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Bangladesh locally upgrades TYPE-59 Durjoy MBT
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Bangladesh army's own BMTF(Bangladesh Machine & Tools Factories) under '902 heavy workshop upgraded old type-59 light tank into a modern generation main battle tank as Type-59 Durjoy; equivalent to chinise Type-96 MBT
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Specification:
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- weight: 40 tons
- operational range: 450 km
- engine: 800HP
- torque: 1400rpm
- speed: 49km/h
- armour: RHA, ERA
- crew: 4
- main gun: 125 mm smoothbore (28 rounds)
- secondary gun: 12.7 heavy anti aircraft machine gun (600 rounds) & 7.62 coxial GPMG (6000 rounds)
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Other features:
* 125mm round including APFSDS,HEAT-FS,HE-FS round:can penetrate 550m armour at 2km distance
* Can fire anti tank guided missile from main gun
* Advance data link and communication system
* Full computerised system
* Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)
* Explosive Reactor Armour (ERA)
* Active Protection System
* Smoke grenade
* RF Jammer
* Tharmal & Night vision
* Laser range finder
* Air condition system
* Nuclear-Radioactivity, Biological, Chemical protection suit or NBC suit.
* VRC-2000L Radio with the range of 30km
It was upgraded by China and is not comparable to type-96 which is a generation younger.
It can’t launch missiles because of its cramped turret and loader..
It has no “APS”.. I can see no such system on the tank..
Active datalink and com system ? Not unless it has an IBMS, which I don’t see on it.
ECM?
And so on.