- Domain
- Land
- NCF capability
- Land manoeuvre
- Military Balance category
- Reconnaissance
- SIPRI category
- Armoured vehicles
- Evidence that places a platform here
- reconnaissance vehicle · scout (car|vehicle) · armou?red car · light tank · tank destroyer · armou?red reconnaissance · light armou?red vehicle · wheeled (fire support|assault) · armou?red vehicle
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 StatesLegacy only · 2United KingdomLegacy only · 1AustraliaLegacy only · 3FranceLegacy only · 6GermanyModern and on order · 4JapanModern · 1South KoreaLegacy only · 1CanadaModern and on order · 3ItalyModern and on order · 6IndiaModern and on order · 4TürkiyeLegacy only · 1Saudi ArabiaLegacy only · 6BrazilLegacy only · 6IndonesiaModern · 13MexicoModern · 7ArgentinaLegacy only · 3South AfricaLegacy only · 1RussiaLegacy only · 6ChinaLegacy only · 1IsraelModern · 3UkraineLegacy only · 13TaiwanNoneIranModern · 3North KoreaLegacy only · 1
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 19, retirements for 0. 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 reconnaissance and light armour in colour.
United States M10 Booker 26, BRDM-2 7
United Kingdom BvS 10 73
Australia Hawkei 918, ASLAV 257, LAV-25 128
France Panhard VBL 1,373, Petit Véhicule Protégé 1,113, AMX-10 RC 174
Germany LAPV Enok 221, Fennek 217, Mercedes-Benz G-Class 200
Japan Komatsu LAV 1,818
South Korea Kia KLTV –
Canada LAV-25 697, Textron tactical armoured patrol vehicle 500, LAV 6.0 ACSV –
Italy B1 Centauro 409, Jeep Wrangler 210, KMW Grizzly 96
India Zorawar 59, NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle 16, BvS 10 –
Türkiye Otokar Akrep –
Saudi Arabia LAV-25 748, LAV II ten different varieties 724, AML-60 AML-90 300
Brazil EE-9 Cascavel BR 409, SK-105 Kürassier 17, B1 Centauro 2
Indonesia AMX-13 120, P6 ATAV 100, Pindad Komodo 100
Mexico Humvee 5,535, Plasan Sand Cat 245, ERC 90 Sagaie 120
Argentina Humvee 134, SK-105 Kürassier 112, Greif –
South Africa Rooikat 242
Russia BRDM-2 –, BRM-3K "Rys" –, RKhM-4 –
China Type 15 tank 1,000
Israel Wolf Armoured Vehicle 300, BRDM-2 50, Otokar Akrep 30
Ukraine Humvee 5,000, BRDM-2 BRDM-2L1 BRDM-2T 120, BvS 10 78
Iran FV101 Scorpion 56–104, EE-9 Cascavel BR 24–46, Tosan –
North Korea PT-76 392–728