18.10.2020, 17:32
Zitat:China’s Southern Theatre Command receives light-weight Type 15 tankshttps://defence-blog.com/news/army/china...tanks.html
The 75th Group Army of the People’s Liberation Army has recently taken delivery a battalion set of light-weight Type 15 tanks. Last week, the spokesman of the Chinese Defense Ministry confirmed the inducted into 75th Group Army service of a new Type 15 light tank. [...] The Type 15 light tank is a Chinese third-generation light tank operated by the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force, as a replacement for the antiquated Type 62 light tank introduced in 1963. [...]
With a powerful engine, the Type 15 lightweight main battle tank can effectively operate in plateau and water-rich regions difficult for heavier tanks, and with its advanced fire control systems and 105 millimeter caliber armor-piercing main gun, it can outgun any other light armored vehicles at high elevations. [...] Furthermore, the 81st Group Army of the People’s Liberation Army also received new Type 15 tanks.
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