The National Armies being set up across the Clone Star Empire may be largely equipped with J89 tanks instead of the J55Z which was originally seen as the "second line" tank. The J89, which in its J89F was the final evolution in Clone tank design which went back to the T-86 and the earliest days of the Clone Wars, has been out of production for 5 years now. Although updates will continue any real improvements will be seen with the J55Z which is why the Clone Army will largely move over to this as their main tank. Nearly 10, 000 J89s are in service though and 2, 000 will likely remain on Clone Army books in a reserve role.
In other Clone Army news the J5 Tapir IFV, the backbone of the army, will have a 6th generation update around the end of the decade. The J5L will have a new hybrid engine, improved armour alloys, a redesigned electronic defence system and other improvements. Production of the J5HD continues (and indeed legally cannot end) though at a fairly low rate.
