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MK1
Single sourceMK1A
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| Specification | Arjun (tank) | Type 15 tank |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | India[source] | China[source] |
| Designer | Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment[source] | 201st Research Institute[source] |
| Designed | 1983–1996[source] | — |
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MK1 : 10.19 metres (33 ft 5 in) MK1A : 10.64 metres (34 ft 11 in)[source]
9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m[source]
commander, gunner, loader and driver
Single source4 (commander, gunner, loader and driver)[source]
MK1 : MTU MB 838 Ka-501 V10 liquid-cooled turbocharged diesel engine MK1A : DATRAN
Single sourceV12 engine
Single sourceMK1 : MTU MB 838 Ka-501 V10 ; 1,400 hp (1,030 kW) liquid-cooled turbocharged diesel engine MK1A : DATRAN ; 1,500 hp (1,118 kW) V12 engine[source]
8V132电控 涡轮增压 柴油發動機
Single source8V132电控 涡轮增压 柴油發動機 650 kW（883.75马力）[source]8V132电控 涡轮增压 柴油發動機
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Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (at Heavy Vehicles Factory )[source] |
Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] |
| Developed into | Future Main Battle Tank[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2004– present[source] | — |
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| No. built | 141 (as of 2021)[source] | 1000+[source] |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
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| Armour | ERA–NERA , Kanchan armour[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 1× 120 mm rifled tank gun able to fire LAHAT , SAMHO , HEAT , APFSDS , HESH , PCB, Thermobaric rounds (Rate of fire: 6–8 rounds/minute, total: 42 containerized rounds)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 1 × NSV 12.7mm AA MG on BEL RCWS 1 × MAG 7.62 mm Tk715 coaxial MG 12 × 81mm AT-AL smoke grenades. ( MK1 ) 16 × 81mm AT-AL smoke grenades. ( MK1A )[source] | Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher[source] |
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| Power/weight | MK1 : 24 hp/ton[source] | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] |
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| Transmission | Renk epicyclic train gearbox , 4 forward + 2 reverse gears. CVRDE automatic transmission in development[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Hydropneumatic[source] | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,610 litres (350 imp gal; 430 US gal)[source] | — |
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| Used by | — | See Operators[source] |
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| Engine | — | Electronically controlled diesel engine 8V132 with fully-automatic transmission 1[source] |
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| 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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