Sabrah light tank

The Sabrah light tank is a family of armoured fighting vehicles developed by the Israeli defence company Elbit Systems to meet the Philippine Army's requirement for a light tank and a direct fire support vehicle. It is offered in two forms that share one Elbit-designed manned turret armed with a 105 mm rifled gun with an autoloader: a tracked light tank built on the ASCOD 2 chassis of General Dynamics European Land Systems, and an 8x8 wheeled fire support vehicle built on the Pandur II chassis of Excalibur Army. Elbit Systems won the Philippine competition against proposals such as the FNSS Kaplan MT and the Hanwha K21-105, and in January 2021 it was awarded a contract worth 172 million US dollars for 18 tracked and 10 wheeled vehicles with command and recovery variants. The first vehicles reached the Philippines in late December 2022, and the Philippine Army formally inducted its first batch into service in March 2024. The tracked version weighs about 30 tonnes and is driven by an eight-cylinder diesel engine, with armour rated to STANAG 4569 Level 4 and an optional active protection system.