TLAM Medium Tank
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Revision as of 05:53, 8 June 2008
TLAM (From Spanish:Tanque Latinoamericano Mediano or Latin American Medium Tank) is a medium tank designed by Thyssen-Henschel of Germany. More than 600 units, including VCTPs and other variants, were built in Argentina for the Latin American Marines. It was built in the Tanque Latinoamericano Mediano Sociedad del Estado military factory in Argentina.
It was developed to replace the AMX-30 with a lighter vehicle, tailor made for the Marines. The vehicle is also used extensively by the Army as an infantry fighting vehicle.
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Technical Characteristics
The tank is in the 30 ton class and carries a moderate 105 mm gun on a highly mobile chassis with moderate armor protection. The rifled tank gun (with bore evacuator and thermal sleeve) can fire all the NATO standard 105 mm ammunition types: APFSDS-T, HEAT-T, HESH, HE, HEP-T, Canister, Smoke, and Illumination rounds. The tank has onboard stowage for 50 rounds.
The fire control system is of the coincidence rangefinder sight type and is operated by the commander. The gunner and loader also have their observation sight systems. A night driving capability is provided. Armour is thought to be conventional, however ERA is used extensively
Specifications
| Type | Medium tank |
| Primary Contractor | Tanque Latinoamericano Mediano Sociedad del Estado |
| User | Latin American Marines, Latin American Army |
| Crew | 4 |
| Weight | 30000kg |
| Length | 6.71m |
| Height | 2.71m (over turret hatch) |
| Width | 3.92m |
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| Armour | classified |
| Powerplant | MTU MB Ka500 diesel, 720hp |
| Speed | 46mph |
| Range | 584mi |
Vehiculo de Combate Transporte de Personal
The is an IFV development of the TLAM. It is very similar to the German Marder, and carries 10 infantry in addition to the 2 man crew. It is armed with an Oerlikon 20mm cannon, a remotely controlled 7.62mm machine gun, and a MILAN launcher (being replaced with a Spike launcher)
Variants
These variants are not listed above.
- VCA (Spanish: Vehiculo Combate Artilleria) Self-propelled artillery [1]
- VCTM (Spanish: Vehiculo Combate Transporte Mortero) Self-propelled morter
- VCDA (Spanish: Vehiculo de Combate de Defensa Aerea) Air-defence variant
- VCPC (Spanish: Vehiculo de Combate Puesto de Mando) Command Post vehicle
- VCAT (Spanish: Vehiculo de Combate Antitanque) Anti tank vehicle
- VCDT (Spanish: Vehiculo de Combate de Direccion Tiro) Self-propelled artillery Fire direction & control
- VCMun (Spanish: Vehiculo de Combate de Transporte de Municion) Self-propelled artillery ammunition supply vehicle
- VCRT (Spanish: Vehiculo de Combate Recuperador Tanques) Armoured recovery vehicle ARV
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TLAM
VCTP
VCA
