- Domain
- Land
- NCF capability
- Land manoeuvre support
- Military Balance category
- Engineering and maintenance vehicles
- SIPRI category
- Armoured vehicles
- Evidence that places a platform here
- engineer · bridg · mine.clearing · recovery vehicle · armou?red recovery · \bARV\b · mine.?(clearance|breaching) · combat engineering
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesModern · 12United KingdomModern · 4AustraliaModern and on order · 4FranceModern · 4GermanyLegacy only · 7JapanNoneSouth KoreaLegacy only · 10CanadaLegacy only · 5ItalyLegacy only · 10IndiaLegacy only · 9TürkiyeModern · 10Saudi ArabiaLegacy only · 3BrazilLegacy only · 5IndonesiaLegacy only · 5MexicoNoneArgentinaLegacy only · 1South AfricaNoneRussiaLegacy only · 11ChinaLegacy only · 3IsraelLegacy only · 3UkraineModern · 26TaiwanLegacy only · 3IranLegacy only · 2North KoreaNone
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 13, retirements for 2. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only engineering and bridging in colour.
United States M88 Recovery Vehicle 933, JCB HMEE 900, M9 Armored Combat Earthmover 250
United Kingdom Heavy Equipment Transport System 161, Challenger Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle 72, Terrier 60
Australia M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle 20, M1074 Joint Assault Bridge 12, JCB HMEE 8
France Caterpillar D6 Bulldozer 40, Armored Engineer Vehicle 38, Char de dépannage DNG/DCL 26
Germany Kodiak 44, Liebherr G-LTM 1090-4.2 Liebherr Teleskop-Mobilkrane 38, Liebherr G-BKF Geschütztes Berge- und Kranfahrzeug 33
South Korea K1 88-Tank 1,511, M9 Armored Combat Earthmover 207, K1 ARV 150
Canada Krupp KMK 2025 20, ARV Taurus 8, Husky 5
Italy Leopard 1 176, Biber Based on Leopard 1 tank chassis 59, Tadano Faun ATF60-3 Crane 15
India T-72 operators and variants 2,418, WZT-3M 352, M58 MICLIC 207
Türkiye M48 AVLB 70, SYHK 52, Leguan 36
Saudi Arabia M88 Recovery Vehicle M88A1 122, M578 Light Recovery Vehicle 90, M728 combat engineer vehicle 15
Brazil Leopard 1 261, M578 Light Recovery Vehicle 14, Bergepanzer 2 13
Indonesia Brückenlegepanzer 3, Leopard 2 Bergepanzer 3 Büffel ARV 3, military engineering vehicle Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs AEV 3
Argentina Bailey bridge –
Russia BAT-2 –, BMR-3M –, BREM-1 BREM-1M [ citation needed ] –
China CTL-181A Assault Bridge Builder –, Jonyang GDG130 –, Type 84 –
Israel IDF Caterpillar D9 175, AIL Desert Raider –, Puma armored engineering vehicle –
Ukraine BAT-2 40, Leopard 1 25, M60 AVLB 18
Taiwan M88 Recovery Vehicle 36–66, M9 Armored Combat Earthmover 13–25, armored vehicle-launched bridge 8–16
Iran T-72 operators and variants 336–624, Chubby –