WZ-111 heavy tank

WZ-111 Heavy Tank
WZ-111 hull at the Tank Museum, Beijing
TypeHeavy tank
Place of origin China
Specifications
Mass44 to 46 tonnes (based on the specific variant (none exists as only one single prototype was designed and then built))
Length10.625 m (with the tank gun facing forward)
Width3.3 m
Height2.497 m
Crew4 (The commander, the loader, the gunner and the driver)

Armor80 to 200 mm
Main
armament
122 mm "Y-174" tank gun
Secondary
armament
One 12.7 mm DShK heavy machine gun
Two 7.62 mm medium machine guns (one co-axial and one mounted on the hull's right-side front)
Engine12-cylinder supercharged diesel engine attached with a radiator
750 HP (or 390 KW)
Power/weight12.5 KW/T
SuspensionTorsion-bar suspension system

The WZ-111 heavy tank (Chinese: WZ-111重型坦克) was a heavy tank that was developed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) during the 1960s but was eventually cancelled in 1966 due to many mechanical problems.


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