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CM-12 Tank | |
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A CM-12 at the ROCA Infantry School | |
Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Taiwan |
Service history | |
In service | 1990–present |
Production history | |
Designer | Armored Vehicle Development Center |
Manufacturer | Armored Vehicle Development Center |
Unit cost | US$ 3.5 million |
No. built | 100 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 48.5 tonnes (53.5 short tons; 47.7 long tons) |
Length | 6.95 meters (22 ft 10 in) (hull) 9.30 meters (30 ft 6 in) (cannon forward) |
Width | 3.65 meters (12 ft 0 in) |
Height | 3.1 meters (10 ft 2 in) |
Crew | 4 |
Main armament | 105 mm (4.1 in) M68A1 gun |
Secondary armament | .50 BMG (12.7×99mm) M2 Browning 7.62×51mm NATO M240 machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO T74 machine gun |
Engine | Continental AVDS-1790-2C air-cooled Twin-turbo diesel engine 750 hp (560 kW) |
Power/weight | 15.46 hp/t |
Suspension | Torsion bar suspension |
Operational range | 203 kilometers (100 mi) |
Maximum speed | 48 km/h |
The CM-12 Tank is a modified M48A3 made for the Republic of China Army situated on Taiwan. The Armored Vehicle Development Center (AVDC) used the extra 100 fire-control system units from the production of the CM-11 Brave Tiger to modify the existing M48A3 tanks of the ROC Army. The modification was completed as of 1993.[1] The CM-12 can be distinguished from the CM-11 by the rounded glacis plates, and from the M48A3 by the 105mm M68A1 cannon, which is longer than the 90mm T139/M3A1 cannon on the M48A3 and lacks a muzzle brake, and by the different commander's cupola.