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  1. Y-20Pro China's first indigenous strategic airlifter — a four-engine heavy transport known as the Kunpeng that bridges the PLA's force-projection gap, and the basis for a fast-growing aerial tanker fleet that extends Chinese airpower far beyond the first island chain. China · Air · airlift · transport · tanker · kunpeng · plaa
  2. Il-76Pro Russia's heavy four-engine strategic airlifter, in service since 1974 and now modernised as the Il-76MD-90A with PS-90A engines, serving as the backbone of operational lift and the platform for the A-50 AWACS and Il-78 tanker. Russia · Air · airlift · transport · ilyushin · il-76
  3. C-17 Globemaster IIIPro The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a long-range heavy airlifter that combines intercontinental reach with the ability to operate from short, austere airfields, serving as the backbone of U.S. and allied strategic airlift since 1995. USA · Air · strategic-airlift · heavy-transport · Boeing · airlift · stol
  4. H-6KPro China's primary long-range strike platform — a modernized Tu-16 derivative that carries up to six cruise missiles, conducts persistent bomber patrols around Taiwan and the first island chain, and forms the backbone of PLAAF/PLANAF bomber aviation. China · Air · strategic-bomber · cruise-missile-carrier
  5. Tu-160 BlackjackPro Russia's Mach-2-capable strategic heavy bomber and standoff cruise-missile carrier — the largest and fastest supersonic aircraft ever fielded, modernized with new-build Tu-160M aircraft entering service despite aging fleet challenges. Russia · Air · bomber · strategic-bomber · nuclear-capable · cruise-missile-carrier · supersonic
  6. BMD-4MPro Russia's air-droppable infantry fighting vehicle — a lightweight, amphibious tracked IFV armed with a 100 mm gun-launcher and 30 mm autocannon, fielded by the VDV airborne forces. Russia · Land · airborne · ifv · amphibious · vdv
  7. ZBD-05Pro China's high-speed amphibious assault family — ZBD-05 IFV and ZTD-05 assault gun with a planing hull that achieves water speeds of 25–45 km/h, purpose-built for over-the-horizon landings and the Taiwan contingency. China · Land · amphibious · ifv · assault-gun · tracked · norinco · type-05 · planmc · amphibious-assault
  8. ZBL-08Pro China's core wheeled 8x8 armored vehicle family — an amphibious, modular platform fielded in over 20 derivatives from infantry carrier to 105 mm assault gun, and the backbone of the PLA's medium combined-arms brigades. China · Land · ifv · apc · wheeled · amphibious · norinco · 8x8 · snow-leopard
  9. ZBD-04APro China's primary modern tracked infantry fighting vehicle — a BMP-3-influenced design built by NORINCO, armed with a 100 mm gun-launcher and coaxial 30 mm autocannon, and the backbone of the PLA Army's heavy and medium combined-arms brigades. China · Land · ifv · tracked · amphibious · norinco · pla
  10. BTR-82APro Russia's mainstay modern wheeled armored personnel carrier — an amphibious 8x8 with a 30 mm autocannon that first saw combat in Syria and is now heavily used in Ukraine. Russia · Land · apc · wheeled · amphibious · btr-80-modernization
  11. BMP-2Pro The BMP-2 is the world’s most widely proliferated tracked infantry fighting vehicle — a lightweight, amphibious Soviet-legacy design that marries a 30 mm autocannon with anti-tank missiles and has been a fixture of every major ground conflict since the 1980s. Russia · Land · ifv · tracked · amphibious · russian
  12. BMP-3Pro Russia's heavily armed tracked infantry fighting vehicle — a 100 mm gun-launcher with an integral 30 mm autocannon, amphibious, and a staple of mechanized units that has suffered catastrophic losses in Ukraine. Russia · Land · ifv · tracked · amphibious
  13. AMPVPro The U.S. Army’s modern tracked armored personnel carrier, built on a Bradley-derived chassis to replace the M113 family across the Armored Brigade Combat Team. USA · Land · apc · tracked-vehicle · bradley-derived · bae-systems · m113-replacement
  14. StrykerPro The Stryker family of wheeled 8×8 armored vehicles — the backbone of US Army Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, fielded since 2002 and exported to Ukraine, with variants from base troop carrier to 30 mm Dragoon and counter-drone directed-energy platforms. USA · Land · apc · icv · wheeled · stryker-brigade · m-shorad · counter-drone · directed-energy · gdls
  15. BoxerPro The Boxer is a modular 8×8 multirole armoured vehicle – a common drive platform that accepts mission-specific modules to deliver protected mobility in roles from troop transport to infantry fighting vehicle and reconnaissance. Europe · Land · wheeled · armoured-vehicle · apc · ifv · modular · 8x8
  16. Puma IFVPro Germany's premier tracked IFV — a 30 mm airburst cannon, modular armor, and the most powerful engine in its class, equipping the Bundeswehr's Panzergrenadier units and the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force. Europe · Land · ifv · tracked · puma · Rheinmetall · knds · Germany
  17. CV90Pro The CV90 is a Swedish tracked infantry fighting vehicle family — a modular, heavily protected design serving across NATO's northern flank and now combat-proven in Ukraine. Europe · Land · ifv · tracked · bae-systems · cv90
  18. M2 BradleyPro The M2 Bradley is the U.S. Army's tracked IFV — a 25 mm chain gun, TOW missiles, and a six-man infantry squad on a single armored chassis, proven from Desert Storm to the close-range tank kills of the Ukraine war. USA · Land · ifv · tracked · bae-systems · bradley
  19. PLZ-52Pro China's export-tracked 155 mm self-propelled howitzer — the PLZ-05A's international face, offered by NORINCO but with no confirmed sales. China · Land · self-propelled-howitzer · 155mm · artillery · norinco · export
  20. PCL-181Pro China’s premier truck-mounted howitzer — a 155 mm/L52 wheeled system designed for rapid shoot-and-scoot, air mobility, and export success, with a combat-proven record through Pakistan. China · Land · artillery · howitzer · wheeled · 155mm · norinco
  21. PLZ-05Pro China’s main modern tracked 155 mm self-propelled howitzer — a L/52 autoloaded gun fielded by the PLA since 2008, with no export record and no verified combat use. China · Land · artillery · self-propelled-howitzer · tracked · norinco · pla
  22. MalvaPro Russia's new 8×8 truck-mounted 152 mm self-propelled howitzer — a cheaper, more mobile addition to the artillery park designed for rapid shoot-and-scoot in the drone-saturated battlefield. Russia · Land · artillery · self-propelled-howitzer · 152mm · wheeled
  23. Koalitsiya-SVPro Russia’s next-generation tracked 152 mm self-propelled howitzer—a fully automated, crew-isolated design intended to replace the 2S19 Msta-S and bring a claimed reach beyond 70 km, though still in limited, pre-mass-combat introduction. Russia · Land · self-propelled-howitzer · tracked · 152mm
  24. Msta-SPro Russia’s mainstay 152 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer — the 2S19 Msta-S, with its 2A64 ordnance, entered service in 1989 and remains the backbone of Russian divisional artillery, with the modernized 2S19M2 adding digital fire control. Russia · Land · self-propelled-howitzer · tracked · 152mm · msta · 2s19 · russian-artillery
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