Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

==== Main battle tank ====

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File:Karelian_Lock_23_(7827362).jpg| [[US|United States]] third-generation [[M1 Abrams]] tank
File:2013_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade_(28).jpg| [[Russia|Russian]] [[T-90]] main battle tank with [[2A46]] smoothbore gun
File:Leopard_2A6,_PzBtl_104.jpg| Modern [[Germany]] [[Leopard 2]] main battle tank
File:ZTZ-99A_MBT_20170902.jpg| [[China|Chinese]] [[Type 99 tank|Type 99]] main battle tank
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{{Main|Main battle tank}}
Modern [[Main battle tank#Main battle tank (late twentieth century)|main battle tanks]] or "universal tanks" incorporate recent advances in automotive, artillery, armour, and electronic technology to combine the best characteristics of the historic medium and heavy tanks into a single, all-around type. They are also the most expensive to mass-produce. A main battle tank is distinguished by its high level of firepower, mobility and armour protection relative to other vehicles of its era. It can cross comparatively rough terrain at high speeds, but its heavy dependency on fuel, maintenance, and ammunition makes it [[Military logistics|logistically]] demanding. It has the heaviest [[Vehicle armour|armour]] of any AFVs on the battlefield, and carries a powerful [[precision-guided munition]] weapon systems that may be able to engage a wide variety of both ground targets and air targets. Despite significant advances in [[anti-tank warfare]], it still remains the most versatile and fearsome land-based weapon-systems of the 21st-century, valued for its [[Shock tactics|shock action]] and high [[survivability]].
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