Merkava Mark IV

Designed in the 1970s and first seeing service in 1978, the Merkava the realization of an Israeli project to produce their own main battle tank, rather than import tanks from friendly nations. The Merkava saw action in the 1982 Lebanon War and other conflicts involving Isreal since then. The latest version of the Merkava, the Mark IV, was introduced in 1999 and is armed with a 120mm main gun and is equipped with composite armor, as well as the Trophy Active Protection System.

Al Khalid
The Al Khalid is a joint Pakistani-Chinese main battle tank armed with a 125mm main gun and equipped with composite and explosive reactive armor. The tank was developed in the 1990s, and was produced from 2001 onwards. =Armament=