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Countries with the Most Tanks

Can you name the countries that have the most tanks?
Think about countries who believe that might get invaded, or who have terrain suitable for tanks
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First submittedApril 17, 2013
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# Tanks
Country
13,000
Russia
6,145
North Korea
6,100
United States
4,730
India
3,740
Syria
3,735
Egypt
3,709
Iran
# Tanks
Country
3,205
China
3,045
Turkey
3,033
Morocco
2,680
Pakistan
2,600
South Korea
2,430
Ukraine
2,155
Vietnam
# Tanks
Country
2,024
Algeria
1,650
Israel
1,401
Jordan
1,344
Greece
1,230
Cuba
1,160
Taiwan
brandybuck96
+35
Level 82
May 17, 2018
Wow, Russia has a serious tank obsession.
Etanna
+14
Level 69
Aug 3, 2018
that's not a new thing
Toshi4586
+32
Level 47
Jan 11, 2020
most of them are just cold war era tanks that have been idle for the past 50 years though
spongepat
+1
Level 22
Jun 26, 2021
whut?
brandybuck96
+3
Level 82
Aug 19, 2021
More tanks than the next two countries combined? I'd call that a bit insane honestly
cmr0
+3
Level 66
Aug 26, 2021
usa fanboys here
DarthSoto
+4
Level 56
Aug 26, 2021
But it's true though. Countries like China, Russia, and North Korea have big armies but a lot of the equipment is cold war era and often out of date
JWatson24
+5
Level 71
Aug 26, 2021
Hey, at least Russia has a powerful military. What's Syria doing with more tanks than China?
DarthSoto
+3
Level 56
Aug 26, 2021
The equipment tends to be cold war era especially with the tanks
RussianCitizen
+1
Level 55
May 22, 2022
lol exactly syria has so many tanks for its size
buck1017
+1
Level 77
Feb 7, 2023
Russia has the illusion of a powerful military. In reality, Russia is REALLY bad at war. Like historically bad.
aidengeddit
+1
Level 44
Feb 17, 2023
Russia beat Hitler's nazi Germany and Napoléon's french empire though
jedinight1
+1
Level 41
Apr 20, 2023
But that wasn't because of skill. They just retreated and their enemies didn't know how to handle the winter.
MoroccanCaliph
+1
Level 25
Dec 20, 2022
They also have an obssesion with nukes, reforming the soviet union, communism, world domination, and vodka
Akula
+4
Level 77
May 17, 2018
Lots of old T34s still floating around?
WachtAmWeb
+13
Level 61
Oct 12, 2018
The Russians don't maintain any T-34s except for parades - the huge number is made up of huge numbers of stored T-55s, T-62s and T-72s. They've actually been scrapping their old T-64s and T-80s so the total number might have dropped by a few thousand in the last couple of years.
HappiestWhale
+13
Level 75
Aug 18, 2021
This guy tanks
mrnafe
+11
Level 81
May 17, 2018
Europe isn't liking the look of that Russian tank superiority
kalbahamut
+7
Level 83
Sep 7, 2018
As long as Trump doesn't pull the US out of NATO, Russia's tanks could easily be destroyed by American and EU aircraft and other tactical weapons systems. Even twenty thousand of them.
priamos
+5
Level 63
Oct 12, 2018
Yes, but only in the context of all-out warfare. Tanks can stay perfectly well hidden from air attacks as long as they don't move. It's only when they come out in combat that they can be destroyed from the air.
mrnafe
+1
Level 81
Oct 12, 2018
I'd still rather there wasn't such a disparity, preferably less Russian tanks haha
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Aug 17, 2021
During the Cold War it was pretty much understood that the Soviet Union could easily roll through Europe with its massive tank and troop superiority. Which is why NATO relied on a policy of nuclear deterrence.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 83
Aug 26, 2021
source? During NATO's brief intervention in Libya nearly 6,000 ground targets were destroyed including 600 of Qaddafi's tanks, The armored division he sent to Benghazi would have easily rolled over it... except that it was obliterated en route. Tanks are just targets when you have air superiority. Nuclear arms build-up in the Cold War was about mutually-assured destruction in the case of nuclear war; some generals and strategists talked about using tactical nukes in a conventional war, but most of them were labeled kooks. There's no situation where it would be been worth the risk of inciting a counter-strike.
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
+2
Level 58
Oct 12, 2018
How many of those tanks are of the inflatable variety? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/13/world/europe/russia-decoy-weapon.html
yankeesfor28
+1
Level 40
Feb 21, 2021
For planes, yes, but I wouldn't doubt their numbers for tanks. They've built a lot.
redsplat
+1
Level 74
Aug 29, 2021
Inflatable paywall :'(
tschutzer
+44
Level 89
May 17, 2018
Tanks for making this quiz!
PaterN
+11
Level 77
May 17, 2018
Tanks for making me laugh!
dasubergeek
+10
Level 71
May 17, 2018
Apparently we're not counting giant Ford Expeditions and Hummer H3s as tanks—maybe they're just Urban Assault Vehicles.
yankeesfor28
+6
Level 40
Feb 21, 2021
a toyota can be a tank if you stretch the definition hard enough
plattitude
+20
Level 90
Jun 20, 2018
Not sure why, but Taiwan strikes me as really strange. Tanks don't strike me as defensive materiel, and their options to invade seem... limited.
Liamthebeast
+2
Level 27
Jul 24, 2018
Yeah that seems a little unusual
kalbahamut
+10
Level 83
Sep 7, 2018
Maybe Taiwanese tanks are amphibious
WachtAmWeb
+4
Level 61
Oct 12, 2018
The Taiwanese tank count includes a lot of semi-static M48s that are only serving as bunkers.
tschutzer
+3
Level 89
Oct 12, 2018
The little blurb that accompanies the front page feature for this quiz today said "Strictly for defensive purposes, naturally." In the case of Taiwan, that statement is accurate.
bburroughs
+5
Level 62
Aug 18, 2021
Same for Cuba.
cornflakesfu
+7
Level 85
Oct 12, 2018
Important to remember when taking this quiz that tanks are more useful in deserts than they are in jungles.
Walacama
+20
Level 79
Oct 12, 2018
You mean when tanking this quiz, right?
TheForsakenFurby
+3
Level 70
Aug 26, 2021
That's what I thought at first but then it turns out Vietnam is on there too! Which is not just jungly but also mountainous
grantdon
+19
Level 74
Oct 12, 2018
I wonder how many of the North Korean tanks have fuel in them
mrnafe
+27
Level 81
Oct 12, 2018
Only the ones on parade
Malbaby
+13
Level 71
Oct 12, 2018
Australia has thousands of tanks ....... water tanks that is.
redsplat
+2
Level 74
Aug 29, 2021
And that's not even counting tank tops.
david2013
+1
Level 83
Aug 30, 2021
And that's where the name tanks came from. Water tanks. Was used as a cover name for them in World War I. Original name was to be landships.
OfficerDibble
+12
Level 79
Oct 12, 2018
UK has a lot of fish tanks. Although to be honest many of them are just fish bowls.
carrow
+3
Level 53
Oct 13, 2018
Good quiz. Took me a moment to realise you need to focus on regional or smaller powers that have unpleasant relations with their neighbours.
NauruPalau
+2
Level 50
Feb 22, 2020
Taiwan? Why
yankeesfor28
+5
Level 40
Feb 21, 2021
cuz ccp
Togoland
+2
Level 56
Oct 2, 2020
Taiwan?
pejoo
+6
Level 53
Feb 21, 2021
Because of China
syphus590
+4
Level 29
Feb 17, 2021
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Oatmeal11
+16
Level 73
Mar 25, 2021
What is the point of this comment
TheForsakenFurby
+7
Level 70
Aug 26, 2021
accountability
thailand
+2
Level 41
May 31, 2021
Is this outdated?
spongepat
+1
Level 22
Jun 26, 2021
good quiz but why you have to name you username as 'milk?'

Are actually a kind of food or a kind of a drink or is it just what you pick?

Malbaby
+9
Level 71
Aug 17, 2021
And your real name is 'Spongepat'?
TheForsakenFurby
+2
Level 70
Aug 26, 2021
The more I think about the name spongepat the more concerned I become
redsplat
+1
Level 74
Aug 29, 2021
Nah, you should meet Spongezelda. Spongevlad is fun at parties but you can't leave him alone with the pots and pans.
Yanni47
+2
Level 75
Aug 18, 2021
Excluding Russia, no other European country has made the list, except Greece??? The country that has been heavily indebted not so long ago? Also, it isn't exactly known for its involvement in any recent wars, so what's with those numbers?
Carry
+3
Level 63
Aug 19, 2021
Supposedly the long-standing territorial dispute with Turkey is the reason.
woshiwaiguoren
+2
Level 67
Aug 26, 2021
And corruption/overprocurement. They have a big problem with that. German companies bribe the Greek officials to buy weapons and then glare at Greece's budget deficit.
nojik
+1
Level 68
Aug 26, 2021
NO WE DO it because turks want to invade us
MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 70
Nov 10, 2021
Or that's what Rheinmetall keeps telling you :3
twained
+1
Level 61
Aug 26, 2021
Wow, those last three. I could have had two more minutes, and I'm not sure I would have got them.
QuizzerBros
+3
Level 66
Aug 26, 2021
I love the front page description lol
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 64
Aug 26, 2021
53 seconds remaining, didn't expect to see Greece or Taiwan or Cuba, I suppose Taiwan and Cuba somewhat make sense given their history.
Queefola
+1
Level 39
Aug 26, 2021
Why doesn't North Vietnam work for Vietnam?
BigFloppa
+3
Level 63
Aug 26, 2021
why would it lol
RobNobody
+1
Level 74
Aug 26, 2021
Same reason "West Germany" generally doesn't work when talking about present-day Germany.
RobNobody
+3
Level 74
Aug 26, 2021
So for counties like the Marshall Islands which don't have any tanks of their own but that rely on countries like the US to provide their international defense, I guess it's tanks but no tanks.
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
Aug 30, 2021
I was struggling a bit...

Until i typed in Israel and its neighbors lol

MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 70
Nov 10, 2021
This really makes me wonder where Israel keeps all these tanks, it's such a tiny country.
interopia
+2
Level 84
Dec 12, 2021
Think you have a typo in the caveat
15896325325
+1
Level 56
Oct 18, 2022
Surprised Monaco isn't on here
kapulani3
+1
Level 74
Oct 18, 2022
That's a lot of tanks for a country the size of Cuba, especially since they don't have the navy equipped to ship them. What do they think is going to happen in their country?
cuendillar
+1
Level 67
Dec 7, 2022
It's obviously to counter a US invasion. I assume most of them were donated by the Soviets during the cold war, either as a response to the Bay of Pigs invasion or the later missile crisis. Likely as not, they've just been gathering dust since the USSR collapsed - dismantling them would be foolish with USA still having at best strained relations with them. In short, hostility towards USA when the USSR had a massive tank surplus and a strategic interest in the region.

This may also be the reason for Vietnam making the list in spite of not having very tank-friendly terrain.

Fianchetto
+1
Level 65
May 2, 2023
Is it just me or does the caveat sound weird? "Think about countries who believe that might get invaded" Is it supposed to be they?
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