Weights Of The World’s 10 Main Battle Tanks: In WWII during the 1940s more powerful tanks than the first one was used by US, Germany, Uk, Russia and other nations. It can be equipped with a 120 mm gun and can go 68 km/h or 42mph.

It was a very basic machine and look very much different from what you see today.Ĭurrently the American M1A2 tank is the most heaviest tank in operation which weighs a massive 63 tons or 63000 kg or 138900 pounds. The first tanks used on the battlefield in 1916 weighed 26 tons or 26000 kg.

First appeared on WW1 battlefield and since then military tanks have changed world war course and conflicts. Most tanks are designed with heavy firepower, strong armor and a powerful engine. Although a tank is an enormous machine and made up of four main components and they are a body which is also known as the “hull”, a turret where weapons are located, a track that allows move and maneuver easily and a large gun barrel which is attached to the turret. A tank is a heavily armored fighting vehicle that carries guns and moves on a continuous articulated metal track, primarily used in front-line ground combat.

Modern day tank weight