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Configuration
| Specification | Leopard 2E | Type 15 tank |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Spain Germany[source] | China[source] |
| In service | December 2002–present[source] | — |
| Used by | Spain[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Designer | Krauss-Maffei Wegmann |
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| Manufacturer | General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas[source] | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] |
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| Unit cost | €10.95m including spares etc.[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2001–2008[source] | — |
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| No. built | 219[source] | 1000+[source] |
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| Armor | Composite armor[source] | — |
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| Main armament | Rheinmetall 120 mm L/55[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 2 × 7.62 mm MG3s[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 | 23.8 PS/t (17.5 kW/t)[source] | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] |
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| Transmission | Renk HSWL 354[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Torsion-bar[source] | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,060 litres (280.02 US gal )[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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| Reported operators | — |
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