T70 Mamaduri
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| T70 Mamaduri | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Main battle tank |
| Place of origin |  Tennai |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Akula Coroporation |
| Designed | 1963-1969 |
| Manufacturer | Akula Corporation |
| Produced | 1969-1990 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 50 tonnes (55 short tons; 49 long tons) |
| Length | 10.5 metres (34 ft 5 in) (gun forward) |
| Width | 3.5 metres (11 ft 6 in) |
| Height | 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) |
| Crew | 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver) |
| Armor | Fused silica embedded in cast steel |
Main armament | Kala G1 120mm smoothbore gun |
Secondary armament | 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns |
| Engine | Akula 10XX-69 10-cylinder diesel engine 1000 hp |
| Power/weight | 20 hp/tonne |
| Transmission | Akula T10-70A |
| Suspension | hydropneumatic suspension |
Operational range | 500 km (310 mi) |
| Speed | 53 km/h (33 mph) on the road 38 km/h (24 mph) off-road |
The T70 Mamaduri was a Tennaiite main battle tank of the Royal Tennaiite Army. It was built by the Akula Corporation as replacement for the earlier T53. It incorporated several advanced and unique features such as siliceous-cored armor, a hydropneumatic suspension, a 120mm smoothbore tank gun, and a laser rangefinder. It was followed by the more advanced Sundarji which eventually replaced it.
History
Design
Armament
The tank was initially designed to equip the 105mm P18 rifled cannon produced by Konkani Steel Works used in the later marks of the T53, but it was decided that a weapon with greater power would be needed to counteract percieved advances in armor technology abroad. Instead, the army decided upon the then in development