Back to the tanks in Europe - I have gote some list about tanks in Europe
Countries in Europe can be placed in 3 gropus in case tank status:
1st - countries which bought tanks after 2000 and modernisated them
2th - countries which hold key role fo tanks in Land Forces and have modern tank potential or just let tank be on constans status
3th - countries whicht reduce (R) tanks numbers to absurd or withdrawn (W) it form army
1st group - countries which bought tanks after 2000 and modernisated them:
10 countries (bought newt tank or deep modernistaion)
Norway (Leo-2A4) , Finland (Leo-2A4; Leo-2A6), Poland (Leo-2A4; Leo-2A5), Turkey(Leo-2A4; Altay), Greece(Leo-2A6), Spain(Leo2A4; Leo2A6E), Portugal(Leo-2A6), Russia(T-90A), Ukraina(Oplot-M; T-64BM Bulat) , Denmark (Leo-2A5DK)
2th - countries which hold key role fo tanks in Land Forces and have modern tank potential or just let tank be on constans status
14 countries
France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Swizterland, Sweden, Austria(?), Serbia, Boshnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgary, Belarus
3th - countries whicht reduce (R) tanks numbers to absurd or withdrawn (W) it form army
6 countries
Belgium(W) Netherlands(W), Czeh(R), Slovakia(R --> W), Hungary (R), Macedonia (R?)
Of course I don't count microcountries, ar countries without tanks before 1990s,
Anyway: after 2000 in Europe 10 countries bought NEW tanks deeply modernisated it - some of them twice (Finland, Poland, etc)
14 countries reduce in whorl 1990s and 2000s tank numbers but let them key role in Land Forces. Some of those coutries have reallu grate armourd forces and very modern and dangerous tank unist (Germnay, France, UK, Sweden).
In 6 countries tanks where reduced to absurd and tottaly insignificant number (Czeh, Hungary etc) or just withdrawn (Belgium, Netherlands, Slowakia)
10-14-6
tendency is visible