VT-4

VT-4
VT-4
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	China
Service history
In service	2017–present
Used by	See § Operators
Wars	War against the Islamic State Boko Haram insurgency; ;
Production history
Designer	Norinco
Manufacturer	Norinco; Heavy Industries Taxila
Unit cost	$4.9 million
Produced	2017–present
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Mass	52 tonnes (57 short tons)
Length	10.10 m (33.1 ft)
Width	3.44 m (11.3 ft)
Height	2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
Crew	3 (commander, driver, gunner)
Armour	composite armour and Explosive reactive armour (ERA)
Main; armament	ZPT-98A 125 mm (4.9 in) smoothbore gun, 38 rounds (22 in the autoloader)
Secondary; armament	1 × RWS 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA HMG; 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) coaxial MG
Engine	VT/E1 V12 diesel engine; 1,200 hp (895 kW) at 2,300 rpm
Power/weight	23 hp/tonne
Transmission	Ch1000B automatic (6 FWD/2 REV)
Suspension	torsion bars
Ground clearance	43 cm (1 ft 4.93 in)
Operational; range	500 km (310 mi)
Maximum speed	70 km/h (43 mph)

The VT-4 (Chinese: VT-4主战坦克; pinyin: VT-4 zhǔzhàn tǎnkè), also known as the MBT-3000,^[2] is a Chinese modernized main battle tank built by Norinco for overseas export.^[3]

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