000 M-113s or one of 2,000 apc 4x4 Puma?... maybe u need a 8x8 tank destroyer or a 155mm FH-70 gun if u have bad bad neighborhoods to be erased?.. no problem

A Lepard1 for only 40,000 euro, or maybe u need a M-113?... only 15,000 euro... take a 155 mm self-propelled howtozer M-109 for 40,000 euro.

http://espresso.repubblica.it/attua...arri-armati-1.204774#gallery-slider=undefined

ah.. your friend pakis got 800 M-113 for free only from this demolition depot.
 
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