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This is a list of main battle tanks, and other vehicles serving that role, in military service with Indian Army. The term "main battle tank", in the US, was first generally applied to the US M60 main battle tank in 1960, coinciding with the deactivation of the US Army's last M103 heavy tank battalion, the 2/33rd Armor, and the delivery of the M60 to US units in Europe. The M60, armed with a 105mm main gun, was to be an all purpose tank, armed and protected as a heavy tank, but with the mobility of the medium tank. The MBT would form the backbone of modern ground forces. It is armed and armoured to face as many kinds of threats as possible, but especially direct hits from other tanks and lighter infantry anti-tank weapons. However, the threats to MBTs on a modern battlefield are still numerous. |
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