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Main battle tank
Chonma-ho is a main battle tank originating in North Korea.
North KoreaChonma-ho
DoD photo by: MSGT ED BOYCE · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedTechnical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.63 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.63 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.63 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.63 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Main battle tank
North Korea
Ethiopian Civil War Iran-Iraq War
Second Machine Industry Bureau
Before 1980
1971
More than 1,200
37 tonnes (base Ch'ŏnma)
Hull length: 6.63 m (21.8 ft)
3.52 m (11.5 ft)
2.4 m (7.9 ft)
4
Cast turret, spaced armor, explosive reactive armour
115 mm U-5TS smoothbore gun
KPV 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, 7.62 mm machine gun in coaxial mount
Diesel 580 hp (430 kW) (base Ch'ŏnma) 750 hp (560 kW) (Ch'ŏnma-92 onwards)
15.67 hp/ton (base Ch'ŏnma) ~18.75 hp/ton (Ch'ŏnma-92 onwards)
Torsion-bar
450 km
50 km/h
Eritrea
Iran
North Korea
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chonma-ho equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Eritrea
Iran North KoreaReported count for Chonma-ho. Service scope: Korean People's Army Ground Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 1,000 −1,400. Origin: North Korea. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.