Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Type 69-II

Type 69-II
Type 69II rear q Quantico.jpg
Type 69-II main battle tank near Quantico
TypeMain battle tank
Place of origin People's Republic of China
Service history
WarsIran–Iraq War (1980-1988),
Operation Desert Storm (1991),
Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2010)
Production history
DesignerNo. 60 Research Institute
ManufacturerFirst Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory/Inner-Mongolia First Machine Group Company Limited
Specifications
Weight36.7 tonnes[1]
Length6.24 m (Hull)[1]
Width3.3 m[1]
Height2.80 m
Crew4

Armor203 mm
Main
armament
100/105 mm rifled tank gun
Secondary
armament
7.62 mm coaxial and bow machine guns, 12.7 mm antiaircraft machine gun
Enginediesel
580 hp[1] (430 kW)
Power/weight15.8 hp/tonne[1]
Suspensiontorsion-bar
Operational
range
440 km[1]
Speed50 km/h[1]

No comments:

Post a Comment