The following gives the number of armoured formations and tank strength as of 1981/1982 for Warsaw Pact and NATO member countries. These include formations and vehicles deployed outside Europe, such as in North America or the Asiatic USSR.
Total: 19,225+ tanks (min. 330 for training only)[3]
CENTAG mainly consisted of the US 5th and 7th corps along with more mech divisions. The US army had a fair amount of tanks, making up for the shortcomings of NATO tank numbers.
Before the 1980s, equipment included the Conqueror tank (1955–1966) and FV4101 Charioteer (TA 1950s). Initially containing three armoured divisions, BAOR was reformed by 1960 into three mixed divisions and additional brigade groups. Then in the 1970s, as four smaller armoured divisions before reorganization as 3 armoured divisions in 1981–83.
1 Light Battlegroup/Jyske kampgruppe. (Jutland) 3 Motorized battalions with 8 Centurion tanks with 105mm guns and a battalion of 24 105mm light howitzers.
50 Centurion tank Mk.V with 84 mm gun in the tank destroyer battalion of the division. 10 Centurion with 105mm gun with the motorized infantry battalion of the Jutland division. 6x Anti-tank Squadrons in reserve in four regions and one Light-Battlegroupe with 10 centurion with 105mm gun. In each 3 regions of Jutland there was an infantry battalion. 1 of 3 also with a battalion of light howitzers. Jyske Kampgruppe/Jutland battlegroup with its tanks and artillery was to assist each region if overwhelmed and the strongest force in Jutland. The Jutland division was in Sleswig/Holstein.
195 AVGP Cougar (amphibious, direct Fire Support Vehicle (Wheeled) FSV(W) variant of the Canadian built Armoured Vehicle General Purpose AVGP based on the Swiss MOWAG 6X6 Piranaha hull with 76 mm gun in British FV101 Scorpion Tank Turret).
The Leopards and Cougars came into service in the late 1970s and replaced 274 Centurion Tanks used by Royal Canadian Armoured Corps units (The Canadian Centurion tanks served in Germany for 25 years, from January 1952 to January 1977).
264 MBT Stridsvagn 103 (72 per brigade, plus two independent battalions with 24 each)
192 MBT Centurion tank (72 per brigade, plus a future mechanized brigade with 48)[25]
The Swedish army was in the process of forming a mechanized brigade, type MekB 10, which became active in 1983/84.[26] This brigade was only equipped with 48 MBT's (Centurions) compared to the 72 MBT's of the regular armoured brigades, but instead received 24 Infanterikanonvagn 91 infantry support vehicles.[25]
^Hugemark, Bo, ed. (2017). Den stora invasionen: svenskt operativt tänkande under det kalla kriget. Publikation, 1652-5388 ; nr 47 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Medströms bokförlag i samarbete med forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FoKK). p. 248. ISBN9789173291385. SELIBR19793130.
^Kjellander, Bo, ed. (1992). Pansartrupperna 1942-1992 [The Swedish Armoured Troops 1942-1992] (in Swedish). Skövde: Arméns pansarcentrum. pp. 405–411. ISBN9163012537. SELIBR7449092.
^ abHugemark, Bo, ed. (2017). Den stora invasionen: svenskt operativt tänkande under det kalla kriget. Publikation, 1652-5388 ; nr 47 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Medströms bokförlag i samarbete med forskningsprojektet Försvaret och det kalla kriget (FoKK). p. 247. ISBN9789173291385. SELIBR19793130.
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