The Type 95 Ha-Go was a Japanese light tank in WWII that proved intimidating when it was developed but was eventually overpowered by American military power.

A Type 15 tank on display at the Beijing Exhibition Center in October. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images That capability gap stirred interest in light tanks, and over the past decade, three major ...

Type 62 light tank. The Type 15 is a replacement for the half-century-old Type 62, a tank first fielded in 1962. Although the Type 15 does sound impressive, ...

The M3 Stuart tank’s origin story begins with the M2, a light tank that preceded the M3. A product of the interwar years, the M2 was perhaps an adequate tank by pre-war standards though quickly ...

An armor crewman loads 7.62mm rounds into an Abrams tank during training at Fort Hood, Texas. (Sgt. Sarah Kirby/Army) Army planners are building a new type of battalion for the light tank design ...

Weighing in at 33 tons to 36 tons, depending on its load, the Type 15 is considerably lighter than China's 41-ton Type 96 tank and 55-ton Type 99 tank and less than half as heavy as recent ...

China’s new-generation lightweight battle tank has gone into service, as the military seeks to boost combat ability in high-altitude areas. The Type 15 light tank has better mobility than other ...