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The Lévesque tank (French: char Lévesque) is a main battle tank (MBT) built by South Alban Ironworks. It was named in honor of General Dimitri Lévesque, who was instrumental in the Van Curan Valley campaign at the end of the Dormill-Stiura War.

The Lévesque is in service with the United Republics Armed Forces and the Elvandran Army. In production since 1990, the Lévesque entered service in 1996 with the restored United Republics Army, replacing the Barracuda as the country's main armored platform. Production, both for domestic and foreign orders is ongoing, with the United Republics Army fielding 412 Lévesque tanks, with 31 serving in the Elvandran Army.

In 1971, studies were initiated about a possible replacement vehicle for the Barracuda after observations of the Khas-Kiriat campaign (where Barracudas were used in large numbers and in offensive action) concluded. Although the Barracuda performed exceptionally well in the war against their counterparts, the Doraltic military, cognizant that the Barracuda was only a stopgap and that it would soon be outclassed by the growing class of 120mm armed tanks, began to seek out a means of enhancing on the original design. In 1973, a working committee was created that agreed on a list of specifications 1977 to address what they considered to be the most critical flaws in the original design. While some of these modifications, most important among them the inclusion of a 120mm gun to the Barracuda in the form of the 20.1A1, it became clear that the Barracuda would be insufficient in the coming 21st Century army. By 1982, the Stiuraian government began investigating other options as the tone both in the political and military spheres pointed towards the eventual replacement of the Barracuda.

This need was emphasized in the course of the Arvannan Independence War, where the Barracuda was mostly unable to fight in the urban environments that dominated the battlespace of the war. Ultimately, during talks within the Army and Marine Corps over a possible inter-service tank replacing the Barracuda and the Marine Stickleback, the decision was reached on a plan to replace the Barracuda along with an expanded set of specifications set in 1977, included this plan was that Stiura was to consider replacing the Barracuda with the Aizconan M6 Timberwolf with modifications to make it Diesel-powered alongside two domestic options, a design offered by the Kapolder-based South Alban Ironworks with a 115mm gun and one offered by Eppendorf's Eagle Industries with a 125mm gun.

In contrast to other tank programs of the time, much consideration was given to active, rather than passive protection, to limit the overall mass of the vehicle. Mobility for evading enemy fire and fire control systems were also given particular attention, both to enhance the present designs of the Barracuda and address lessons learned from the recent war. Nevertheless, it was a stated design goal to achieve at least identical protection against KE-penetrators in comparison to the level attained through the Barracuda, equal to ~400mm RHA.

In 1986, the project was started under the name of "Lévesque" with six prototypes being built by 1988. Adopted quickly by the Doraltic Army to speed up the development process, mass production started in 1990 with the four-unit Batch 1, used mainly for comparative tests against contemporary armor. The subsequent 17 units of Batch 2 were shipped in 1993, with improvements in the turret and in the hull armor as a response to poor craftsmanship in the rushed Batch 1. These units were quickly diagnosed with problems in the engine and suspension, a result of subcontractor failures during the rushed assembly. The units of Batch 2 were promptly retired and Congress held multiple hearings to address these issues, resulting in the handout of fines to nearly all companies involved in the construction of the Lévesque to that point.

The 96 unit Batch 3 followed in 1997 with some improvements and was used as the testbed for a new kind of all-digital command and control information network in the United Republics military. Now that regular production has reached a point of sufficient scale, the overall price per vehicle was reduced through a renegotiation of the contract between South Alban Ironworks and the United Republics military, securing the following batches 4 and 5 for the end of the century and eliminating the recurrent problems in the powerplant. The 231 units of these batches, also referred to as the A1 series, are still in service, after having been refitted at the end of the 2000s in line with subsequent upgrades. The A1 series was also the first built to export to other nations, with Elvandra ordering a total of 15 units.

Batch 6 was the first produced since 2000, which a new climate control system in the right rear of the turret, addressing operator complaints when operating for extended periods of time. Batch 7 introduced a data suite and transmission system to the command vehicle, giving an instantaneous vision of the state of all battle tanks and acquired targets. The system would eventually be the basis of the present Unified Battlefield Command and Control System of the United Republics. Batch 7 also incorporated minor improvements in the visor in all vehicles. Batches 8 and 9 replaced the thermal imaging ATHOS with a SAGEM Iris with better resolution and modernized the electrical system with a standardized system used across most Doraltic-manufactured military vehicles.

At the turn of 2009, all previous batches were modernized up to the standards of Batch 9, and another 100 units were delivered to the United Republics Army. In an amended agreement with the Laedenian and Serpens Land armies, the tanks in its service were also modernized to Batch 9 standard at a significantly reduced cost and in local facilities. In 2004, Batch 10 was presented, incorporating the still in development Unified Battlefield Command and Control System and the present modular armor package, including titanium and a semi-reactive layer.

This was the beginning of the 120-unit third series, designating the tank as A2 that concluded initial production in 2014. Batch 11, equipped with the newest version of the UBCCS information suite, is the current model in production, with the first order from the United Republics of 22 units being currently fulfilled with an additional 18 from Laeden. By 2023, 421 tanks should have been operational within the United Republics, with another 96 within Laeden, and 70 within Serpens Land, making it one of the most widely used tanks in the Western Isles.