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A total of 14 pre-production tanks and 25 first-series tanks were ordered to be constructed at the 201 Factory, with the last tank completed in 1979. This variant did not enter further mass-production although those already built were later modified to include laser rangefinders, ballistic computers
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The 76mm rifled gun used on the Type 64 was manufactured locally in Taiwan. A 7.62mm co-axial machinegun was mounted with the main gun, whilst a .50 M2 HB machinegun intended for firing upon aircraft is mounted at the commander's station. The tank had an improved fire control system, and ammunition
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tanks during the Vietnam War, but has an improved electrical system. The hull had an all-welded steel construction that incorporates a high-strength alloy steel and was manufactured using advanced welding techniques, providing adequate protection from small arms and cannon fire. The all-cast turret
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housed three crew members and has the same layout as the M41, with modifications to suit the shorter stature of local tank crews. On the hull, an additional layer of laminated, high-strength alloy steel armour plate was welded and bolted on; this provided additional protection against
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Compartments over the track guards for spare Bofors gun barrels were replaced with storage boxes of the stock M41 tank. A total of one battalion worth of conversions were made.
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The tank is comparable in design to the M41 series of American tanks, which already proved itself reasonably capable of holding its own against the threat of
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The original Type 64 hybrid tank project involved the construction of tanks made from parts of dismantled American tanks provided by the
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turret on top with a 76mm gun. The M18s were originally decommissioned tanks supplied to the ROC Armed Forces during the
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and later, whilst the hulls were surplus M42 hulls ordered and shipped to the island of Taiwan.
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with improved fire controls, 530 horsepower Napco 8V-71T diesel engine, ANVRC-7 radio, mounted
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was stored in a similar manner to the M41A2 and M41A3.
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and passive night vision equipment developed by the
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Armoured fighting vehicles of the Republic of China
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Light tank
Taiwan
Republic of China Army
Republic of China Marine Corps
Armor
torsion bar
Chinese
Cold War
light tank
Republic of China Armed Forces
M42 Duster
M18 Hellcat
M41 Walker Bulldog
United States
M42 Duster
M18 Hellcat
Chinese Civil War
M41 Walker Bulldog
T57 7.62mm GPMG
Minguo
Type 59
T-55A

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