NORINCO Type 69 MET
NORINCO Type 69 MET
DEVELOPMENT
Type 69 series is a further development by NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation ) of the earlier Type 59 and was first seen in public during 1982. It has been exported insignificant num bers to Iraq. Layout is conventional, with driver front left, some ammunition to his right, turret centre, engine and transmission rear.
Commander and gunner sit left of turret, loader right Both loader and commander have a cupola.
Type 69 1 has a smooth bore gun .Type 69 II has a rifled gun. Both have powered elevation from - 5° to + 18° with turret traverse through 360 ° .Types of ammunition for Type 69 II include HEAT , HE , A P D S and APFSDS . A 7 . 62 mm MG is mounted coaxial with main armament and a similar , driver -operated weapon is fixed in glacis plate firing forward s. The 12.7 mm AA MG is manned by loader.
Type 69 lays its own smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into its exhaust pipe on left side of hull above last road w heel station. In addition there is also a Type 79 MBT with a 105 mm gun which is similar to the Type 59/Type 69.
Type 69 series is a further development by NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation ) of the earlier Type 59 and was first seen in public during 1982. It has been exported insignificant num bers to Iraq. Layout is conventional, with driver front left, some ammunition to his right, turret centre, engine and transmission rear.
Commander and gunner sit left of turret, loader right Both loader and commander have a cupola.
Type 69 1 has a smooth bore gun .Type 69 II has a rifled gun. Both have powered elevation from - 5° to + 18° with turret traverse through 360 ° .Types of ammunition for Type 69 II include HEAT , HE , A P D S and APFSDS . A 7 . 62 mm MG is mounted coaxial with main armament and a similar , driver -operated weapon is fixed in glacis plate firing forward s. The 12.7 mm AA MG is manned by loader.
Type 69 lays its own smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into its exhaust pipe on left side of hull above last road w heel station. In addition there is also a Type 79 MBT with a 105 mm gun which is similar to the Type 59/Type 69.
VARIANTS
Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is Chinese equivalent of Soviet ZSU-57-2 but uses Type 69 chassis.
Twin 37 mm SPAAG, still at prototype stage, has Type 69 chassis fitted with new two-man turret armed with twin 37 mm guns. Two versions of this system have been developed, one with a radar fire control system and the other a clear weather system. Type 84 AVLB has Type 69 chassis and hydraulic launching mechanism similar in concept to the German Biber AVLB on Leopard 1 chassis, which launches a bridge 18 m long.
Type 653 ARV has Type 69 chassis but turret replaced by superstructure , stabiliser/dozer blade front of hull and hydraulic.
Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is Chinese equivalent of Soviet ZSU-57-2 but uses Type 69 chassis.
Twin 37 mm SPAAG, still at prototype stage, has Type 69 chassis fitted with new two-man turret armed with twin 37 mm guns. Two versions of this system have been developed, one with a radar fire control system and the other a clear weather system. Type 84 AVLB has Type 69 chassis and hydraulic launching mechanism similar in concept to the German Biber AVLB on Leopard 1 chassis, which launches a bridge 18 m long.
Type 653 ARV has Type 69 chassis but turret replaced by superstructure , stabiliser/dozer blade front of hull and hydraulic.
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