Chonma-ho

Main battle tank

Ch'ŏnma
Ch'ŏnma-92 during the Korean People's Army 60th Anniversary Military Parade in 1992
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	North Korea
Service history
Wars	Ethiopian Civil War Iran-Iraq War
Production history
Designer	Second Machine Industry Bureau[1]
Designed	Before 1980[2]
Produced	1971[3]
No. built	More than 1,200[4][5]
Specifications
Mass	37 tonnes (base Ch'ŏnma)
Length	Hull length: 6.63 m (21.8 ft)
Width	3.52 m (11.5 ft)
Height	2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Crew	4
Armor	Cast turret, spaced armor, explosive reactive armour
Main armament	115 mm U-5TS smoothbore gun
Secondary armament	KPV 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, 7.62 mm machine gun in coaxial mount
Engine	Diesel 580 hp (430 kW) (base Ch'ŏnma) 750 hp (560 kW) (Ch'ŏnma-92 onwards)
Power/weight	15.67 hp/ton (base Ch'ŏnma) ~18.75 hp/ton (Ch'ŏnma-92 onwards)
Suspension	Torsion-bar
Operational range	450 km
Maximum speed	50 km/h

The Ch'ŏnma (Chosŏn'gŭl: 천마; Hanja: 天馬 meaning 'Pegasus'), often inaccurately referred to as Chonma-Ho, is one of North Korea's secretive indigenous main battle tank designs. The tank is also known by the name of 천리마 전차 (千里馬 or the "Chollima Tank")^{[citation needed]}. The Ch'ŏnma is based on the Soviet T-62. There are at least seven different operational versions of the Ch'ŏnma. Since its inception, the Ch'ŏnma has undergone several extensive upgrades. Little public information is available about this tank, and its most recent public appearance was the 70th Anniversary Parade held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on 9 September 2018, celebrating the 70th anniversary of North Korea's foundation.