M1a2 stats: 125mm smoothbore cannon,1500 hp and manual loader
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from 4 to more than 60 million
It depends upon what military you are talking about and what type of tank the battalion utilizes or is it diverse? For a light tank battalion the numbers will be greater than a Main Battle Tank battalion.
The two main belligerent countries were Germany and Japan. For Germany the main battle front was the Eastern Front fighting Russia from 1941 to 1945. For Japan the main battle front was the Pacific Islands fighting against the US from 1941 to 1945.
The Battle of the Kursk, in the summer (July-August) of 1943 on the Russian front of WW2 is by far the largest armored combat ever, with approximately 8,000 tanks. The biggest single-day armored battle was the Battle of Prokhorovka (12 July 1943), a part of the Battle of Kursk; the main combatants were the German II SS Panzer Corps and the Russian 5th Guards Tank Army. Roughly 1,500 tanks were involved, with about 800 destroyed or damaged in that single day.
Deville Wood in 1916