How much does the tank weigh?

Tank is a heavy armored combat vehicle withcannon armament on caterpillar tracks. The weight of the tank depends on the thickness of the armor and on the weapons it is equipped with. As a rule, tanks are not weighed - their weight is calculated from the density of the metal and the weight of the combat equipment. So how much does the tank weigh?

The heaviest is the non-fought German tank Maus of the times of the Russian war. Its weight was 180 tons.

Of the fighting machines, the most difficult is the German Jagdtiger (tank destroyer) - 70 tons. His brother Tiger weighed 56.9 tons, and the legendary Soviet tank T34 - 32.5 tons.

Of the modern tanks, the heaviest can be considered the German Leopard 2A6, which weighs about 70 tons. The American M1A2 Abrams and the English Challenger-2 - 62.5, the French Lekrec is slightly smaller - 54 tons.

Russian tanks in the same weight category - T-72 - 42 tons, T-80U - 46 tons, T-90 - 46.5, the newest T-95 - about 50 tons.