Vehicles Sudan is an under-developed desert country in northeast Africa that has had near-constant war since it gained independence from Great Britain on 1 January 1956. It has undergone three civil wars and numerous smaller conflicts. Tensions within the country largely stemmed from disagreements between the Muslim north and the Christian south, leading to the […]
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Soviet Union (1963-1964) Infantry Fighting Vehicle – 1 Prototype Built The evolution of warfare and technologies in the years following the conclusion of the Second World War had a major impact on the way warfare would be conducted in the future. The appearance and proliferation of nuclear weapons led to the need for protection from […]
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (1977-Present) Main Battle Tank – 330 Delivered Algeria achieved independence from France in 1962 after an 8-year bloody struggle. Since then, the country has built up one of the best equipped militaries on the African continent. The main supplier of military hardware, and particularly armored vehicles, for this regional military […]
Vietnam Roughly 1,800 tanks and 4,900 APCs in early 2020s Vehicles Vietnam is one of the best armed Asian nations due to its unique situation during the Cold War. Tensions with neighboring countries during the last decades, most notably China, have forced the Vietnamese to maintain a well-equipped military. The army is certainly not one […]
Republic of Serbia (2021) 8×8 Infantry Fighting Vehicle – 1 Prototype Built In recent years, the Serbian military industry has managed to develop and produce a series of 8×8 wheeled armored vehicles, including the Lazar series. A recent addition to the 8×8 family has been the Lazanski wheeled Armored Combat Vehicle (ACV), demonstrated for the […]
Romanian Modern Armor Circa 2,200 AFVs as of 2021 Vehicles Revolution The modern Romanian state was born from the burning wreck of the old Communist state, and with the blood of more than 1,000 Romanians on its hands. Starting on 16th December 1989, a cycle of small-scale but violent protests, armed repression, and popular uprising […]
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Soviet Union (1963-1964) Light Tank – 1 Prototype Built The evolution of warfare and technologies in the years following the conclusion of the Second World War had a major impact on the way warfare would be conducted in the future. With the proliferation of nuclear armament, radiation protection became a major feature for new vehicles. […]
Kingdom of Belgium/France (2008) Light Armored Personnel Carrier – Approximately 100 Built Lightly armored personnel carriers on commercial chassis are widely produced, since they offer relatively cheap solutions for police and peacekeeping roles, or for main roles with armies with a low budget. Because of their popularity and demand, a large variety of companies around […]
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (2000s) Improvised Light Tank – 1 Built (Converted From Pre-Existing Vehicles) Makeshift or improvised vehicles are a very common occurrence in modern, asymmetrical conflicts. The origins behind the creation of these vehicles can be very diverse. In some cases, it can be to try and make something which originally […]
Republic of Mali (1991-Present) Vehicles What is Mali? The Republic of Mali is one of the largest countries of West Africa, and eighth largest country of the continent overall. The land of Mali has been inhabited since ancient times, going back to the Paleolithic Era, when much of the Sahara was a much more hospitable […]
Arab Republic of Egypt (2016 At The Latest-Present) Multiple Rocket Launch System – At Least 24 Converted The Egyptian Ground Forces are one of the largest armies both in the Middle Eastern region and on the African continent. During the first three decades following the end of the Second World War, Egypt was implicated in […]
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State of Qatar (2017) Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier – At Least 136 Built + 1 Prototype Due to a lack of transparency, information on the vehicles produced by the Qatari manufacturer Stark Motors is a bit shady, as is information on the company itself. As of early 2022, and since its foundation in 2017, it […]
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2018 At The Latest-Present) Armored Personnel Carrier – At Least 8 Converted The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), better known as Transnistria, is a breakaway state located in the internationally-recognized borders of the Republic of Moldova, on the Eastern side of the Dniester River and along the border with Ukraine. It seceded from […]
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2018 At The Latest-Present) Fire Support Vehicle – At Least 3 Converted The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, better known as Transnistria, is a breakaway state located in the internationally-recognized territories of the Republic of Moldova, on the Eastern side of the Dniester River, along the border with Ukraine. It seceded from Moldova during […]
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) (1991-present) Unrecognized state – 18 tanks, 100+ armored personnel carriers, & support vehicles Vehicles Europe is home to a large quantity of nations which, to different extents, have manufactured, modified, or operated armored vehicles. It is within the continent that the first tanks were created, and still, to this day, Europe […]
Vehicles Under Colonial Rule and the Kingdom of Egypt Although Britain had controlled the Kingdom of Egypt since 1882, this was made official in 1914 when the Kingdom of Egypt became a British Protectorate. Prior to that, Egypt had had a very complex status since its breakaway from the Ottoman Empire in 1805. The Unilateral […]
Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1957/1958-2019) Light Tank – 17 Purchased Uruguay, like several other countries in South America, has been a traditional customer of US military hardware. In Uruguay’s case, this first example were 40 M3A1 Stuart light tanks delivered in 1944-1945. In the years following the Second World War and the Korean War, obsolete […]
Vehicles A Brief History of the NDH Following the end of the First World War, Kraljevina Srba Hrvata i Slovenaca (Eng: the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – SHS) was formed in December of 1918 with the aim of uniting all Southern Slavs. This new state was (at least in theory) based on the […]
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1968) Amphibious Light Tank – 63 Operated During the 1960s, the Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija, JNA (Yugoslav People Army, YPA) wanted to replace their aging Second World War reconnaissance armored cars. Given the good military cooperation between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, it was logical for the JNA military to ask […]
Serbia and Montenegro (2004) Self-Propelled Gun – 1 to 2 Prototypes Built Following the disintegration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the early 90s, the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (in 2003, its name was changed to Serbia and Montenegro and finally, in 2006, Serbia became an independent state) inherited a relatively huge […]