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| Specification | PT-76 | Type 15 tank |
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| Type | Amphibious light tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1951–present[source] | — |
| Designer | N. Shashmurin and Zh.Y. Kotin[source] | 201st Research Institute[source] |
| Designed | 1949–1951 |
7.63 m (25 ft) (gun forward) 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in) (hull)[source]
9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m[source]
driver, commander/gunner, loader
Single source3 (driver, commander/gunner, loader)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single sourceOperational; with external fuel
Single source370–400 km (230–250 mi) 480–510 km (300–320 mi) with external fuel[source]
Operational; without external fuel drums
Single source469 kilometres (291 mi)(without external fuel drums)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Manufacturer | VTZ , Kirov Factory[source] | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] |
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| Produced | 1951–1969 (chassis possibly still produced)[source] | — |
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| No. built | Around 12,000 . (Other sources indicate 5000 were built. See footnote 3).[source] | 1000+[source] |
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| Armour | RHA[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 76.2 mm D-56T rifled tank gun (40 rds.)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm SGMT coax machine gun (1,000 rds.) or 7.62 mm PKT machine gun coax machine gun (1,000 rds) since 1967[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 | 12.3 kW/t[source] | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion-bar[source] | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 370 mm (14.6 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 250 L (55 imp gal ; 66 US gal )[source] | — |
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| Used by | — | See Operators[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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