China recovers first place in the world ranking of world powers with more tanks. This shows the web in a section that exclusively analyzes the number of combat cars that a state has.
He Asian country heads the top 5 with 6,800 combat cars. In 2024, this position was occupied by Russia, with a whopping 14,777 combat cars, A change of positions that can be explained due to the large number of tanks destroyed by Ukraine in the war. It should be noted first that these figures are of the data presented in 2025 and in the event that no official data is available, “estimates” are made, according to the GFP website itself.
In this way, according to the latest data, Russia happens to occupy the second position of 5,750 tanks, which is followed by the United States with 4,640 tanks. The ‘Top 5’ completes it North Korea, with 4,344 tanks and India with 4,344 tanks.
The case of Egypt also surprises. In 2024, he occupied third place with 5,340 units, while according to current data he now adds 3,620 tanks.
What is taken into account specifically to perform this ranking?
To make this ranking, “GFP tracks first -line armored combat systems for each national power taken into consideration for the annual classification. “That covers” all the branches of the service (army, marine infantry) “and” the examples of vehicles include the main battle tanks (MBT) Germans ‘Leopard 2’ and Russians T-90, as well as light class systems such as the light tank ‘stingray’ of Thailand “.
In addition, “the products currently under development or orders for next year are not taken into account“To elaborate the ranking. Hence the potential of a country that is betting on an important rearmament process, may not be reflected in the classification.
