Out of its 250-strong tank force, 40 T-72s were either destroyed or captured after the ceasefire agreement.

The Soviet tank forces were also restored, with 104 armoured machines at their command.

The Army is increasing its tank forces here from 1,000 to more than 1,300.

No other nation is currently building or planning a comparable tank force.

As the losses in the tank force mounted, the attack was broken off.

This would force the Soviet bloc to cut its tank force of at least 57,300 tanks by more than 60 percent.

Very strong tank forces, tanks of a better type, far superior to ours, appeared.

By that time Kleist needed the additional tank force.

A Russian tank force had broken the German line and entered the town.

This entailed a clear reduction of the tank forces in 1989.