Friday, January 8, 2016

Type 61 Main Battle Tank

The Type 61 was designed as a post war Japanese tank that was in response to either having build their own tank or buying M47 Patton tanks. It serviced until 2000.

Variants:
1.
Name: Type 61
Type: Main Battle Tank
Origin: Japan
Year: 1961
Produced: 560

Length: 6.3 Meters
Width: 2.95 Meters
Height: 2.49 Meters
Weight: 35000 Kilograms
Speed: 45 km/h

Crew: 4

Primary Armament:
-90 mm L/52
Secondary Armament:
-7.62 M1919A4
-12.7 mm M2

Armor:
-Hull
55 mm Front
-Turret
114 mm Front

Sources:
http://wiki.tankpedia.org/Type_61_Main_Battle_Tank
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_type61japan.html
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Japan/Type-61_MBT.php
http://www.tanks.net/early-cold-war-tanks/type-61-main-battle-tank.html

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