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PanzerKampfwagen X
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PzKpfw X | |
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Type | Escort Tank |
Place of origin | Ostlichtor |
Service history | |
Used by | Ostlichtor |
Production history | |
Designer | Siegel AG |
Designed | 1970-1975 |
Manufacturer | Siegel AG |
Produced | 1977-Present |
Specifications | |
Weight | 28.5 tonnes (31.4 short tons; 28.0 long tons) |
Length | 7.48 metres (24 ft 6 in) gun forward 6.41 metres (21 ft 0 in) hull length |
Width | 3.3 metres (10 ft 10 in) |
Height | 2.51 metres (8 ft 3 in) |
Crew | 5 (commander, gunner, loader, loader, driver) |
Armor | Welded steel |
Main armament | 1x A+Z 57mm L/70 cannon (96 rounds) 1x Karlsbranchen Panzerschreck 70 |
Secondary armament | 1x Biltz & Keckler MG 60 |
Engine | V6 liquid cooled diesel 590 PS @ 2200 rpm |
Power/weight | 20.7 PS/t |
Transmission | Automatic (4 forward gears, 4 reverse) |
Suspension | Torsion bar |
Ground clearance | 450 millimetres (1 ft 6 in) |
Fuel capacity | 652 L (172 US gal) |
Operational range | 600 km (370 mi) |
Speed | 75 km/h (47 mph) |
The Panzerkampfwagen X (PzKpfw X) is an escort tank designed by Siegel AG as a private venture to fill a perceived capability gap between conventional MBTs like the Panzerkampfwagen IX and armed IFVs such as the Schützenpanzer II.