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Configuration
| Specification | T-34 | Type 15 tank |
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| Type | Medium tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | China[source] |
| In service | 1940–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | World War II Korean War East German uprising of 1953 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Vietnam War Suez Crisis Bay of Pigs Invasion North Yemen Civil War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War 1974 Cypriot coup d'état Turkish invasion of Cyprus Ethiopian Civil War Angolan Civil War Lebanese Civil War Ogaden War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Yemenite War of 1979 Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Yugoslav Wars Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) |
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Designer | KhMDB[source] | 201st Research Institute[source] |
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| Designed | 1937–1940[source] | — |
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| Unit cost | 3,094–9,000 Man hours 130,000–429,000 Rbls[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1940–1946 (USSR), 1951–1955 (Poland), 1951–1958 (Czechoslovakia)[source] | — |
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| No. built | 84,070 35,120 T-34 48,950 T-34-85[source] | 1000+[source] |
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| Variants | See T-34 variants[source] | — |
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| Armour | Hull front 45 mm /60° (upper part) 45 mm (1.8")/60° (lower part), Hull side 40 mm /41°(upper part), Hull rear 40 mm, Hull top 20 mm, Hull bottom 15 mm; Turret front 45 mm (round), Turret side 45 mm/30°, Turret rear 45 mm, Turret top 20 mm[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 76.2 mm (3.00 in) F-34 tank gun[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 2 × 7.62 mm (0.3 in) DT machine guns[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 | 18.9 hp (14 kW) / tonne (T-34)[source] | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] |
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| Suspension | Christie[source] | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 0.4 m (16 in)[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Malyshev Factory[source] Leningrad Voroshilov Factory[source] Uralmash[source] Volgograd Tractor Factory[source] Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant[source] Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112[source] Uralvagonzavod[source] | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[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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