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TanksIn service
Main battle tank
Type 69 tank is a main battle tank originating in China. It was built by First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory ( Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Corporation ).
ChinaType 69 tank
Shadman Samee from Dhaka, Bangladesh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedMain battle tank
China
1972–present (Type 69) 1982–present (Type 69-II) 1984–present (Type 79)
See Operators
Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Iraq War Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017)
No. 60 Research Institute
1963–1972
First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory ( Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Corporation )
36.7 tonnes
6.24 m (Hull)
3.3 m
2.80 m
4
203 mm
100mm smoothbore/105 mm rifled tank gun
7.62 mm coaxial and bow machine guns, 12.7 mm antiaircraft machine gun
12150L-7 V-12 diesel engine 580 hp (430 kW)
15.8 hp/tonne
torsion-bar
440 km
50 km/h
Bangladesh
Kurdistan
Pakistan
Myanmar
Zimbabwe
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.24 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.24 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.24 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Type 69 tank equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BangladeshReported count for Type 69-IIG. Service scope: Bangladesh Army; 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: 58. Origin: China. 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.
Iran
MyanmarReported count for Type-69- II. Service scope: Myanmar Army; 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: 130. Origin: China. 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.
PakistanPakistan Army Type-69 holdings; Type-85IIAP excluded.
Sri Lanka
ZimbabweReported count for Type 69. Service scope: Zimbabwe National Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 10. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (1988), not the article revision. 1988 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Bangladesh, Kurdistan, Pakistan, Myanmar, Zimbabwe
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