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| AMX-32 | |
|---|---|
 AMX-32 on display at the museum of the armored vehicles of Saumur. | |
| Type | Main battle tank |
| Place of origin | France |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1975-1979 |
| No. built | 6 prototypes |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 38 tonnes (42 short tons; 37 long tons) (1st prototype) 40 tonnes (44 short tons; 39 long tons) (2nd prototype) |
| Length | 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in) (gun forward) |
| Width | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) (roof) |
| Crew | 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver) |
| Armor | spaced armor |
Main armament | CN 105 F1 rifled gun or a 120 mm CN 120-25 smoothbore tank gun |
Secondary armament | 1× 20 mm M693 autocannon 1× 7.62 mm AAN F1 machine gun |
| Engine | Hispano-Suiza HS-110-2-SR 800 hp (600 kW)-800 hp (600 kW) |
| Power/weight | 20 hp/tonne |
| Transmission | SESM Minerva ENC 200 (automatic, 5 fwd & 5 rev) |
| Suspension | Torsion bar with shock absorbers |
Operational range | 530 km (330 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) |
The AMX-32 was a French main battle tank developed by AMX and APX in the late 1970s during the Cold War as an export tank to fit in a specific market niche of nations with smaller defence budgets. While six prototypes were built, it failed to garner interest for foreign sales.