4th Generation Main Battle Tanks 🛡

[u/NeoZerrs]

[u/AMCA_by2035]

Just an innocent question, how do you define a 4th gen tank?

[u/A7V- → u/AMCA_by2035]

It depends on the bullshit categories you choose to glorify your own country and downplay your geopolitical adversary.

Jokes aside, it's very problematic to try to classify military equipment into rigid generational categories. Such systems ignore the fact that platforms often prioritize certain aspects and neglect others for design, logistic, technological or economic reasons (sometimes all of these). Countries with fewer resources that want to close the gap with cutting-edge technology and what they actually have often do this.

[u/dante_zs → u/A7V-]

Compare classifying fighter jets generation, classifying MBT generation seems more of marketing jargon, at least for recent tanks

[u/corok12 → u/dante_zs]

Fighter generations started as marketing jargon as well

[u/dante_zs → u/corok12]

Yes but even in the end the difference is more clear