Main battle tank

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Since the 1960s, the firepower and armor protection of medium-sized tanks have reached or exceeded the level of heavy tanks in the past, and the weakness of poor cross-country performance of heavy tanks has been overcome. As a result, a single combat tank with modern characteristics, namely "main battle tank" or "main battle vehicle", has been formed, becoming the main battle tank (MBT) of armored forces in various countries. However, some countries, such as the Soviet Union, did not have the title of main battle tank for a long time and still called it medium tank. It is also the weapon with the strongest survivability under the condition of nuclear war. The main battle tank is a milestone in the history of tank development, which integrates the tasks of medium and heavy tanks in the past. It is customary to call the tanks performing the main combat tasks on the battlefield the main combat tanks (replacing the traditional medium and heavy tanks)