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Type 15 tanklarger figure on 1 of 1
Type 69 tanklarger figure on 0 of 1
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Configuration
| Specification | Type 15 tank | Type 69 tank |
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| Type | Light tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | China[source] | China[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Designer | 201st Research Institute[source] | No. 60 Research Institute[source] |
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Manufacturer | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] | First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory ( Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Corporation )[source] |
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| No. built | 1000+[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | Remotely operated weapon station armed with coaxial 12.7mm machine gun and QLZ-04 automatic grenade launcher[source] | 7.62 mm coaxial and bow machine guns, 12.7 mm antiaircraft machine gun[source] |
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| Engine | Electronically controlled diesel engine 8V132 with fully-automatic transmission 1[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 30.30 hp/tonne 27.8 hp/tonne (Enhanced armor package installed)[source] | 15.8 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] | torsion-bar[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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| In service | — | 1972–present (Type 69) 1982–present (Type 69-II) 1984–present (Type 79)[source] |
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| Wars | — | Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Iraq War Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017)[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1963–1972[source] |
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| Armor | — | 203 mm[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 100mm smoothbore/105 mm rifled tank gun[source] |
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