The reader is offered complete information about tanks, self-propelled guns and SU, jet installations, armored vehicles, amphibians, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, engineering vehicles, ZSU, cars and tractors. Samples of armored vehicles and special vehicles from the First World War to the present day are considered. Comprehensive data is provided for each of the more than 300 models. The Russian edition is equipped with comments and an afterword by V. Goncharov. The book presents the main types of tanks that were mass-produced in different countries of the world throughout the 20th century. A brief description of each tank and its modifications is supplemented with color illustrations, diagrams in three projections and tactical and technical data. The information is arranged in chronological order in four sections, in each of which armored vehicles are arranged by manufacturing country in alphabetical order. The first section examines tanks from the First World War, the second focuses on the interwar period, during which armored vehicles were significantly improved. During the Second World War, entire mechanized tank formations were created and tanks already played a major role in ground battles. The fourth section included post-war vehicles and modern tanks equipped with powerful weapons, rich electronic equipment and active and passive protection.