Safir-74 with a DShK mounted on top during a military parade.
Type
Main battle tank
Place of origin
Iran
Service history
Used by
See Operators
Production history
Manufacturer
Defense Industries Organization, Military Industry Corporation
Produced
1996–present
No. built
about 400[1]
Variants
See Variants
Specifications
Mass
36 tonnes[2]
Length
6.45m
Width
3.37m
Height
2.40m
Crew
3-4
Armor
203 mm front of the turret 150 mm sides of the turret 64 mm rear of the turret 39 mm top of the turret 97 mm upper front of the hull 99 mm lower front of the hull 79 mm upper sides of the hull 20 mm lower sides of the hull 46 mm rear of the hull 20 mm floor of the hull[citation needed] fitted with ERA[3]
Main armament
105mm M68 rifled tank gun[3]
Secondary armament
7.62mm coaxial PKT and roof-mounted 12.7mm DShKM machine guns[3]
Engine
V-46-6 V-12 diesel[2] 780 hp[3] (630 kW)
Power/weight
21.66hp/tonne
Suspension
Torsion bar
Operational range
440 km
Maximum speed
65 km/h
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T-54 and T-55 tanks
T-54, T-55
Main battle tanks
Al-Zarrar
T-55AM Merida
T-55AGM
Tifon 2a
Type 59
Type 59 Durjoy
Type 69
Ramses II
Type 72Z
Other variants
BTR-T
IDF Achzarit
M-1978 Koksan
Marksman
MT-55
Type 62
VIU-55 Munja
WZT
ZSU-57-2
T-54/T-55 operators and variants
T-62
Main battle tanks
T-55AGM
Chonma-ho
Other variants
Juche-po
The Type 72Z tank (also known as the T-72Z and the Safir-74,[4] and the Al-Zubair I in Sudan)[3] is a highly modernized version of the Type 59 and T-54/T-55 tanks,[4] with upgrades carried out by the Iranian Defense Industries Organization.[2]
The tank is not to be confused with an Iraqi modernization also known as T-72Z, said to carry a 125 mm gun.[5]
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