Field guide
Every target in the game and what gives it away. Your record fills in as you play.
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How to recognise main battle tanks
- C1 ArieteSeven road wheels and a long, boxy turret with vertical sides and a big rear bustle; looks like a squared-off Leopard 2A4.
- Challenger 2Six road wheels, tall angular turret, gun with thermal sleeve and no muzzle brake.
- K2 Black PantherSix road wheels, low angular turret with a large rear bustle housing the autoloader, long 120 mm gun.
- LeclercSix road wheels, compact angular turret with a bustle autoloader and a long 120 mm gun with thermal sleeve.
- Leopard 1A5Seven road wheels, angular turret with bolted-on armour plates and a 105 mm gun with thermal sleeve; lighter and higher-riding than the Leopard 2.
- Leopard 2A4Seven road wheels, flat vertical turret front without the wedge armour of later versions, L44 120 mm gun.
- Leopard 2A5Leopard 2 with the wedge-shaped 'arrowhead' armour on the turret front but still the shorter L44 gun (the 2A6 has the long L55).
- Leopard 2A6Seven road wheels, wedge-shaped add-on armour on the turret front and a long L55 120 mm gun.
- Leopard 2A7Seven road wheels, arrowhead add-on armour on the turret front, long 120 mm gun.
- M1A1 AbramsSeven road wheels and a wide, flat slab-sided turret; lacks the separate commander’s sight box of the M1A2.
- M1A2 AbramsSeven road wheels, wide flat slab-sided turret with a separate commander's sight box on the roof; very hot gas-turbine exhaust at the rear.
- M60 PattonTall, boxy tank with six road wheels and return rollers, a long narrow-nosed turret and often a big searchlight box over the gun.
- PT-91 TwardyT-72 outline covered in Polish ERAWA explosive armour: flat rectangular boxes on the turret front and the hull glacis.
- T-14 ArmataSeven road wheels, a long hull and a small, angular unmanned turret with sensors on top; the crew sits in the hull.
- T-62Like a stretched T-55: five road wheels with larger gaps toward the rear, egg-shaped turret and a 115 mm smoothbore with a fume extractor midway along the barrel.
- T-64BVSix small road wheels with return rollers above them and a thin track; low rounded turret with reactive armour.
- T-72BSix large road wheels and a rounded cast turret, but older sights than the T-72B3: no large thermal-sight box on the turret roof.
- T-72B3Six large road wheels, low rounded cast turret covered in reactive armour, low hull.
- T-80BVMSix rubber-rimmed road wheels with return rollers, gas-turbine exhaust grille at the rear, rounded turret with reactive armour.
- T-80USix rubber-tyred road wheels with return rollers, Kontakt-5 explosive armour giving the turret a blocky, flat-faced front, and a gas-turbine exhaust at the rear.
- T-84 OplotT-80UD-style hull with six road wheels and a welded, angular turret with a large rear bustle, covered in explosive reactive armour blocks.
- T-90ASix road wheels like the T-72, welded turret with wedge-shaped reactive armour and two dazzler boxes beside the gun.
- T-90MSix road wheels like the T-72, but a welded angular turret with a large rear bustle.
- Type 10Compact tank with five road wheels, a low wedge-faced turret with modular armour and a 120 mm gun; smaller than other Western tanks.
- Type 99Six road wheels, a long hull and an angular turret with a wedge-shaped front; the 99A has a very boxy arrowhead turret front.
- Al-KhalidSix road wheels and a low, welded angular turret with a 125 mm smoothbore and an autoloader; looks like a squarer T-72, with side skirts and a remote machine gun on the roof.
- AltaySeven road wheels and a long angular turret with a big rear bustle, similar to the Korean K2 it is based on, with a 120 mm smoothbore.
- ArjunLarge tank with seven road wheels, a tall, slab-sided turret and a 120 mm rifled gun with a fume extractor; the Mk1A has explosive armour on the turret and hull front.
- Challenger 3Challenger 2 hull and running gear with a reworked turret and a longer smoothbore 120 mm gun.
- Type 96Six road wheels, a low turret with a squared-off spaced-armour front and a 125 mm gun, saw-toothed side skirts over the upper track; the 96A carries explosive armour blocks.
