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Al-Khalid tanklarger figure on 1 of 1
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Configuration
| Specification | Al-Khalid tank | Type 15 tank |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Pakistan / China[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 2001 – present[source] | — |
| Used by | Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Designer | Norinco[source] | 201st Research Institute[source] |
| Designed | 1993–1999[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Norinco (VT-1A/MBT-2000, Type 96-IIM) Heavy Industries Taxila (Al Khalid, Al Khalid-1)[source] | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] |
| Unit cost | US$4.7 million – US$5.8 million in 2011[source] | — |
| Produced | 2001 – 2014 (Al-Khalid) 2020 – present (Al-Khalid-1)[source] | — |
| Variants | Pakistani: Al-Khalid Al-Khalid I Chinese: Type 90-IIM / MBT-2000 VT-1A[source] | — |
| Armour | Composite armour , RHA , ERA[source] | — |
| Main armament | Al-Khalid: 125 mm smoothbore gun, 39 rounds Al-Khalid I: 125 mm smoothbore gun, 49 rounds[source] | — |
| Secondary armament | Al-Khalid: 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun , 3000 rds 12.7 mm external AA machine gun, 500 rds Al-Khalid I: 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun , 7,100 rds 12.7 mm external AA machine gun, 1,500 rds[source] | Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher[source] |
| Power/weight | 26 hp/ton[source] | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] |
| Transmission | 7 forward and 4 reverse gears, Semi-automatic[source] | — |
| Suspension | Torsion bar with hydraulic dampers[source] | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] |
| No. built | — | 1000+[source] |
| Engine | — | Electronically controlled diesel engine 8V132 with fully-automatic transmission 1[source] |
| Status | — | The Type 15 ( Chinese : 15式轻型坦克 ; pinyin : yīwǔ shì qīngxíng tǎnkè , also designated ZTQ15 ), codenamed the Black Panther ( 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 [source] |
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