Acceleration of different MBTs from 0 to 32km/h (20mph)
Real acceleration based on official records and trials
VehicleTime (in seconds)Source
Leclerc 15Official
Leclerc 25,5Official
ZTZ-99A25,5Official
Leopard 2AV6-7Trial
Leopard 2A46Trial & Official
AMX-406Official
XM - 1 (Turbine)6Trial & Official
Leclerc XXI6Official
Ariete6Trial & Official
ALTAY MBT6Official
ZTZ-99A6,5OSecondary Source
XM - 17-9Trial & Official
K-27-8,7Secondary Source
M-91 Vihor7Secondary Source
M-84D7Secondary Source
Leopard 2A57,2Secondary Source
M1 Abrams7,2Official
M1A17,2Official
M1A2 v37,5Official
T-72M4 CZ8,5Official
T-80U8,6Trial - Calculated
T-72 (PP1000 Engine)8,7Official
Leopard 19-10Official
K-19,4Secondary Source
M-60A3 (Saber)9,6Official
M-609,6Official
T-72M110-15Official
T-7210-14Official
Merkava Mk310-13Secondary Source
Merkava Mk110Secondary Source
T-6410-11Official
PT-9111Secondary Source
M-48(A5)12Trial & Official
ZTZ-9912Official
T-90 (950hp)12Secondary Source
Challenger 212Secondary Source
M-60A312,2Trial & Official
Strv 10414Trial - Calculated
M60A114,1Official
M-6015Trial & Official
Merkava Mk415Secondary Source
T-5418Secondary Source
After weeks of searching archives and books, we manged to reconstruct and digitalize the acceleration of four semi-modern Main battle tanks.
At a later time we will provide the sources and raw data in a .csv format here.