Poll: What Is The Worlds Greatest Tank? (Currently)

[FrostyV3]

Like every British tank since the Centurion, Challenger 2 contains a boiling vessel (BV) also known as a kettle or "bivvie" for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat "boil-in-the-bag" meals contained in ration packs.

LOL imagine that, carefully boiling your tea as you cop an enemy tank shell to your flank.
'OH DAMN IT ... I spilled my tea'
~Frosty.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Unless the Abrams gets beer on tap, my vote is going to the Challenger 2.

 

[InProgress]

I'm gonna go with Leopard 2. The germans are still keeping up with tank reliability and sophistication. Though, the Leopard 2 doesn't really see that much action as the Abrams or the Challenger.

My personal favourite is the T-90. I have this believe that Russia has always produced the most reliable, most widely used and therefore, the 'best' military technology in the world.

I honestly wouldn't say that the Russians make the most reliable tanks in the world. For instance, the T-62 was not a good tank, even though it packed a powerful punch, had thick armor and was really agile due to it's limitations. The crwe men were supposed to have under 1,60m , the fuel canisters were usually carried on top of the tank and it's innovative automatic loader mauled several drivers.

Another example would be the Kursk, which did not have ladders to all the escape hatches, which were also placed way too high for any normal human to reach.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Unless the Abrams gets beer on tap, my vote is going to the Challenger 2.

The driver sits in a lazy boy

 

[CMon]

I'm pretty sure the Abrams is a little bit more badass than everything else. Atleast that's what the experts say, it's not like I've actually tried one in real life.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Unless the Abrams gets beer on tap, my vote is going to the Challenger 2.

The driver sits in a lazy boy

That's just not good enough. It's Beer or else...although cocaine and hookers would also be acceptable.

EDIT: Actually, forget the beer, the Abrams must somehow dispense cocaine and hookers. Get to work on it. Now.

 

[Shock and Awe]

Unless the Abrams gets beer on tap, my vote is going to the Challenger 2.

The driver sits in a lazy boy

That's just not good enough. It's Beer or else...although cocaine and hookers would also be acceptable.

There are american bases in Germany and women love a man in uniform. Germany is also called the land of titties, beer and funny accents.

 

[Paragon Fury]

The Challenger 2. Its faster, has better armor, has a main weapon with insane range, better operational range than most other armored units, and it has the whole built-in boiling water thing too.

Though really, all of Europe has the edge on armor when it comes to the States, as the US doesn't have facilities to produces its own armor for its vehicles (it all comes from Europe, namely the UK and Germany), and the US only has one facility capable of manufacturing the main weapons for its armor, unlike Europe. If Europe stops playing nice, it would take several months of non-stop work for the US to be able to manufacture and repair our own armor - which is more than enough time for a modern military to do a lot of damage.

Aircraft on the other hand......

 

[TheMatt]

I'd say the Challenger 2, because it's main gun has an 8km range and because of this:

Like every British tank since the Centurion, Challenger 2 contains a boiling vessel (BV) also known as a kettle or "bivvie" for water which can be used to brew tea, produce other hot beverages and heat "boil-in-the-bag" meals contained in ration packs.

That's right, you'd can be safely tucked up inside your Challenger tank, engaging the enemy from 8km away whilst sipping tea and eating Pot-Noodles.

A tank battle in a Challenger needn't be any more stressful than a weekend's camping.

This post wins. That's just fricken hilarious.

 

[Artheval_Pe]

The Leclerc (Ok, I'm a bit biaised on this one)
-Because it as an autoloader
-Because it can fire while traveling at a speed of 50 km/h on a target 4,000 metres away (If I'm no mistaking, no other tank can do it)
-Because it as a 12.7 mm coaxial machine gun (and not 7.62 mm like other tanks)
-Because it's just as fast as the Leopard 2, and faster than any other tank.

 

[scott91575]

The Challenger 2. Its faster, has better armor, has a main weapon with insane range, better operational range than most other armored units, and it has the whole built-in boiling water thing too.

Though really, all of Europe has the edge on armor when it comes to the States, as the US doesn't have facilities to produces its own armor for its vehicles (it all comes from Europe, namely the UK and Germany), and the US only has one facility capable of manufacturing the main weapons for its armor, unlike Europe. If Europe stops playing nice, it would take several months of non-stop work for the US to be able to manufacture and repair our own armor - which is more than enough time for a modern military to do a lot of damage.

Aircraft on the other hand......

I think your last statement pretty much negates all other thoughts prior. Damage would not be done because of air superiority.

Of course this is all moot point and won't happen.

 

[Terrik]

My vote goes to the Leopard 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLzkxIgxXM

 

[Rajin Cajun]

T-90, because it's the evolution of the T-72, which was awesome. And the Russians are amazing anyways, so again the T-90 gets it.

But behind that I say Abrams. Cuz it's American. And Americans win.

People need to read up on their weapon systems the T-90 Black Talon Project was canned in the 90's for being too expensive. The Russians found they could upgrade T-72's and T-80's for half the price. There has never been a T-90 and there will never be one.

 

[teisjm]

Chuck norris can tank infinite DPS

 

[Xifel]

My vote goes to the Leopard 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLzkxIgxXM

Yepp. It is supposed to be extremely easy to learn, so almost anyone of our soldiers can learn to use it in a few days. Come on! We let our 18-year-old drive them! Also the taxi control system is pretty funny, I use that system on my job (as a taxi driver).

The tank in the clip is a Strv 122 (short for "Stridsvagn 122" or in eng "Tank 122". Sweden is very creative with names). I don't know the details but it is a upgraded Leopard 2, with new engine, some armour changes and new targeting system etc.

(I was in the Swedish Army, not in Armour but in the Engineer Corps. After 2 years in the army I've never actually seen one of those tanks )