dcs-retribution/resources/units/unit_info_text.json

{
  "F-111F": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "F-111F Aardvark",
        "text": "The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired American supersonic, medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic nuclear bomber, aerial reconnaissance, and electronic-warfare aircraft in its various versions. The word 'aardvark' is Afrikaans for 'earth pig' and reflects the look of the long nose of the aircraft that might remind one of the nose of the aardvark.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Fighter-Bomber",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1970"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Rafale_A_S": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Rafale M (Air-to-Ground)",
        "text": "The Dassault Rafale (French pronunciation: \u200b[\u0281afal], literally meaning \"gust of wind\", and \"burst of fire\" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an \"omnirole\" aircraft by Dassault. The Rafale has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "Dassault",
        "role": "Multirole Fighter",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2001"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Rafale_B": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Rafale B",
        "text": "The Dassault Rafale (French pronunciation: \u200b[\u0281afal], literally meaning \"gust of wind\", and \"burst of fire\" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an \"omnirole\" aircraft by Dassault. The Rafale has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "Dassault",
        "role": "Carrier-based Multirole Fighter",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2006"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Rafale_M": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Rafale M (Air-to-Air)",
        "text": "The Dassault Rafale (French pronunciation: \u200b[\u0281afal], literally meaning \"gust of wind\", and \"burst of fire\" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an \"omnirole\" aircraft by Dassault. The Rafale has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "Dassault",
        "role": "Multirole Fighter",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2001"
      }
    }
  ],
  "flak18": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "8.8 cm Flak 18",
        "text": "The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Development of the original model led to a wide variety of guns. Air defense units were usually deployed with either a Kommandoger\u00e4t (\"command device\") fire control computer or a portable W\u00fcrzburg radar, which were responsible for its high level of accuracy against aircraft. The versatile carriage allowed the 8.8 cm Flak to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two and a half minutes.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krupp/Rheinmetall",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Tank Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1936"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AAA 8,8cm Flak 36": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "8.8 cm Flak 36",
        "text": "The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Development of the original model led to a wide variety of guns. Air defense units were usually deployed with either a Kommandoger\u00e4t (\"command device\") fire control computer or a portable W\u00fcrzburg radar, which were responsible for its high level of accuracy against aircraft. The versatile carriage allowed the 8.8 cm Flak to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two and a half minutes.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krupp/Rheinmetall",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Tank Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1936"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AAA 8,8cm Flak 37": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "8.8 cm Flak 37",
        "text": "The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Development of the original model led to a wide variety of guns. Air defense units were usually deployed with either a Kommandoger\u00e4t (\"command device\") fire control computer or a portable W\u00fcrzburg radar, which were responsible for its high level of accuracy against aircraft. The versatile carriage allowed the 8.8 cm Flak to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two and a half minutes.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krupp/Rheinmetall",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Tank Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1936"
      }
    }
  ],
  "flak41": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "8.8 cm Flak 41",
        "text": "The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout World War II and is one of the most recognized German weapons of that conflict. Development of the original model led to a wide variety of guns. Air defense units were usually deployed with either a Kommandoger\u00e4t (\"command device\") fire control computer or a portable W\u00fcrzburg radar, which were responsible for its high level of accuracy against aircraft. The versatile carriage allowed the 8.8 cm Flak to be fired in a limited anti-tank mode when still on its wheels; it could be completely emplaced in only two and a half minutes.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krupp/Rheinmetall",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Tank Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "S-60_Type59_Artillery": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "S-60 57mm",
        "text": "57 mm AZP S-60 (Russian: \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0437\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430 \u0421-60, abbrev. \u0410\u0417\u041f (AZP); literally: Automatic anti-aircraft gun S-60) is a Soviet towed, road-transportable, short- to medium-range, single-barrel anti-aircraft gun from the 1950s. The gun was extensively used in Warsaw Pact, Middle Eastern and South-East Asian countries.",
        "country-of-origin": "Soviet Union",
        "manufacturer": "TsAKB",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Tank Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1950"
      }
    }
  ],
  "bofors40": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Bofors 40 mm Gun",
        "text": "The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as some captured systems being used by the Axis powers. A small number of these weapons remain in service to this day, and saw action as late as the Persian Gulf War.",
        "country-of-origin": "Sweden",
        "manufacturer": "Bofors",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1934"
      },
      "UK": {
        "name": "QF 40 mm Mark III",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1939"
      }
    }
  ],
  "flak30": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "2 cm Flak 38",
        "text": "The Flak 38 (Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II. It was not only the primary German light anti-aircraft gun, but by far the most numerously produced German artillery piece throughout the war. It was produced in a variety of models, notably the Flakvierling 38 which combined four Flak 38 autocannons onto a single carriage.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Mauser",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1934"
      }
    }
  ],
  "flak38": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "2 cm Flakvierling 38",
        "text": "The Flak 30 (Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II. It was not only the primary German light anti-aircraft gun, but by far the most numerously produced German artillery piece throughout the war. It was produced in a variety of models, notably the Flakvierling 38 which combined four Flak 38 autocannons onto a single carriage.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Mauser",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1934"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AAA M45 Quadmount": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M45 Quadmount",
        "text": "The M45 Quadmount (nicknamed the \"meat chopper\" and \"Krautmower\" for its high rate of fire) was a weapon mounting consisting of four of the \"HB\", or \"heavy barrel\" .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns mounted in pairs on each side of an open, electrically powered turret. It was developed by the W. L. Maxson Corporation to replace the earlier M33 twin mount (also from Maxson). Although designed as an anti-aircraft weapon, it was also used against ground targets. Introduced in 1943 during World War II, it remained in US service as late as the Vietnam War.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "W. L. Maxson Corporation",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1_37mm": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1 37mm Gun",
        "text": "The 37 mm gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II. In addition to the towed variant, the gun was mounted, with two M2 machine guns, on the M2/M3 half-track, resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages. In early World War II, each Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Auto-Weapons battalion was authorized a total of thirty-two 37 mm guns in its four firing batteries, plus other weapons.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Colt",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1939"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Vulcan": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M163 Vulcan Air Defense System",
        "text": "The M163 had a fairly limited range from the start. Its 20x102mm round gave it a low effective range of only 1,200 meters, and its standard air-defense load of HEI-T rounds would self-destruct at approximately 1800 meters, a hard limit on range. Additionally, the radar was a range-only set incapable of finding targets. In US and Israeli service, the VADS has rarely been needed in its intended purpose of providing defense against aerial threats\u2014consequently, the Vulcan gun system was in use throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s primarily as a ground support weapon.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Electric",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1989"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SPAAA ZSU-57-2": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "ZSU-57-2 'Sparka'",
        "text": "The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: \u0417\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0423\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430), meaning \"anti-aircraft self-propelled mount\", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels. It was the first Soviet mass-produced tracked SPAAG.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Omsk Works",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1955"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AAA ZU-23 on Ural-375": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "ZU-23 on Ural-375",
        "text": "The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: \u0417\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0423\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430), meaning \"anti-aircraft self-propelled mount\", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels. It was the first Soviet mass-produced tracked SPAAG.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "KBP/Ural",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1961"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AAA ZU-23 Insurgent on Ural-375": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "ZU-23 on Ural-375",
        "text": "The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: \u0417\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0421\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0423\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430), meaning \"anti-aircraft self-propelled mount\", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels. It was the first Soviet mass-produced tracked SPAAG.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "KBP/Ural",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1961"
      }
    }
  ],
  "QF_37_AA": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "QF 3.7-inch AA Gun",
        "text": "The QF 3.7-inch AA was Britain's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun during World War II. It was roughly the equivalent of the German 88 mm FlaK and American 90 mm, but with a slightly larger calibre of 3.7 inches, approximately 94 mm. Production began in 1937 and it was used throughout World War II in all theatres except the Eastern Front. It remained in use after the war until AA guns were replaced by guided missiles beginning in 1957.",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Vickers",
        "role": "Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1937"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Sd_Kfz_234_2_Puma": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sd.Kfz.234/2 Puma",
        "text": "The Sd.Kfz. 234 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 234, Special Purpose Vehicle 234), was a family of armoured cars designed and built in Germany during World War II. The vehicles were lightly armoured, armed with a 20, 50 or 75 mm main gun, and powered by a Tatra V12 diesel engine.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Tatra/B\u00fcssing/Daimler-Benz/Schichau",
        "role": "Recon Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AAV7": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "AAVP-7A1 'Amtrac'",
        "text": "The Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV)\u2014official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)\u2014is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously by United Defense, a former division of FMC Corporation). The AAV-P7/A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps. It is used by U.S. Marine Corps Assault Amphibian Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore. It is also operated by other forces.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "United Defense",
        "role": "Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1971"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BTR-80": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BTR-80",
        "text": "The BTR-80 (Russian: \u0431\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0451\u0440, romanized: Bronyetransportyor, literally \"Armoured Transporter\") is an 8\u00d78 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army. It was first deployed during the Soviet\u2013Afghan War.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Arzamas",
        "role": "Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1986"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BTR-82A": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BTR-82A",
        "text": "The BTR-80 (Russian: \u0431\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0451\u0440, romanized: Bronyetransportyor, literally \"Armoured Transporter\") is an 8\u00d78 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army. It was first deployed during the Soviet\u2013Afghan War. This is a modernized Version of the BTR 80.",
        "country-of-origin": "Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Arzamas",
        "role": "Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2013"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Cobra": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Cobra",
        "text": "The Cobra (Turkish: Kobra) is an armoured tactical vehicle developed by Turkish firm Otokar.",
        "country-of-origin": "Turkey",
        "manufacturer": "Otokar",
        "role": "Recon",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1997"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M2A1_halftrack": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M2A1 Half-Track",
        "text": "The M2 half-track car is an armored half-track produced by the United States during World War II. ",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "White Motor Company",
        "role": "Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1940"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M-113": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M113",
        "text": "The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation (FMC). The M113 was sent to United States Army Europe to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 APCs from 1961. The M113 was first used in combat in April 1962 after the United States provided the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) with heavy weaponry such as the M113, under the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) program. Eventually, the M113 was the most widely used armored vehicle of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War and was used to break through heavy thickets in the midst of the jungle to attack and overrun enemy positions. About 80.000 have been build.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Food Machinery Corp",
        "role": "Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1960"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1043 HMMWV Armament": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1043 HMMWV (M2 HMG)",
        "text": "The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "AM General",
        "role": "Recon",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1983"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1126 Stryker ICV": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1126 Stryker ICV (M2 HMG)",
        "text": "The ICV (Infantry Carrier Vehicle) Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III. ",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2002"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MTLB": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "MT-LB",
        "text": "The MT-LB (Russian: \u041c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0446\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0422\u044f\u0433\u0430\u0447 \u041b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0411\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439, romanized: Mnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny, literally \"multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored\") is a Soviet multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armored tracked vehicle, which was introduced in the 1950s. It is also produced in Poland, where (starting mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish version.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Kharkiv",
        "role": "Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1958"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Sd_Kfz_251": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sd.Kfz.251 \"Hanomag\"",
        "text": "The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was a World War II German armored personnel carrier designed by the Hanomag company, based on its earlier, unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the Panzergrenadier (German mechanized infantry) into battle. Sd.Kfz. 251s were the most widely produced German half-tracks of the war, with at least 15,252 vehicles and variants produced by seven manufacturers.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Hanomag",
        "role": "Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1939"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Scout BRDM-2": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BRDM-2",
        "text": "The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like India, Iraq, Syria, North Korea and North Vietnam. Overall, some 25 countries used the PT-76. The tank's full name is Floating Tank\u201376 (\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0430\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a, plavayushchiy tank, or \u041f\u0422-76). 76 stands for the caliber of the main armament: the 76.2 mm D-56T series rifled tank gun.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "GAZ",
        "role": "Amphibious Armoured Car",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1962"
      }
    }
  ],
  "LT PT-76": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "PT-76",
        "text": "The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, \u0411\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0430\u044f \u0420\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0414\u043e\u0437\u043e\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430, literally \"Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle\") is an amphibious armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under the designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08. This vehicle, like many other Soviet designs, has been exported extensively and is in use in at least 38 countries.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "VTZ, Kirov Factory",
        "role": "Recon light tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1951"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BTR_D": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BTR-D",
        "text": "The BTR-D is a Soviet airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier which was introduced in 1974 and first seen by the West in 1979 during the Soviet\u2013Afghan War. BTR-D stands for Bronetransportyor Desanta (\u0411\u0422\u0420-\u0414, \u0411\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430, literally \"armoured transporter of the Airborne\")",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Volgograd",
        "role": "Airborne Amphibious Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1974"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1045 HMMWV TOW": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1045 HMMWV (BGM-71 TOW)",
        "text": "The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General. This verison carries a TOW for ATGM.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "AM General",
        "role": "Armoured Car",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1983"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1134 Stryker ATGM": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1134 Stryker ATGM (BGM-71 TOW)",
        "text": "The ICV (Infantry Carrier Vehicle) Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Armoured Car",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2002"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Centaur_IV": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "A27L Cruiser Tank MK VIII Centaur IV",
        "text": "The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. Named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell, the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful and reliable engine (the Rolls-Royce Meteor), and reasonable armour. ",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Leyland",
        "role": "Cruiser Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Cromwell_IV": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "A27M Cruiser Tank MK VIII Cromwell IV",
        "text": "The Cromwell tank, officially Tank, Cruiser, Mk VIII, Cromwell (A27M), was one of the series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. Named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell, the Cromwell was the first tank put into service by the British to combine high speed from a powerful and reliable engine (the Rolls-Royce Meteor), and reasonable armour. ",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company",
        "role": "Cruiser Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Daimler_AC": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Daimler Armoured Car Mk I",
        "text": "The Daimler Armoured Car was a successful British armoured car design of the Second World War that continued in service into the 1950s. It was designed for armed reconnaissance and liaison purposes. During the postwar era, it doubled as an internal security vehicle in a number of countries. Former British Daimler armoured cars were exported to various Commonwealth of Nations member states throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 2012, some were still being operated by the Qatari Army.",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Daimler",
        "role": "Recon",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1941"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Churchill_VII": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "A22 Infantry Tank MK IV Churchill VII",
        "text": "The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British heavy infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, its ability to climb steep slopes, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. It was one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war.",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Vauxhall Motors",
        "role": "Infantry Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MBT Chieftain Mk.3": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "A22 Infantry Tank MK IV Churchill VII",
        "text": "The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank of the United Kingdom during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Leyland Motors",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1966"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Tiger_I": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E",
        "text": "The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that operated beginning in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It was designated Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf H during development but was changed to Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf E during production. The Tiger I gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun (derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36). 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. After August 1944, production of the Tiger I was phased out in favour of the Tiger II. 1347 have been build.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Henschel",
        "role": "Heavy Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1942"
      }
    }
  ],
  "HT Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf. B Tiger II": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B Tiger II",
        "text": "The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front.It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon. The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless Jagdpanzer anti-tank vehicle. The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS. It was first used in combat by 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion during the Allied invasion of Normandy on 11 July 1944; on the Eastern Front, the first unit to be outfitted with the Tiger II was the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion, which by 1 September 1944 listed 25 Tiger IIs operational.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Henschel/Krupp",
        "role": "Heavy Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BMD-1": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BMD-1",
        "text": "The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970. BMD stands for Boyevaya Mashina Desanta (\u0411\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0430\u044f \u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430, which literally translates to \"Combat Vehicle of the Airborne\"). It can be dropped by parachute and although it resembles the BMP-1 it is in fact much smaller. The BMD-1 was used as an IFV by the Soviet Army's airborne divisions.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Volgograd",
        "role": "Airborne Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1969"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BMP-1": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BMP-1",
        "text": "The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970. BMD stands for Boyevaya Mashina Desanta (\u0411\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0430\u044f \u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430, which literally translates to \"Combat Vehicle of the Airborne\"). It can be dropped by parachute and although it resembles the BMP-1 it is in fact much smaller. The BMD-1 was used as an IFV by the Soviet Army's airborne divisions. ",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Kurganmashzavod",
        "role": "Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1966"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BMP-2": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BMP-2",
        "text": "The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: \u0411\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0430\u044f \u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u041f\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0442\u044b, literally \"infantry combat vehicle\") is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Kurganmashzavod",
        "role": "Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1980"
      }
    }
  ],
  "BMP-3": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BMP-3",
        "text": "The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2. The abbreviation BMP stands for boevaya mashina pehoty (\u0431\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0442\u044b, literally \"infantry combat vehicle\").",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Kurganmashzavod",
        "role": "Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1987"
      }
    }
  ],
  "LAV-25": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "LAV-25",
        "text": "The LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) is an eight-wheeled amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle built by General Dynamics Land Systems and used by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Amphibious Armoured Car",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1983"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M-2 Bradley": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M2A2 Bradley",
        "text": "The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which was formerly United Defense. The Bradley is designed for reconnaissance and to transport a squad of infantry, providing them protection from small arms fire, while also providing firepower to both suppress and eliminate most threats to friendly infantry. It is designed to be highly maneuverable and to be fast enough to keep up with heavy armor during an advance. The M2 holds a crew of three: a commander, a gunner and a driver, as well as six fully equipped soldiers. In the year 2000 the total cost of the program was $5,664,100,000 for 1602 units, giving an average unit cost of $3,166,000. If you want to know more than you ever wanted about the Bradley, watch the film 'The Pentagon Wars', its great!",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "United Defense",
        "role": "Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1988"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Marder": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Marder 1A3",
        "text": "The Marder (German for \"marten\") is a German infantry fighting vehicle operated by the German Army as the main weapon of the Panzergrenadiere (mechanized infantry) from the 1970s through to the present day. Developed as part of the rebuilding of Germany's armoured fighting vehicle industry, the Marder has proven to be a successful and solid infantry fighting vehicle design. While it used to include a few unique features, such as a fully remote machine gun on the rear deck and gun ports on the sides for infantry to fire through, these features have been deleted or streamlined in later upgrade packages to bring it more in line with modern IFV design. Around 2,100 were taken into service by the German Army in the early 1970s, but the vehicle in its German variant was not sold to any foreign militaries. As the German Army began to retire older vehicles, the Chilean government agreed to acquire 200 Marders; the government of Greece has considered the purchase of 450 retired vehicles in the past. Argentina uses a simplified and locally produced variant, the VCTP, and has a number of vehicles based on that platform constructed by Henschel and built by TAMSE.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Rheinmetall Landsysteme",
        "role": "Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1988"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MCV-80": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "FV510 Warrior",
        "text": "The Warrior tracked vehicle family is a series of British armoured vehicles, originally developed to replace the older FV430 series of armoured vehicles. The Warrior started life as the MCV-80, \"Mechanised Combat Vehicle for the 1980s\". One of the requirements of the new vehicle was a top speed able to keep up with the projected new MBT, the MBT-80 \u2013 later cancelled and replaced by what became the Challenger 1 \u2013 which the then-current FV432 armoured personnel carrier could not. ",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "GKN Sankey",
        "role": "Infantry Fighting Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1984"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M8_Greyhound": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car",
        "text": "The M8 Light Armored Car is a 6\u00d76 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remained in service with some countries.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Ford Motor Company",
        "role": "Light Armoured Car",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Tetrarch": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "A17 Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch",
        "text": "The Light Tank Mk VII (A17), also known as the Tetrarch, was a British light tank produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s and used during the Second World War. The Tetrarch was the latest in the line of light tanks built by the company for the British Army. They where declered obsolete in 1946.",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Vickers-Armstrongs",
        "role": "Airborne Light Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1938"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M4 Tractor": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M4 High-Speed Tractor",
        "text": "The M4 High-Speed Tractor was an artillery tractor used by the US Army from 1943.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Allis-Chalmers",
        "role": "Tracked Cargo Transporter",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Carrier Sd.Kfz.7 Tractor": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sd.Kfz.7 Tractor",
        "text": "The Carrier Sd.Kfz.7 Tractor was a Artillery tow truck.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Kraus Maffei",
        "role": "Tracked Cargo Transporter",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1938"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Carrier M30 Cargo": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M30 Cargo Carrier",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "text": "The M30 Cargo carrier was a variant of the M12 Gun Motor Carriage (a US self-propelled gun), which itself was derived from the M3 Lee tank. Neither vehicle was extensively produced, around hundreds being manufactured. It was exclusively used in the Normandy theatre and followed the Allied push into Germany. It was judged obsolete after the war and retired from service.",
        "manufacturer": "Pressed Steel Car Company",
        "role": "Tracked Cargo Transporter",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1942"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Challenger2": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "FV4034 Challenger 2",
        "text": "The FV4034 Challenger 2 is a third generation British main battle tank (MBT) in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It has seen operational service in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Iraq.  To date, the only time the tank has been destroyed during operations was by another Challenger 2 in a \"blue on blue\" (friendly fire) incident at Basra in 2003 when the destroyed tank had its hatch open at the time of the incident.",
        "country-of-origin": "UK",
        "manufacturer": "Vickers Defence Systems",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1998"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M12_GMC": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M12 Gun Motor Carriage",
        "text": "The 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 was a U.S. self-propelled gun developed during the Second World War. It mounted a 155 mm gun derived from the French Canon de 155mm GPF field gun.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Pressed Steel Car Company",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1942"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Leclerc": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leclerc S\u00e9ries 2",
        "text": "The Leclerc tank (French: char Leclerc) is a main battle tank (MBT) built by GIAT, now Nexter of France. It was named in honour of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, who led the French element of the drive towards Paris while in command of the Free French 2nd Armoured Division (2e DB) in World War II. The designation AMX-56 \u2013 while very popular \u2013 is incorrect. During the Iron spear exercise, October 2019, Leclerc tanks crewed by the Lynx 6 Tactical Inter-Service Sub-Group (S-GTIA) participated in an inter-alliance exercise and surpassed the American M1A2 Abrams, German, Spanish and Norwegian Leopard 2s, Italian Ariete C1 and Polish P91.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1993"
      }
    }
  ],
  "TRM-2000 PAMELA": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Pamela",
        "text": "WIP - Mistral Missile on a Truck.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Shorad",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1993"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Leclerc S\u00e9rie XXI": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leclerc_XXI",
        "text": "The Leclerc tank (French: char Leclerc) is a main battle tank (MBT) built by GIAT, now Nexter of France. It was named in honour of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, who led the French element of the drive towards Paris while in command of the Free French 2nd Armoured Division (2e DB) in World War II. The designation AMX-56 \u2013 while very popular \u2013 is incorrect. During the Iron spear exercise, October 2019, Leclerc tanks crewed by the Lynx 6 Tactical Inter-Service Sub-Group (S-GTIA) participated in an inter-alliance exercise and surpassed the American M1A2 Abrams, German, Spanish and Norwegian Leopard 2s, Italian Ariete C1 and Polish P91.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2001"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AMX-30B2": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "AMX.30B2",
        "text": "The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX, then GIAT) and first delivered to the French Army in August 1965. ",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1965"
      }
    }
  ],
  "ERC": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Panhard",
        "text": "The Panhard ERC (Engin \u00e0 Roues, Canon) is a French six-wheeled armoured car which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Recon Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1975"
      }
    }
  ],
  "AMX10RCR": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leclerc S\u00e9ries 2",
        "text": "The AMX-10 RC is a reconnaissance vehicle built by GIAT. Over 240 are in service in the French Army. In addition, 108 vehicles were sold to Morocco and 12 to Qatar. RC stands for Roues-Canon, or wheeled gun.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Recon Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1970"
      }
    }
  ],
  "VAB_Mephisto": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "VAB Mephisto",
        "text": "The VAB HOT Mephisto is a wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier VAB fitted with anti-tank missile launcher turret.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "ATGM Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1990"
      }
    }
  ],
  "VAB_HOT": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "VAB Mephisto",
        "text": "The VAB HOT Mephisto is a wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier VAB fitted with anti-tank missile launcher turret.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "ATGM Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1990"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SEPAR": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leclerc S\u00e9ries 2",
        "text": "The AMX-10 RC is a reconnaissance vehicle built by GIAT. Over 240 are in service in the French Army. In addition, 108 vehicles were sold to Morocco and 12 to Qatar. RC stands for Roues-Canon, or wheeled gun.",
        "country-of-origin": "France",
        "manufacturer": "GIAT Industries",
        "role": "Recon Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1970"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Leopard1A3": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leopard 1A3",
        "text": "The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard focused on firepower in the form of the German-built version of the British L7 105-mm gun, and improved cross-country performance that was unmatched by other designs of the era. The Leopard quickly became a standard of many European militaries, and eventually served as the main battle tank in over a dozen countries worldwide, with West Germany, Italy and the Netherlands being the largest operators until their retirement. Currently, the largest operators are Greece, with 520 vehicles, Turkey, with 397 vehicles and Brazil with 378 vehicles.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1974"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MBT Leopard-2A6M": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leopard 2A6",
        "text": "The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and 12 other European countries, as well as several non-European nations, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Singapore, and Turkey. The Leopard 2 was used in Kosovo with the German Army, and has seen action in Afghanistan with the Dutch, Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as seeing action in Syria with the Turkish Armed Forces.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2001"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Leopard-2": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leopard 2",
        "text": "The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and 12 other European countries, as well as several non-European nations, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Singapore, and Turkey. The Leopard 2 was used in Kosovo with the German Army, and has seen action in Afghanistan with the Dutch, Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as seeing action in Syria with the Turkish Armed Forces.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1985"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MBT Leopard-2A5": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leopard 2A5",
        "text": "The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and 12 other European countries, as well as several non-European nations, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Singapore, and Turkey. The Leopard 2 was used in Kosovo with the German Army, and has seen action in Afghanistan with the Dutch, Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as seeing action in Syria with the Turkish Armed Forces.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1995"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MBT Leopard-2A4": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leopard 2A4",
        "text": "The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and 12 other European countries, as well as several non-European nations, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Singapore, and Turkey. The Leopard 2 was used in Kosovo with the German Army, and has seen action in Afghanistan with the Dutch, Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as seeing action in Syria with the Turkish Armed Forces.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1991"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MBT Leopard-2A4 Trs": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Leopard 2A4 Trs",
        "text": "The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and 12 other European countries, as well as several non-European nations, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Singapore, and Turkey. The Leopard 2 was used in Kosovo with the German Army, and has seen action in Afghanistan with the Dutch, Danish and Canadian contributions to the International Security Assistance Force, as well as seeing action in Syria with the Turkish Armed Forces.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1991"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M-1 Abrams": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1A2 Abrams",
        "text": "The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems)[9] and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare and now one of the heaviest tanks in service at nearly 68 short tons. The M1 Abrams entered service in 1980 and currently serves as the main battle tank of the United States Army and Marine Corps. The export version is used by the armies of Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and Iraq. The Abrams was first used in combat in the Persian Gulf War and has seen combat in both the War in Afghanistan and Iraq War under U.S. service, while Iraqi Abrams tanks have seen action in the war against ISIL and have seen use by Saudi Arabia during the Yemeni Civil War.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1992"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M-60": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M60A3 \"Patton\"",
        "text": "The M60 reached operational capability with fielding to US Army units in Europe beginning in December 1960. The first combat usage of the M60 was with Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War where it saw service under the \"Magach 6\" designation, performing well in combat against comparable tanks such as the T-62. In 1982 the Israelis once again used the M60 during the 1982 Lebanon War, equipped with upgrades such as explosive reactive armor to defend against guided missiles that proved very effective at destroying tanks. The M60 also saw use in 1983 with Operation Urgent Fury, supporting US Marines in an amphibious assault into Grenada. M60s delivered to Iran also served in the Iran\u2013Iraq War. The United States' largest deployment of M60s was in the 1991 Gulf War, where the US Marines equipped with M60A1s effectively defeated Iraqi armored forces, including T-72 tanks. The United States readily retired the M60 from front-line combat after Operation Desert Storm, with the last tanks being retired from National Guard service in 1997.[16] M60-series vehicles continue in front-line service with a number of countries' militaries, though most of these have been highly modified and had their firepower, mobility and protection upgraded to increase their combat effectiveness on the modern battlefield.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1960"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Merkava_Mk4": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Merkava Mk IV",
        "text": "The Merkava is a main battle tank used by the Israel Defense Forces. The tank began development in 1970, and entered official service in 1979. Four main variants of the tank have been deployed. It was first used extensively in the 1982 Lebanon War. The name \"Merkava\" was derived from the IDF's initial development program name. Design criteria include rapid repair of battle damage, survivability, cost-effectiveness and off-road performance. ",
        "country-of-origin": "Israel",
        "manufacturer": "MANTAK",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2004"
      }
    }
  ],
  "T-55": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "T-55A",
        "text": "The T-54/55 series was the most-produced tank in history. Estimated production numbers for the series range from 86,000 to 100,000. They were replaced by the T-62, T-64, T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks in the Soviet and Russian armies, but remain in use by up to 50 other armies worldwide, some having received sophisticated retrofitting. During the Cold War, Soviet tanks never directly faced their NATO adversaries in combat in Europe. However, the T-54/55's first appearance in the West around the period of the 1950s (then the beginning of the Cold War) spurred the United Kingdom to develop a new tank gun, the Royal Ordnance L7, and the United States to develop the M60 Patton.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Kharkiv/UralVagonZavod",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1963"
      }
    }
  ],
  "T-72B": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "T-72B with Kontakt-1 ERA",
        "text": "The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that first entered production in 1971. About 20,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refurbishment has enabled many to remain in service for decades. The T-72A version introduced in 1979 is considered a second-generation main battle tank. It was widely exported and saw service in 40 countries and in numerous conflicts. The T-72B3 version introduced in 2010 is considered a third-generation main battle tank (MBT).",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "UralVagonZavod",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1985"
      }
    }
  ],
  "T-72B3": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "T-72B3 model 2011",
        "text": "The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that first entered production in 1971. About 20,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refurbishment has enabled many to remain in service for decades. The T-72A version introduced in 1979 is considered a second-generation main battle tank. It was widely exported and saw service in 40 countries and in numerous conflicts. The T-72B3 version introduced in 2010 is considered a third-generation main battle tank (MBT).",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "UralVagonZavod",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2010"
      }
    }
  ],
  "T-80U": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "T-80UD",
        "text": "The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. When it entered service in 1976, it was the second MBT in the world to be equipped with a gas turbine engine after the Swedish Strv 103 and the first to use it as a primary propulsion engine. The T-80U was last produced in a factory in Omsk, Russia, while the T-80UD and further-developed T-84 continue to be produced in Ukraine. The T-80 and its variants are in service in Belarus, Cyprus, Egypt, Kazakhstan,[12] Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Ukraine.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Omsk Transmash",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1985"
      }
    }
  ],
  "T-90": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "T-90A",
        "text": "The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank that entered service in 1993. The tank is a modern variation of the T-72B and incorporates many features found on the T-80U. Originally called the T-72BU, but later renamed to T-90, it is an advanced tank in service with Russian Ground Forces and the Naval Infantry. ",
        "country-of-origin": "Russia",
        "manufacturer": "UralVagonZavod",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2004"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Smerch": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BM-30 Smerch (9M55K Cluster Rockets)",
        "text": "The BM-30 Smerch (Russian: \u0421\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0447, \"tornado\", \"whirlwind\"), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a Soviet heavy multiple rocket launcher. The system is intended to defeat personnel, armored, and soft targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Splav",
        "role": "Multiple-Launch Rocket System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1989"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Smerch_HE": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BM-30 Smerch (9M55K5 HE Rockets)",
        "text": "The BM-30 Smerch (Russian: \u0421\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0447, \"tornado\", \"whirlwind\"), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a Soviet heavy multiple rocket launcher. The system is intended to defeat personnel, armored, and soft targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Splav",
        "role": "Multiple-Launch Rocket System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1989"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Uragan_BM-27": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BM-27 Uragan",
        "text": "The BM-27 Uragan (Russian: \u0423\u0440\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043d, lit.\u2009'Hurricane'; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher system designed in the Soviet Union.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Splav",
        "role": "Multiple-Launch Rocket System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1975"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Grad-URAL": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "BM-21 Grad",
        "text": "The BM-21 \"Grad\" (Russian: \u0411\u041c-21 \"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u0434\", lit.\u2009'hail') is a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Splav",
        "role": "Multiple-Launch Rocket System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1963"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MLRS FDDM": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1043 HMMWV with Fire Direction Data Manager",
        "text": "The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle with a Fire Direction Data Manager.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "role": "Fire Control Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1993"
      }
    }
  ],
  "MLRS": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System",
        "text": "The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher (a type of rocket artillery). Since the first M270s were delivered to the U.S. Army in 1983, the MLRS has been adopted by several NATO countries. Some 1,300 M270 systems have been manufactured in the United States and in Europe, along with more than 700,000 rockets. The production of the M270 ended in 2003, when a last batch was delivered to the Egyptian Army.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Vought",
        "role": "Multiple-Launch Rocket System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1983"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M4_Sherman": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M4A2(75) Sherman",
        "text": "The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman proved to be reliable, relatively cheap to produce, and available in great numbers. It was also the basis of several successful tank destroyers, such as the M10, 17pdr SP Achilles and M36B1. Tens of thousands were distributed through the Lend-Lease program to the British Commonwealth and Soviet Union.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Fisher",
        "role": "Medium Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1942"
      },
      "UK": {
        "name": "Sherman III"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M4A4_Sherman_FF": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M4A4 Sherman Firefly",
        "text": "The Sherman Firefly was a tank used by the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth and Allied armoured formations in the Second World War. It was based on the US M4 Sherman, but fitted with the more powerful 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre British 17-pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA/UK",
        "manufacturer": "Chrysler",
        "role": "Medium Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      },
      "UK": {
        "name": "Sherman Firefly VC"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Pz_IV_H": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H",
        "text": "The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German armored fighting vehicle of the Second World War, with some 8,500 built. ",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krupp-Gruson/Vomag/Nibelungenwerke",
        "role": "Medium Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Pz_V_Panther_G": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. G",
        "text": "The Panther is a German medium tank deployed during World War II on the Eastern and Western Fronts in Europe from mid-1943 to the war's end in 1945. The Panther was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. Nevertheless, it served alongside the Panzer IV and the heavier Tiger I until the end of the war. It is considered one of the best tanks of World War II for its excellent firepower and protection, although its reliability was less impressive.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "MAN/Daimler-Benz/MNH",
        "role": "Medium Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1097 Avenger": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1097 Heavy HMMWV Avenger",
        "text": "The Avenger Air Defense System, designated AN/TWQ-1 under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, is an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Boeing",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1990"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M48 Chaparral": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M48 Chaparral",
        "text": "The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States Army in 1969 and was phased out between 1990 and 1998.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Ford Motor Company",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1969"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M6 Linebacker": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M6 Linebacker",
        "text": "The M6 Linebacker short-range air defense system was developed by Boeing to meet the US Army requirements. The new vehicle was intended to counter the threat posed by low-flying aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles to forward armored formations. Initial production Linebackers entered service with the US Army in 1997. A total of 99 Bradley Linebackers were ordered, however in 2006 these were phased-out of service. The M6 is an all-weather system, capable of operating in day/night and all weather conditions. It is based on the M2 Bradley IFV and is equipped with a quadruple launcher with FIM-92 Stinger short-range surface-to-air missiles instead of the TOW ATGW.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "United Defense",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1997"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Car Willys Jeep": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Willys Jeep",
        "text": "The jeep became the primary light wheeled transport vehicle of the United States military and its allies, with President Eisenhower once calling it \"one of three decisive weapons the U.S. had during WWII.\" After WW2 it served in many conflicts.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "United Defense",
        "role": "Recon Vehicle",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1997"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Roland ADS": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Roland 2 (Marder Chassis)",
        "text": "he Roland is a Franco-German mobile short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. ",
        "country-of-origin": "France/Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Euromissile",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1981"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Strela-10M3": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "SA-13 Gopher (9K35 Strela-10M3)",
        "text": "The 9K35 Strela-10 (Russian: 9\u041a35 \u00ab\u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0430-10\u00bb; English: arrow) is a highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system. It is visually aimed, and utilizes optical/infrared-guidance. The system is primarily intended to engage low-altitude threats, such as helicopters. \"9K35\" is its GRAU designation; its NATO reporting name is SA-13 \"Gopher\".",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Ulyanovsk",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1981"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SA-8 Osa LD 9T217": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "SA-13 Gopher (9K35 Strela-10M3)",
        "text": "The 9K33 Osa (Russian: 9\u041a33 \u00ab\u041e\u0441\u0430\u00bb, literally \"wasp\"; NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko) is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972. Its export version name is Romb.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Ulyanovsk",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1981"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Tor 9A331": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "SA-15 Tor",
        "text": "The Tor missile system (Russian: \"\u0422\u043e\u0440\"; English: torus) is an all-weather low to medium altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision guided munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles and short-range ballistic threats (anti-munitions).",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Znamya Truda Plant",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1971"
      }
    }
  ],
  "2S6 Tunguska": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "SA-19 Grison (2K22 Tunguska)",
        "text": "The 2K22 Tunguska (Russian: 2\u041a22 '\u0422\u0443\u043d\u0433\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0430') is a Russian tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon armed with a surface-to-air gun and missile system. It is designed to provide day and night protection for infantry and tank regiments against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles in all weather conditions. The NATO reporting name for the missile used by the weapon system is SA-19 \"Grison\".",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Ulyanovsk",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1982"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Strela-1 9P31": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "SA-9 Strela",
        "text": "The 9K31 Strela-1 (Russian: 9\u041a31 \u00ab\u0421\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0430-1\u00bb; English: arrow) is a highly mobile, short-range, low altitude infra-red guided surface-to-air missile system. Originally developed by the Soviet Union under the GRAU designation 9K31, it is commonly known by its NATO reporting name, SA-9 \"Gaskin\". The system consists of a BRDM-2 amphibious vehicle, mounting two pairs of ready-to-fire 9M31 missiles.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Soviet state factories",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft System",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1966"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Elefant_SdKfz_184": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sd.Kfz.184 Elefant",
        "text": "The Elefant (German for \"elephant\") was a heavy tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht Panzerj\u00e4ger during World War II. Ninety-one units were built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand, after its designer Ferdinand Porsche, using tank hulls produced for the Tiger I tank design abandoned in favour of a Henschel design.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Porsche/Nibelungenwerk",
        "role": "Tank Destroyer",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Gepard": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Flakpanzer Gepard",
        "text": "The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard (\"anti-aircraft cannon tank Cheetah\", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG).[1] It was developed in the 1960s and fielded in the 1970s, and has been upgraded several times with the latest electronics. It constituted a cornerstone of the air defence of the German Army (Bundeswehr) and a number of other NATO countries. In Germany, the Gepard was phased out in late 2010 and replaced by Wiesel 2 Ozelot Leichtes Flugabwehrsystem (LeFlaSys) with four FIM-92 Stinger or LFK NG missile launchers.",
        "country-of-origin": "West Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krauss-Maffei",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1976"
      }
    }
  ],
  "ZSU-23-4 Shilka": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "ZSU-23-4 Shilka",
        "text": "The ZSU-23-4 \"Shilka\" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). About 6500 have been build.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "MMZ",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1960"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M1128 Stryker MGS": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System",
        "text": "The M1128 Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armored car of the Stryker armored fighting vehicle family, mounting a 105 mm tank gun, based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems. It is in service with the United States Army but will be retired by the end of 2022.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "General Dynamics",
        "role": "Armoured Car",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "2006"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SpGH_Dana": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "SpGH DANA",
        "text": "The DANA (the name being derived from \"d\u011blo automobiln\u00ed nab\u00edjen\u00e9 automaticky\" (gun on truck loaded automatically)) is a wheeled self-propelled artillery piece.",
        "country-of-origin": "Czechoslovakia",
        "manufacturer": "ZTS",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1980"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SAU 2-C9": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "2S9 Nona-S",
        "text": "The 2S9 NONA (\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0435\u0435 \u041e\u0440\u0443\u0434\u0438\u0435 \u041d\u0430\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0410\u0440\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0438 - Newest Ordnance of Ground Artillery) is an extremely light-weight self-propelled and air-droppable 120 mm gun-mortar designed in the Soviet Union, which entered service in 1981. The 2S9 chassis is designated the S-120 and based on the aluminium hull of the BTR-D airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier. More generally, the 120 mm mortar is referred to as the Nona, with the 2S9 also known as the Nona-S. Although no figures have been released, it is estimated that well over 1,000 2S9 were built.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Motovilikha",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Mortar",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1981"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SAU Akatsia": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "2S3 Akatsiya",
        "text": "The SO-152 (Russian: \u0421\u041e-152) is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968. It was a response to the American 155 mm M109. ",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Uraltransmash",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1971"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SAU Gvozdika": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "2S1 Gvozdika",
        "text": "The 2S1 Gvozdika (Russian: 2\u04211 \u00ab\u0413\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0438\u043a\u0430\u00bb, \"Carnation\") is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mounting a 122 mm 2A18 howitzer. ",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Kharkiv",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1972"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SAU Msta": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "2S19 Msta-S",
        "text": "The 2S19 \"Msta-S\" (Russian: \u041c\u0441\u0442\u0430, after the Msta River) is a 152.4 mm self-propelled howitzer designed by Soviet Union, which entered service in 1989 as the successor to the 2S3 Akatsiya. The vehicle is based on the T-80 tank hull, but is powered by the T-72's diesel engine.",
        "country-of-origin": "USSR/Russia",
        "manufacturer": "Uraltransmash",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1989"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M-109": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M109A6 Paladin",
        "text": "The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "United Defense",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1994"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SPH T155 Firtina 155mm": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Firtina",
        "text": "T-155 F\u0131rt\u0131na (English: Storm) is a Turkish 155 mm self-propelled howitzer.",
        "country-of-origin": "Turkey",
        "manufacturer": "Turkey",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1998"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Stug_III": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sturmgesch\u00fctz III Ausf. G",
        "text": "The Sturmgesch\u00fctz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's most-produced fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle during World War II, and second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track. It was built on a slightly modified Panzer III chassis, replacing the turret with an armored, fixed superstructure mounting a more powerful gun. Initially intended as a mobile assault gun for direct-fire support for infantry, the StuG III was continually modified, and much like the later Jagdpanzer vehicles, was employed as a tank destroyer.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Alkett/MIAG",
        "role": "Assault Gun/Tank Destroyer",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1942"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Stug_IV": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sturmgesch\u00fctz IV",
        "text": "The Sturmgesch\u00fctz IV (StuG IV) (Sd.Kfz. 167) was a German assault gun variant of the Panzer IV used in the latter part of the Second World War. It was identical in role and concept to the highly successful StuG III assault gun variant of the Panzer III. Both StuG models were given an exclusively tank destroyer role in German formations and tactical planning in the last two years of the war, greatly augmenting the capability of the dwindling tank force available to the German army on the Eastern and Western fronts.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Krupp",
        "role": "Assault Gun/Tank Destroyer",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "SturmPzIV": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Sturmpanzer IV Brummb\u00e4r",
        "text": "The Sturmpanzer (also known as Sturmpanzer 43 or Sd.Kfz. 166) was a German armoured infantry support gun based on the Panzer IV chassis used in the Second World War. It was used at the Battles of Kursk, Anzio, Normandy, and was deployed in the Warsaw Uprising. It was known by the nickname Brummb\u00e4r (German: \"Grouch\") by Allied intelligence, a name which was not used by the Germans. German soldiers nicknamed it the \"Stupa\", a contraction of the term Sturmpanzer. Just over 300 vehicles were built and they were assigned to four independent battalions.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Vienna Arsenal",
        "role": "Self-Propelled Gun",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1943"
      }
    }
  ],
  "Jagdpanther_G1": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Jagdpanther G1",
        "text": "The Jagdpanther (German: \"hunting Panther\"), Sd.Kfz. 173, was a tank destroyer (Jagdpanzer, a self-propelled anti-tank gun) built by Germany during World War II. The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun, similar to the main gun of the Tiger II, and the armor and suspension of the Panther chassis.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "MIAG/MNH/MBA",
        "role": "Tank Destroyer",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "JagdPz_IV": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Jagdpanzer IV",
        "text": "The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, was a German tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Vomag",
        "role": "Tank Destroyer",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1944"
      }
    }
  ],
  "M10_GMC": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "M10 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage",
        "text": "The M10 tank destroyer was an American tank destroyer of World War II. The M10 was numerically the most important U.S. tank destroyer of World War II. It combined thin but sloped armor with the M4's reliable drivetrain and a reasonably potent anti-tank weapon mounted in an open-topped turret. Despite its obsolescence in the face of newer German tanks like the Panther and the introduction of more powerful and better-designed types as replacements, the M10 remained in service until the end of the war.",
        "country-of-origin": "USA",
        "manufacturer": "Fisher/Ford Motor Company",
        "role": "Tank Destroyer",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1942"
      },
      "UK": {
        "name": "3in SPM M10 Achilles Mk II"
      }
    }
  ],
  "TPZ": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "TPz Fuchs",
        "text": "The TPz (Transportpanzer) Fuchs (\"fox\") is a German armoured personnel carrier originally developed by Daimler-Benz but manufactured and further developed by the now Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). Fuchs was the second wheeled armoured vehicle to enter service with the Bundeswehr (West German Military) and it can be used for tasks including troop transport, engineer transport, bomb disposal, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical reconnaissance and electronic warfare. RMMV and its predecessors manufactured 1,236 Fuchs 1, mostly for the German Army.",
        "country-of-origin": "Germany",
        "manufacturer": "Rheinstahl Wehrtechnik",
        "role": "Armoured Personnel Carrier",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1979"
      }
    }
  ],
  "ZTZ96B": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Type 96B (ZTZ-96B)",
        "text": "The Type 96 or ZTZ96 is a Chinese second generation main battle tank (MBT). The final evolution of the Type 88 design, the Type 96 entered service with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1997. The later variants of the Type 96 are regarded as near-equivalents to China's third generation MBT.",
        "country-of-origin": "China",
        "manufacturer": "First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1979"
      }
    }
  ],
  "HQ-7_LN_SP": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "HQ-7 Launcher",
        "text": "The HQ-7 (FM-80) (Chinese: \u7ea2\u65d7; pinyin: h\u00f3ng q\u00ed, \"red flag\" or \"red banner\") is a Chinese short-range air defense missile reverse engineered from the French Crotale. The missile is deployed on both ships and land-based vehicles. China revealed the export version, FM-80, in the 1989 Dubai Air Show. Unit cost is around $162,000 per launcher and $24,500 per missile.",
        "country-of-origin": "China",
        "manufacturer": "Academy for Defense",
        "role": "Shorad",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1983"
      }
    }
  ],
  "ZBD04A": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "Type 04A (ZBD-04A)",
        "text": "The ZBD-04 or Type 04 (industrial designation WZ502) is a Chinese infantry fighting vehicle. It bears some external resemblance to the BMP-3, particularly with regards to its turret and main armament; however, the chassis and internal subsystems possesses a different layout.",
        "country-of-origin": "China",
        "manufacturer": "Norinco",
        "role": "Main Battle Tank",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1999"
      }
    }
  ],
  "PLZ05": [
    {
      "default": {
        "name": "PLZ-05",
        "text": "The PLZ-05 or the Type 05 is a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by the People's Liberation Army of China to replace the Type 59-1 130mm. The PLZ-05 was officially unveiled at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution to mark the 80th anniversary of the PLA in July 2007, and first entered service with the PLA in 2008.",
        "country-of-origin": "China",
        "manufacturer": "Norinco",
        "role": "Self propelled artillery",
        "year-of-variant-introduction": "1999"
      }
    }
  ]
}