Anti-Tank Guided Missile: a missile designed to destroy tanks.

Automated loading system for tank guns, reducing crew workload.

Computerised Basic: a fire control system generation in tanks that provides fundamental computer‑assisted ballistic calculations without advanced targeting aids such as laser rangefinders or thermal imaging.

Type of internal combustion engine fuel, refined from crude oil.

A front-mounted armored plate on a tank, primarily used for clearing obstacles, creating cover, or breaching fortifications.

A fully automatic tank transmission shifts gears without driver intervention, using hydraulic or electronic controls to select appropriate gear ratios based on engine speed and vehicle load.

High-Explosive Anti-Tank: a type of projectile that uses a shaped charge to penetrate armor.

Hydropneumatic suspension employs hydraulic fluid and compressed gas in sealed chambers to provide variable damping and ride height, allowing tanks to adjust ground clearance and improve cross‑country mobility.

A rifled gun has spiral grooves cut into its barrel.

Small, lightly armored tracked vehicle, often with limited firepower.

Armour made by welding and rolling homogeneous steel plates.