Key facts
- Type
- Main battle tank
- Place of origin
- China
- In service
- 1972–present (Type 69), 1982–present (Type 69-II), 1984–present (Type 79)
- Used by
- See Operators
- Wars
- Iran–Iraq War , Gulf War , Iraq War , War in Iraq (2013–2017)
- Designer
- No. 60 Research Institute
- Designed
- 1963–1972
- Manufacturer
- First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory ( Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Corporation )
- Mass
- 36.7 tonnes
- Length
- 6.24 m (Hull)
- Width
- 3.3 m
- Height
- 2.80 m
- Armor
- 203 mm
- Main armament
- 100mm smoothbore/105 mm rifled tank gun
- Secondary armament
- 7.62 mm coaxial and bow machine guns, 12.7 mm antiaircraft machine gun
- Engine
- 12150L-7 V-12 diesel engine, 580 hp (430 kW)
- Power weight
- 15.8 hp/tonne
- Suspension
- torsion-bar
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- medium tank
- Country of origin
- China
- Based on
- Type 59
- Mass
- 36.5
- Conflict
- Iran–Iraq War
- Image
- Type 69 tanks 20131004.JPG
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- Commons category
- Type 69 tanks
- service entry
- 1974-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Type 69 tanks
- different from
- Type 69 RPG
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