Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Myanmar Mechanized Infantry (2)

59D






TypeMain battle tank
Place of origin People's Republic of China
Production history
ManufacturerFirst Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory, Norinco
Produced1958 - 1980
Number built9,500
Specifications
Weight36 tonnes (35 long tons; 40 short tons)
Length6.04 metres (19.8 ft) (hull)
Width3.27 metres (10.7 ft)
Height2.59 metres (8 ft 6 in)
Crew4

Armor20 - 203 mm
Main
armament
100 mm rifled gun
Secondary
armament
2 x Type 59T 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, Type 54 12.7 mm air-defence machine gun
EngineModel 12150L V-12 liquid cooled diesel
520 hp (390 kW)
Power/weight14.44 hp/tonne
Suspensiontorsion bar
Operational
range
450 km, 600 km with external tanks
Speed50 kilometres per hour (31 mph)
 









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