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L9 bar minelarger figure on 0 of 3
Type 59 tanklarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source120 centimetres (47 in)[source]
Hull
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | L9 bar mine | Type 59 tank |
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| Type | Anti-tank blast mine[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1969–present[source] | 1959–present[source] |
| Filling | TNT[source] | — |
| Wars | — |
6.04 metres (19.8 ft) (hull)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source50 kilometres per hour (31 mph)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single sourceOperational; with external tanks
Single source450 km, 600 km with external tanks[source]
Model 12150L V-12 liquid-cooled diesel
Single sourceModel 12150L V-12 liquid-cooled diesel 520 hp (390 kW)[source]
Filling weight
Single source8.4 kilograms (19 lb)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Gulf War First Congo War Kosovo War Albania–Yugoslav border incident (April 1999) Sudanese civil war (2023–present)[source] |
| Manufacturer | — | First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory , Norinco[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1958–1985[source] |
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| No. built | — | 9,500[source] |
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| Armor | — | 20–203 mm[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 100 mm rifled gun[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 2 x Type 59T 7.62 mm machine gun, Type 54 12.7 mm air-defence machine gun[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 14.44 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | — | torsion bar[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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