M41 Walker Bulldog vs Tifon 2a: Specs Compared

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M41 Walker Bulldog — licensed reference photograph

ATanks

M41 Walker Bulldog

Light tank

Credit

Wilson44691 · CC0 · Resized · CC0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BTanks

Tifon 2a

Main battle tank

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

M41 Walker BulldogHull

5.81 m

Length source ↗

Tifon 2aLength

6.45 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

M41 Walker Bulldoglarger figure on 1 of 3

Height+13%

Tifon 2alarger figure on 2 of 3

Width+6%
Speed+4%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

22 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

5.81mHull

6.45m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

5.81 m

Hull

Single source

5.81 m (19 ft 1 in) (hull)^[source]

6.45 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

M41 Walker Bulldog and Tifon 2a configuration
Specification	M41 Walker Bulldog	Tifon 2a
Type	Light tank^[source]	Main battle tank^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Peru / Ukraine^[source]
In service	1953–1969 (US Armed Forces) 1961–present (foreign users)^[source]	2010 - present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	Peru (Trials/Development only to date)

Wars	Bay of Pigs Invasion Guatemalan Civil War 1964 Brazilian coup d'état Vietnam War Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Sino-Vietnamese War Somali Civil War 2006 Thai coup d'état 2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict^[source]	—

Designed	1944^[source]	2009^[source]

Manufacturer	Cadillac^[source]	Diseños Casanave Corporation KMDB^[source]

Unit cost	USD $162,000 (secondhand, FY1988) (equivalent to $369,596 in 2024)^[source]	$2.0 M^[source]

Produced	1951 –1954^[source]	2010-present^[source]

No. built	5,467^[source]	4^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	3^[source]

Armor	Welded steel 25.4 mm (1.00 in) turret front 25 mm (0.98 in) turret sides and rear 12.7 mm (0.50 in) turret top 31.7 mm (1.25 in) at 30° hull upper glacis plate 25.4 mm (1.00 in) at 45° hull lower glacis plate 19 mm (0.75 in) hull rear 9.25 mm (0.364 in) hull floor^[source]	ERA "NOZH", "DEFLEKT"^[source]

Main armament	76 mm M32A1 rifled cannon (65 rounds)^[source]	Smooth-Bore 125 mm KBM-1M (48 Caliber) APFSDS, HEAT, HE-FRAG, Misil KOMBAT^[source]

Secondary armament	.30 caliber M1919A4 coaxial machine gun (5,000 rounds) .50 caliber Browning M2 roof-mounted machine gun (2,175 rounds)^[source]	12.7×108mm remote-controlled anti-air KT-12.7 (3,000 rounds)^[source]