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Cold War / modern military quiz

Here you can find a medium-hard quiz on tanks, Jets, cannons, missiles and some random historical knowledge, from the start of Cold War to 2025.
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1. What was the primary role of the SR-71 Blackbird during the Cold War?
Strategic Bomber
Reconnaissance
Air superiority fighter
Electronic warfare
2. Which of the following tanks is considered the first ever Main Battle Tank (MBT) that replaced both medium and heavy tanks in service?
M60 Patton
Centurion Mk.1
T-62
Leopard 1
3. How many crew members does M1A2 Abrams have?
2
4
3
5
4. The AGM-114 Hellfire is commonly used to target which type of target?
Armored vehicles
Aircrafts
Submarines
Small Ships
5. Which air defense system, supplied by the United Arab Emirates to Libya, was notably effective against NATO aircrafts and UAV during the conflict?
S-300
Iron Dome
Pantsir-S1
C-RAM
6. Which of these nation developped the infamous strike aircraft AMX "Ghibli" in the 80s?
France-Brazil
Italy-Brazil
France-Argentina
Italy-Argentina
7. The HOT missile system, used by early Eurocopter models, is classified as:
Air-to-air, radar-guided
Wire-guided anti-tank
Fire-and-forget anti-personnel
Infrared heat-seeking missile
8. Which of these aircraft has NOT delta-shaped wings?
Eurofighter Typhon
JAS.39 Gripen
Dassault Rafale
F-15E Strike Eagle
9. Which of the following missiles is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) used by the United States?
Tomahawk
Harpoon
Trident II
AIM-120 AMRAAM
10. Which MBT features an active protection system (APS) called "VIRSS"?
T-84 Oplot-M
Merkava Mk. 4M
Altay
K2 Black Panther
11. What's the only company that didn't participate in the Eurofighter project?
Airbus Defence and Space (GE)
Leonardo S.P.A
Dassault Avitation
BAE System
Airbus Defence and Space (ES)
12. What does IRST stands for?
Infrared Radar Search and Targeting
Infrared Search and Track
Infrared Radiation Search and Targeting
Infrared Reconnaissance and Surveillance Tracker
13. What is the only modern aircraft that has been developed almost entirely by Pakistan?
JA-37
J-16
JF-17
JH-7
14. Which man-portable missile employs infrared homing and can penetrate up to 1,100 mm of armor after defeating the NERA?
Brimstone
Nag
Spike-LR
Red Arrow
15. What's the only nation between these that have the Panzerhaubitze 2000 in service?
Croatia
Poland
Japan
Denmark
16. What does it mean and from which nation does the TAM comes from? (using his acronym).
Taktischer Allgemeiner Mittelpanzer (GE)
Tank Algérien Moyen (DZ, Algeria)
Tanque Argentino Mediano (AR)
Tānk Afghānī Motavaset (AF)
17. What's the only non-trainer military aircraft of these?
Aermacchi M-346
Étendard IVM
Northrop T-38
L-39 Albatros
18. The Eurocopter Tiger HAD variant is optimized for what role?
Anti-submarine warfare
High-altitude performance and attack
Maritime patrol
Pilot training
19. What's the main name that Soviet/Russian engineers call their prototype tanks? (before all the numbers)
Type ...
Object ...
T- ...
Prototype ...
20. Which of the following artillery systems is from South Korea?
CAESAR
PLZ-05
K9
AS-90
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2 Comments
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Level 40
Jan 15, 2026
The eurofighter question is wrong
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Level 35
Mar 1, 2026
Hi, I think you are refered to the companies that participated in the program, isn't it? Well, Dassault DID took part of the project at first, but it later abandoned it, so they contributed in almost nothing with the development of the jet and the whole project.

Hope everything is clear