Chonma-ho vs Type 15 tank: Specs Compared

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Chonma-ho — licensed reference photograph

ATanks

Chonma-ho

Main battle tank

Credit

DoD photo by: MSGT ED BOYCE · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 15 tank — licensed reference photograph

BTanks

Type 15 tank

Light tank

Credit

颐园居 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Chonma-holarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Type 15 tanklarger figure on 1 of 1

Speed+40%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

6.63mHull length

9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.63 m

Hull length

Single source

Hull length: 6.63 m (21.8 ft)^[source]

9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m^[source]

Configuration

Details

Chonma-ho and Type 15 tank configuration
Specification	Chonma-ho	Type 15 tank
Type	Main battle tank^[source]	Light tank^[source]
Place of origin	North Korea^[source]	China^[source]
Wars	Ethiopian Civil War Iran-Iraq War^[source]	—
Designer	Second Machine Industry Bureau^[source]	201st Research Institute^[source]
Designed	Before 1980

Produced	1971^[source]	—

No. built	More than 1,200^[source]	1000+^[source]

Armor	Cast turret, spaced armor, explosive reactive armour^[source]	—

Main armament	115 mm U-5TS smoothbore gun^[source]	—

Secondary armament	KPV 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, 7.62 mm machine gun in coaxial mount^[source]	Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher^[source]

Power/weight	15.67 hp/ton (base Ch'ŏnma) ~18.75 hp/ton (Ch'ŏnma-92 onwards)^[source]	30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)^[source]

Suspension	Torsion-bar^[source]	Hydropneumatic suspension^[source]

Used by	—	See Operators^[source]

Manufacturer	—	Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant^[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]

Reported operators	Reported operator · Eritrea Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · North Korea	Reported operator · People's Liberation Army Ground Force Reported operator · People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps Reported operator · Bangladesh Army