Note: All tanks featured here are all ‘African’ versions. It does not contain tanks outside Africa or tanks categorized as light, tank-destroyer, Armoured cars, Infantry vehicle or other vehicles with the same role as a tank. Tanks rarely engage each other in Africa, with the most recent tank battle occurring in 2014 in Nigeria where a Nigerian Army T-72s from the 3rd Armored Division attacked and destroy a Boko Haram-captured Vickers (Eagle) tank in the Northeast of the country.ĪDVERTISEMENT This list was compiled after careful analysis of all contenders based on their merits and advantages over each other. Most African countries see the use of tanks as a must-have weapon system since most conflict occurring in the continent are usually low-intensity in nature whereby rebels are armed with soft-skinned vehicles. Modern main battle tanks has evolved radically from their forebears which were slow, cumbersome and lightly protected and mostly used for crossing trenches and covering troops. It is usually used to engage other enemy armor on the battlefield. The Main Battle Tank (MBT) is basically a huge moving block of hard metal armed with a really big gun primarily used to protected lesser armored allied vehicle or infrastructure.
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