The interwar years had been a time of small budgets for tank development.

While the British took the lead in tank development, the French were not far behind and fielded their first tanks in 1917.

Britain had been the worldwide trend-setter in tank development from 1915, but had lost its leadership position as the war approached.

This had been caused by the fact there was no central institution regulating French tank development.

However, the rapid pace of tank development, and amongst other things its riveted armour meant that the M3 was very quickly outclassed.

For information regarding tank development in this period, see tank development between the wars.

Although a technologically sophisticated vehicle for its time, the Panther's design had a very limited influence on postwar tank development.

From an organizational point of view, China's tank development can be divided into three generations.

Generally speaking, PLA's tank development can be divided into three generations.

His interest in the armoured car led to involvement in tank development.