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WZ-111 Heavy Tank | |
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WZ-111 hull at the Tank Museum, Beijing | |
Type | Heavy tank |
Place of origin | ![]() |
Specifications | |
Mass | 44 to 46 tonnes (based on the specific variant (none exists as only one single prototype was designed and then built)) |
Length | 10.625 m (with the tank gun facing forward) |
Width | 3.3 m |
Height | 2.497 m |
Crew | 4 (The commander, the loader, the gunner and the driver) |
Armor | 80 to 200 mm |
Main armament | 122 mm "Y-174" tank gun |
Secondary armament | One 12.7 mm DShK heavy machine gun Two 7.62 mm medium machine guns (one co-axial and one mounted on the hull's right-side front) |
Engine | 12-cylinder supercharged diesel engine attached with a radiator 750 HP (or 390 KW) |
Power/weight | 12.5 KW/T |
Suspension | Torsion-bar suspension system |
The WZ-111 heavy tank (Chinese: WZ-111重型坦克) was a heavy tank that was developed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) during the 1960s but was eventually cancelled in 1966 due to many mechanical problems.