Most powerful Military Tanks

When we consider about the war Military Tanks play major roll in all over the world. At the beginning main intention of military tank was to move military troops safely from one place to another but today most of the countries use Military Tanks heavy attacks. 

M1A1 Abrams (USA)

 

 The M1 Abrans in one of heaviest Military tank currently use by the United States army. The M1 is heavily armored and highly mobile tank design for modern requirements. In United States it's categorized under third-generation main battle tank. Most important thing on this is it contains gas turbine engine fueled with JP8 jet fuel.

Features and specifications:

• Weight 67.6 short tons (61.3 t; 60.4 long tons)
• Length Gun forward: 32.04 ft (9.77 m)
• Hull length: 26.02 ft (7.93 m)
• Width 12 ft (3.66 m)
• Height 8 ft (2.44 m)
• Crew 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
• uses a powerful gas turbine engine Honeywell AGT1500C multi-fuel turbine engine(1,120 kW)
• Has sophisticated composite armor
• Primary weapon: 105 mm L52 M68 rifled cannon (M1), 120 mm L44 M256 smoothbore cannon (M1A1, M1A2, M1A2SEP)42 rounds
• Secondary weapon: 1 x .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB 900 rounds heavy machine gun, 2 x 7.62 mm (.308) M240 machine guns (1 pintle-mounted, 1 coaxial
• Has separate ammunition storage in a blow-out compartment for crew safety
• It is one of the heaviest tanks in service – 62 metric tons
• It is anticipated to be in U.S. service until the 2050s,
• It costs US$6.21 million
• Operational range 300 mi (479.24 km) With NBC system: 355 mi (567.24 km)
• Speed Road: 45 mph (72 km/h) Off-road: 33 mph (52.8 km/h)

 

Challenger 2 (UK)

 

Challenger 2 is the British main battle tank currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. The manufacturer advertises it as the world's most reliable main battle tank. As of January 2011, only two Challenger 2s have been damaged in combat, and one destroyed by another Challenger 2 in a friendly fire incident.The current British main battle tank has seen in action in Iraq. One Challenger was hit by eight RPG’s and a MILAN anti-tank missile, but its crew survived unharmed though shaken.

 Features and specifications:

• Weight 62.5 tones (61.5 LT; 68.9 ST)
• Length 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
• 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in) with gun forward
• Width 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
• 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) with appliqué armor
• Height 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
• Crew 4 (commander, gunner, loader/operator, driver)
• Operational range 450 km (280 mi)
• Primary weapon: L30A1 120 mm rifled gun with 52 rounds
• Secondary weapon: Coaxial 7.62 mm L94A1 EX-34 (chain gun),7.62 mm L37A2 Commander’s cupola machine gun
• Speed 59 km/h (37 mph) 37 km/h (23 mph) off road
• Engine Perkins CV-12 Diesel 1,200 hp (890 kW)
• A unit of Challenger II £4,217,000 or ~$7,921,000

Al-Khalid (Pakistan)

 

In 1990 Pakistan stated to build a tank for their military purposes and within ten years they had succeeded on that tank project. If we compared with project that carry on by other countries most of those take long time period and cost as well. The tank is equipped with night vision equipment and explosive reactive armor for higher level of battlefield survivability. After the field trials with Pak Army, the tank was officially handed over to Pakistan Army on 23 September 2004.

 Features and specifications:

• Auto targeting and auto fire.
• Auto loader and Composite armor.
• Smoke screen and night vision.
• Weight 48 t (53 short tons)[1]
• Length 10.07 m (33.0 ft)
• Width 3.50 m (11.5 ft)
• Height 2.40 m (7.9 ft)
• Crew 3
• Primary weapon: 125 mm smoothbore gun, 39 rounds
• Secondary weapon: 7.62 mm coaxial MG, 3000 rounds
• 12.7 mm external AA MG, 500 rounds
• Engine KMDB 6TD-2 6-cylinder diesel 1,200 hp (890 kW)
• Power/weight 26 hp/tone
• Transmission SESM ESM500 5-speed automatic
• Operational range 500 km (combat range)
• Speed 72 km/h

T-90 (Russia)

 

 The T-90 is a Russian third-generation main battle tank that is a modernization of the T-72 (it was originally to be called the T-72BU, later renamed to T-90). It is currently the most modern tank in service with the Russian Ground Forces and Naval Infantry. Although a development of the T-72, the T-90 uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore tank gun, 1G46 gunner sights, a new engine, and thermal sights. Standard protective measures include a blend of Steel, Composite armour, and Kontakt-5 explosive-reactive armor, laser warning receivers, Nakidka camouflage and the Shtora infrared ATGM jamming system.

Features and specifications:

• Weight 46.5 tonnes (45.8 LT; 51.3 ST)
• Length 9.53 m (31 ft 3 in)
• Width 3.78 m (12 ft 5 in)
• Height 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in)
• Crew 3
• It is equipped with Laser warning receivers
• It has EMT-7 electronic pulse (EMP) creator for the destruction of magnetic mines
• Primary weapon: 25 mm smoothbore gun with ATGM capability; mainly 9M119 Svir
• Secondary weapon: 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun
• It is armed with Shtora infrared ATGM jamming system.
• It features a 4-stroke V-84ms diesel engine with 849hp.
• The fuel capacity of this battle machine is 1,600l.

The range is 650km on paved roads and 500km on unpaved.

As the military technology advances, these most expensive military aircraft in the world were created.
For the need of more powerful means of defense, flying military technology is/was developed.
Even creating a highly cost military equipment is not debatable by some people as it’s wasting government’s money, but the show must go on. Here’s the Top 10 most expensive military aircraft ever made in the world.

B-2 Spirit: $2.4 billion

The B-2 bomber was so costly that Congress cut its initial 1987 purchase order from 132 to 21. (A 2008 crash leaves the current number at 20.) The B-2 is hard to detect via infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic, visual or radar signals. This stealth capability makes it able to attack enemy targets with less fear of retaliation. In use since 1993, the B-2 has been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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F-22 Raptor: $350 million

First conceived during the Cold War as an airframe to vie with Soviet aircraft that was never built, the F-22 is touted by manufacturer Lockheed Martin as the best overall combat plane in the world — not to mention the most expensive. It can shoot down enemy cruise missiles, fly long distances at supersonic speeds and avoid nearly all types of radar detection. But the Senate debate over whether to build seven more — at a taxpayer cost of $1.67 billion — eventually came down to the plane’s job-creating abilities. The axed project would have employed 25,000 Americans.

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C17A Globemaster III: $328 million

The Air Force military-transport plane is used to move troops into war zones, perform medical evacuations and conduct airdrop missions. There are 190 C17As in service; the aircraft is propelled by four turbofan engines (of the same type used on the twin-engine Boeing 757) and can drop 102 paratroopers at once. In operation since 1993, it has been used to deliver troops and humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and Iraq.

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P-8A Poseidon: $290 million

Boeing’s spruced-up military version of its 737 jet will be used by the Navy to conduct anti-submarine warfare and gather intelligence. It can carry torpedoes, missiles, depth charges and other weapons. The P-8A is expected to go into service in 2013.

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VH-71 Kestrel: $241 million

This high-tech helicopter project, intended to replace the President’s aging chopper fleet, was running more than 50% over budget by the time Barack Obama took office. Soon after his Inauguration, the President announced plans to scrap the helicopters because of cost overruns. On July 22, however, the House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved restoring $485 million to fund the Kestrels.

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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: $232 million

A major step forward for surveillance and reconnaissance, the Advanced Hawkeye’s powerful new radar system will increase the range of territory an aircraft can monitor by 300%. “It can probably watch the pistachios pop in Iran,” an analyst for the think tank Lexington Institute told National Defense in July. Though development of the plane is on track and two test versions have been delivered to the Navy, budget cuts may keep the planes grounded for at least a year longer than planned.

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F-35 Lightning II: $122 million

Lockheed Martin’s 2001 deal to build these stealth, supersonic fighter jets was at the time the largest military contract ever. The F-35s, intended to replace an aging aircraft arsenal, were developed as part of a Joint Strike Fighter program between the U.S. and its allies and were criticized as underpowered and overweight — and therefore easy targets. Making matters worse, from 2007 to 2008, cyberspies infiltrated the 7.5 million lines of computer code that powered the Joint Strike Fighter, raising concerns that enemies could copy the F-35′s design and exploit its weaknesses. In April 2009, Lockheed Martin said it did not believe the program had been compromised.

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V-22 Osprey: $118 million

This tiltrotor aircraft, which takes off and lands like a helicopter but can fly faster and farther like a fixed-wing plane, was first used in combat in Iraq in 2007. The Osprey’s production has been bedeviled by design and construction problems: the craft claimed the lives of at least 30 Marines and civilians during its development alone (former Vice President Dick Cheney tried repeatedly to ground the plane). Still, because of its range and versatility, the Marine Corps plans to deploy a squadron of V-22s to Afghanistan by the end of the year.

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EA-18G Growler: $102 million

Hot off the presses, the Growler is a lightly armed version of the F/A-18 fighter that has been updated for electronic warfare (it is currently being delivered to the Navy). Growlers are capable of not only finding and disrupting anti-aircraft radar, but also jamming enemy communications.

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F/A-18 Hornet: $94 million

First entering service in the 1980s, the twin-engine fighter plane was the U.S.’s first strike fighter — an aircraft capable of attacking both ground and aerial targets. It has seen action in Operation Desert Storm and as the aircraft of the Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron. The F/A-18 is also used by Canada, Australia, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland.

SCIENTISTS HAVE MADE INVISIBLE TANKS PAINT THEM AN E-INK

In Britain, created a virtual camouflage for military vehicles. Using it, you can do the technique, such as tanks, virtually invisible in any terrain. Development deals with the biggest defensive concern of the country.

In Britain, created a virtual camouflage for military vehicles. Using it, you can do the technique, such as tanks, virtually invisible in any terrain. Development deals with the biggest defensive concern of the country.

Called “electronic ink” camouflage is a nanofilm similar to that used now in the Tablet PC for playback on-screen text and images. She applied a thin layer on the surface of the armor and other equipment.
Although the technology is kept secret, it became known that camouflage can buy different colors and contours of the terrain. This is achieved by using external cameras that are constantly sent to the computer information about the external environment. The computer analyzes it, automatically selects the most appropriate for given conditions of colors and geometric design and project them onto the surface. As a result, the tank becomes nearly invisible on the ground.
It is expected that the first tank with a virtual camouflage received by the British Army in 2015, the same experimental machine will go off the assembly line in 2013. The invention will help the crews of combat vehicles to operate in different localities. For example, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, British troops fighting vehicles disguised as a barren landscape, but this does not help camouflage them among the bushes and trees, which are often hidden by the Taliban.