Type 15 tank | |
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![]() Type 15 tank at Beijing exhibition hall | |
Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | China |
Service history | |
In service | 2018–present[1] |
Used by | See Operators |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Norinco |
Produced | c. 2015–present[1] |
No. built | 500 [2] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 33 tonnes (standard), 36 tonnes (with armor package)[1] |
Length | Gun forward: 9.2 metres (30.18 ft)[1] Hull: About 7.5 metres (24.61 ft)[3] |
Width | 3.3 metres (10.83 ft)[1] |
Height | 2.5 metres (8.20 ft)[1] |
Crew | 3 (commander, gunner and driver)[1] |
Armor | Standard steel armor protection with additional advanced composite armor and/or explosive reactive armor package.[1] |
Main armament | 105mm rifled gun (38 rounds) with autoloader[1] |
Secondary armament | Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher |
Engine | Electronically controlled diesel engine 8V132 with fully-automatic transmission 1000 hp (746 kW)[1] |
Power/weight | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed) |
Suspension | Hydropneumatic suspension[1] |
Operational range | 469 kilometres (291 mi)(without external fuel drums)[1] |
Maximum speed | 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) |
The Type 15 (Chinese: 15式轻型坦克; pinyin: yīwǔ shì qīngxíng tǎnkè, also designated ZTQ-15), nicknamed the Black Panther[4] (Chinese: 黑豹; pinyin: hēi bào), is a Chinese third generation light tank family operated by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps, and People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps. The tank has also been exported to the Bangladesh Army. It is the effective successor to the Type 62 light tank that was retired from the Chinese army in 2013.[3] The export version of the tank is known as VT-5.
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