So "tank" is just a weasel word that poorly translates between cultures and languages. But "Main Battle Tank" translates correctly. A German Flakpanzer could b

So "tank" is just a weasel word that poorly translates between cultures and languages. But "Main Battle Tank" translates correctly. A German Flakpanzer could be called a "German Panzer", and you can translate that to mean "German Tank" in one sense, but a Flakpanzer is NOT what the USA would ever call a tank. But if we start with the term "Main Battle Tank", or "MBT" instead, then no, the Flakpanzer is NOT a MBT. The German MBT is the Leopard 2. ------ So MBT is the more technical and proper term.