Also known as Tanque Argentino Mediano, TAMSE TAM, Thyssen Henschel TAM
medium tank by TAMSE
Key facts
- Type
- Main battle tank
- Place of origin
- Argentina / West Germany
- In service
- 1983–present
- Used by
- Argentina
- Unit cost
- 1,500,000 USD (1983 export price)
- Produced
- 1979–1991, 1994–1995
- Mass
- 30.5 t (30.0 long tons; 33.6 short tons)
- Length
- 6.75 m (22 ft 2 in)
- Width
- 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
- Height
- 2.42 m (7 ft 11 in)
- Armor
- 50 mm (hull front and sides), 50 mm (turret front)
- Main armament
- 105 mm (4.13 in) FM K.4 Modelo 1L
- Secondary armament
- 2×7.62 mm (0.30 in) machine gun
- Engine
- MTU -MB 833 Ka-500 6-cylinder 22.4 L (1,370 cu in) diesel , 540 kW (720 hp)
- Power weight
- 24 hp/tonne
- Suspension
- Torsion-bar
- Operational range
- 590 km (370 mi), 800 km (500 mi) with auxiliary fuel tanks
- Maximum speed of vehicle or missile span
- 75 km/h (47 mph)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- TAM snorkel.JPG
- Height
- 2.42
- Width
- 3.12
- Length
- 6.775
- Speed
- 75
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- total produced
- 280
- Commons category
- TAM tanks
- maximum capacity
- 4
- vehicle range
- 550
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The Tanque Argentino Mediano (TAM) is a family of armoured vehicles developed by the Argentine company TAMSE for the Argentine Military in 1970, it entered service in 1979. Despite it being developed as a tank, different variants have been developed.
The TAM met the Argentine Army's requirement for a modern, lightweight and fast tank with a low silhouette and sufficient firepower to defeat contemporary armored threats. Development began in 1974 and resulted in the construction of three prototypes by early 1977 and full-scale production by 1979. Assembly took place at the local 9,600-square-meter (103,000 sq ft) TAMSE plant, founded for the purpose by the Argentine government. Economic difficulties halted production in 1983, but manufacturing began anew in 1994 until the army's order of 200 tanks was fulfilled.