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| Specification | M60 tank | Type 15 tank |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1959–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | Cold War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ogaden War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Multinational Force in Lebanon Persian Gulf War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Yemeni Civil War (1994) 2011 Bahraini uprising Houthi insurgency in Yemen Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2008–2011 Cambodia–Thailand border crisis Sinai insurgency Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War Sudanese civil war (2023–present) 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict |
6.946 m (22 ft 9.5 in) (hull), 9.309 m (30 ft 6.5 in) (gun forward)[source]
9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m[source]
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| Designer | Chrysler Defense Engineering[source] | 201st Research Institute[source] |
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| Designed | 1957[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Chrysler Corporation Delaware Defense Plant (1959; initial low-rate production) Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (1960–1983)[source] | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] |
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| Developed from | M48 Patton[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | M60 : $481,911 (1962) M60A1RISE : $703,278 (1976) M60A2 : $726,712 (1974) M60A3TTS : $1.292 million (1990)[source] | — |
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| Produced | M60 : 1959–1962 M60A1 : 1962–1980 M60A2 : 1973–1975 M60A3 : 1978–1983[source] | — |
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| No. built | Over 15,000 (all variants)[source] | 1000+[source] |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
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| Armor | Upper glacis: 4.29 in (109 mm) at 65° 10.15 in (258 mm) LoS Turret front: equals 10 in (250 mm)[source] | — |
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| Main armament | M68 105 mm (4.1 in)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | .50 BMG (12.7×99mm) M85 machine gun on commanders cupola[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 | 15.08 bhp/st (12.4 kW/tonne)[source] | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] |
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| Transmission | General Motors , cross-drive , single-stage with 2 forward and 1 reverse ranges[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar suspension[source] | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 1 foot 6.2 inches (0.463 m)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 385 US gal (1,457 L)[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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