Type 64 (tank)

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Type 64 (Hybrid)
Type 64 Light Tank
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

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.