MBT-94

MBT-94
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	Tennai Mansuriyyah
Production history
Designer	Kalpa Defense (Tennai), Safadshahr Heavy Industries (Mansuriyyah)
Designed	1994 – 2004
Manufacturer	Kalpa Defense (Tennai), Safadshahr Heavy Industries (Mansuriyyah)
Unit cost	NS$13.75 million
Produced	2004 - Present
Specifications
Weight	65 tonnes (72 short tons; 64 long tons)
Length	7.3 metres (23 ft 11 in) (hull), 10.3 metres (33 ft 10 in) (gun forward)
Width	3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in)
Height	2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in)
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Armor	modular composite armor
Main armament	Kala H2 120mm smoothbore gun
Secondary armament	1 x 12.7 mm stabilized remote control turret 1 x 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun
Engine	Safadshahr 12FB 12-cylinder multi-fuel engine 1,800 hp
Power/weight	27.69 hp/tonne
Transmission	Safadshahr MT1800 automatic transmission
Suspension	In-Arm Suspension Unit
Operational range	500 km (310 mi)
Speed	70 km/h (43 mph) on the road 50 km/h (31 mph) off-road

The MBT-94 is an Tennaiite–Mansuri jointly designed and manufactured main battle tank that was developed from 1994 - 2004. Production of the tank began in 2004 and is currently ongoing. In Mansuri service the MBT-94 is designated Ghulam and in Tennaiite service it is designated Kshatriya.

Development

The project officially started in 1994. Mansuri armed forces had been looking for a permanent replacement for its fleet of MBT’s since the 1980’s, producing upgrades for its tanks as well as acquiring small batches of foreign tanks for test purposes. Meanwhile the Tennaite army was looking to supplement the current MBT and to also have a platform that could be upgraded and modified for a longer period of time. Both nations signed a joint development agreement in March 1994 after a year of negotiations, with the project being jointly headed by Tennai’s Kalpa Defense and Mansuriyyah’s Safadshahr Heavy Industries.

Operators

Current Operators

• Tennai
• Mansuriyyah