PT-91 Twardy vs Type 15 tank: Specs Compared

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PT-91 Twardy — licensed reference photograph

ATanks

PT-91 Twardy

Main battle tank

Credit

Michal Derela · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 15 tank — licensed reference photograph

BTanks

Type 15 tank

Light tank

Credit

颐园居 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

PT-91 Twardylarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Type 15 tanklarger figure on 1 of 1

Speed+17%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

6.95m9.67 with barrel in forward position

9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.95 m

9.67 with barrel in forward position

Single source

6.95 m (9.67 with barrel in forward position)^[source]

9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m^[source]

Configuration

Details

PT-91 Twardy and Type 15 tank configuration
Specification	PT-91 Twardy	Type 15 tank
Type	Main battle tank^[source]	Light tank^[source]
Place of origin	Poland^[source]	China^[source]
Used by	See Users^[source]	See Operators^[source]
Wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Bumar-Łabędy

No. built	Around 285^[source]	1000+^[source]

Armor	Composite armour; front and side armour laminated; front, side and top armour behind Erawa-1/Erawa-2 ERA, steel side anti-cumulative screens^[source]	—

Main armament	1 × 125 mm 2A46 (D-81TM) gun (42 rounds)^[source]	—

Secondary armament	1 × 7.62mm PKT coaxial general-purpose machine gun (2,000 rounds) 1 × 12.7 mm NSV T heavy machine gun (300 rounds)^[source]	Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher^[source]

Power/weight	18.5 hp/tonne (13.8 kW/tonne)^[source]	30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)^[source]

Transmission	Manual^[source]	—

Suspension	torsion-bar^[source]	Hydropneumatic suspension^[source]

Ground clearance	395 mm^[source]	—

Fuel capacity	1,000 L^[source]	—

Designer	—	201st Research Institute^[source]

Engine	—	Electronically controlled diesel engine 8V132 with fully-automatic transmission 1^[source]

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]