Type 62 light tank
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This article is about the tank. For the North Korean light machine gun, see RPD machine gun. For the Japanese GPMG, see Sumitomo NTK-62.
Not to be confused with Type 63 (tank).
The Norinco Type 62 (Chinese: 62式; pinyin: Liù'èr shì) is a Chinese light tank developed in the early 1960s, based on the Chinese Type 59 with a reduced main gun calibre, lighter armour and a smaller suite of electronics and other equipment to help reduce weight. The Type 62 is retired from the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces, but is still in use with other nations. It had recently been upgraded to modern standards and to provide the PLA with a dedicated light tank. It is also known under its industrial designation, WZ-131.[4]
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Type 62 | |
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Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | China |
Service history | |
In service | 1961 – 2013 (China) |
Used by | See Operators |
Wars | Vietnam War Uganda–Tanzania War Sino-Vietnamese War Second Sudanese Civil War First Congo War Second Congo War Kivu conflict |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | 674 Factory (Harbin First Machinery Building Group Ltd) |
Produced | 1963–1989 |
No. built | about 1,500 |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 21 tonnes |
Length | 7.9 m overall 5.6 m hull only |
Width | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
Height | 2.3 m |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | 12.5 mm (roof and belly) to 50 mm turret (turret)[1] |
Main armament | 85 mm Type 62-85TC rifled main gun (47 rounds)[2] |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm Type 59T coaxial medium machine gun 7.62 mm Type 59T bow mounted medium machine gun 2,000 7.62 machine gun rounds[3] 12.7 mm Type 54 anti-aircraft heavy machine gun (1,250 rounds) |
Engine | 12150L-3 V-12 liquid-cooled diesel[4] 430 hp (321 kW) at 1,800 rpm[4] |
Power/weight | 20.5 hp/tonne (15.3 kW/tonne) |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range | 500 km[1] |
Maximum speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) on road[1] 35 km/h (22 mph) cross country[2] |
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