Type 64 (tank)
Taiwanese light tank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Type 64 (TL64, Chinese: 六四式) is the designation of two distinct Cold War-era light tank projects of the Republic of China Armed Forces, in service from 1975. One being a hybrid of the M42 Duster and M18 Hellcat and the other an indigenous copy of the M41 Walker Bulldog, both Type 64s were intended as a cavalry tank to complement the existing M41 light tanks and to support the heavier and more-powerful M48 Patton medium tanks already in service with the ROCA.
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Type 64 (Hybrid) | |
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Type | Light tank |
Place of origin | Taiwan |
Service history | |
In service | 1975 – 1981 |
Used by | Republic of China Army Republic of China Marine Corps |
Production history | |
Produced | 1975 |
No. built | 50+ |
Specifications | |
Mass | approx. 25 tons |
Length | 5.82 m (19 ft 1 in) |
Width | 3.23 m (10 ft 7 in) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | 9–76 mm |
Main armament | 76mm gun |
Secondary armament | 7.62mm co-axial machinegun, .50 M2HB machinegun |
Engine | Continental AOS 895-3 6-cylinder gasoline 500 hp (373 kW) |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Maximum speed | 72km/h |
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