Type 15 tank vs Type 59 tank: Specs Compared

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Type 15 tank — licensed reference photograph

ATanks

Type 15 tank

Light tank

Credit

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

Type 59 tank — licensed reference photograph

BTanks

Type 59 tank

Main battle tank

Credit

Tyg728 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Type 15 tanklarger figure on 1 of 1

Speed+40%

Type 59 tanklarger figure on 0 of 1

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 41 rows sourced on both sides

9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m

6.04mHull

Length

All recorded figures & sources

9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m^[source]

6.04 m

Hull

Single source

6.04 metres (19.8 ft) (hull)^[source]

Configuration

Details

Type 15 tank and Type 59 tank configuration
Specification	Type 15 tank	Type 59 tank
Type	Light tank^[source]	Main battle tank^[source]
Place of origin	China^[source]	China^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	—
Designer	201st Research Institute^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant^[source]

No. built	1000+^[source]	9,500^[source]

Secondary armament	Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher^[source]	2 x Type 59T 7.62 mm machine gun, Type 54 12.7 mm air-defence machine gun^[source]

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

Power/weight	30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)^[source]	14.44 hp/tonne^[source]

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

In service	—	1959–present^[source]

Wars	—	Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Gulf War First Congo War Kosovo War Albania–Yugoslav border incident (April 1999) Sudanese civil war (2023–present)^[source]

Produced	—	1958–1985^[source]

Armor	—	20–203 mm^[source]

Main armament	—	100 mm rifled gun^[source]

Reported operators	Reported operator · People's Liberation Army Ground Force Reported operator · People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps Reported operator · Bangladesh Army	Reported operator · Bangladesh Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Chad Reported operator · Democratic Republic of the Congo Reported operator · Republic of the Congo Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · Myanmar Reported operator · North Korea Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Tanzania Reported operator · Vietnam Reported operator · Zambia Reported operator · Zimbabwe