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Type 15 tanklarger figure on 1 of 1
Type 72Zlarger figure on 0 of 1
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Configuration
| Specification | Type 15 tank | Type 72Z |
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| Type | Light tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | China[source] | Iran[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Designer | 201st Research Institute[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant |
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Defense Industries Organization (Iran) Military Industry Corporation[source] |
| No. built | 1000+[source] | about 400[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] | 7.62mm coaxial PKT and roof-mounted 12.7mm DShKM machine guns[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] | 21.66hp/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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| Wars | — | Sudanese civil war (2023–present)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1996–present[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Armor | — | 203 mm front of the turret 150 mm sides of the turret 64 mm rear of the turret 39 mm top of the turret 97 mm upper front of the hull 99 mm lower front of the hull 79 mm upper sides of the hull 20 mm lower sides of the hull 46 mm rear of the hull 20 mm floor of the hull fitted with ERA[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 105mm M68 rifled tank gun[source] |
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