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Configuration
| Specification | Type 15 tank | Zorawar (tank) |
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| Length | 9.2公尺(含炮管)/ 車體長度7.5m[source] | — |
| Width | 3.3公尺[source] | — |
| Height | 2.5公尺[source] | — |
| Type | Light tank[source] | Light tank[source] |
| Place of origin | China[source] | India[source] |
Crew
Single sourceOperational; without external fuel drums
Single source469 kilometres (291 mi)(without external fuel drums)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Indian Army (intended)[source] |
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| Designer | 201st Research Institute[source] | Lt Gen KS Brar Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment Larsen & Toubro[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Jianglu Electromachinery Baotou Tank Plant[source] | Larsen & Toubro[source] |
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| No. built | 1000+[source] | 2 prototype[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] | 1 × 7.62 mm anti-air machine gun with BEL RCWS 2 × twin side-mounted Nag Mk2 / UAV launcher 16 × 81mm anti-thermal, anti-laser smoke grenade . C-UAS system[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] | 30-40 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | Hydropneumatic suspension[source] | Hydropneumatic[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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| Designed | — | 2022–2024[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2024–present[source] |
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| Armour | — | STANAG 4569 Level 4 standard for frontal protection (upgradable to Level 6 ) STANAG 4569 Level 2 standard for protection on side and other sections (upgradable to Level 5B )[source] |
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| Main armament | — | Cockerill 105 mm high-pressure rifled gun in customized Cockerill 3105 Turret[source] |
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| Transmission | — | Renk HMPT-800[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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