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Aside from the invasion of Malaya, and the Philippines, large-scale Japanese use of tanks was limited during the early years of the war and therefore development of newer designs were not given high priority as the Japanese strategy shifted to a "defensive orientation" after the 1941-42 victories. During the mid-1930s, the "tank actions" there were mainly against opposing infantry as the Chinese National Revolutionary Army had only three tank battalions consisting of Vickers export tanks, German PzKpfw I light tanks, and Italian CV33 tankettes. Many Japanese designs were of tankettes and light tanks, for use in campaigns in Manchuria and elsewhere in China. Japan took interest in tanks and procured some of the foreign designs, and then went to build its own. During and after World War I, Britain and France were the intellectual leaders in tank design, with other countries generally following and adopting their designs. After the war, many nations needed to have tanks, but only a few had the industrial resources to design and build them. The First World War established the validity of the tank concept. This article deals with the history and development of tanks of the Japanese Army from their first use after World War I, into the interwar period, during World War II, the Cold War and modern era. The tank has outlived several efforts to replace it, gaining upgrades like a larger, more powerful 120-millimeter gun a layer of depleted uranium armor a digital command and control system and a separate “hunter-killer” thermal imaging viewer for the tank commander.Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go first prototype, 1934 The M1 Abrams main battle tank-a clean-sheet design equipped with a 105-millimeter main gun, Chobham composite armor, and gas turbine engine-debuted in 1981 as the most advanced tank of its kind. originally designed the M1 tank to fight Soviet and Polish forces on the battlefields of Western Europe. The purchase is a pretty remarkable turnaround of events, considering the U.S. The tanks will arm Polish Army units guarding against incursions by the Russian Army. Poland will purchase 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 main battle tanks from the U.S., replacing older tanks dating back to the Cold War.

Ironically, the M1 Abrams was originally designed to fight Poland when the country was a member of the Warsaw Pact. The M1A2 SEPv3 is the latest version of the M1 series of tanks that first entered service in 1981. Poland has announced it will purchase M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tanks from the U.S.