The frontline battle tank has long been a symbol of military might for well over a century around the world. All the worlds major powers possess them but some have more than others. Here now is a list of the top ten nations in the world in terms of the number of battle tanks that they have in their military as of the end of 2007.
1. Russia ----------22830
2. U.S. ------------- 7620
3. China ----------- 7580
4. Syria ------------ 4950
5. Turkey ---------- 4205
6. India ------------ 3978
7. Egypt ----------- 3885
8. Ukraine ---------3784
9. Israel ----------- 3657
10. N. Korea ------ 3500
P.S. While many of the battle tanks in the U.S. and Israeli arsenals are state of the art and technologically advanced this is not usually the case in the armies of the other nations listed. In some cases their tanks may be over 40 years old and not state of the art equipment. This would provide a decided disadvantage on a battle field. The Russians have decided to make up for this technological disadvantage by maintaining larger numbers of tanks in general.
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