main battle tank
Noun
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Noun
main battle tank (plural main battle tanks)
- The primary tank of a country or armed forces.
- (military) A tank with a good balance of firepower, cross-country mobility, and armoured protection, and therefore capable of carrying out the roles of breakthrough, exploitation and infantry support.
- MBT (abbreviation)
- universal tank
- French: char de combat principal
- French: char de combat
- Portuguese: carro de combate principal
- Spanish: tanque de combate principal
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