Al-Khalid (MBT-2000)
Owned By
| Operator: | Morocco |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | 54 (150 reported ordered) |
| Cost: | $300 million deal |
| Acquired: | 2010 |
| General Specs | |
| Country of origin: | Pakistan/China |
| Manufacturer: | Norinco (China) and Heavy Industries Taxilla (Pakistan) |
| Introduced: | 2002 |
| Combat Weight: | 48 tons |
| Length: | 33 ft (10.06 m) |
| Width: | 11.2 ft (3.4 m) |
| Height: | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
| Range: | 267.2 miles (430 km) |
| Engine: | Ukrainian 6TD 1200hp |
| Track: | Metallic with RMSh, with rubber-tyred road wheels |
| Road Speed: | 38.5 mph (62 km/h) |
| Offroad Speed: | |
| Loader: | Auto |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Armor | Composite; Rolled Homogeneous Armor; Explosive Reactive Armor |
| NBC Protection | Yes |
| Nightvision | Yes |
| Laser detection | ATCOP LTS 1 |
| Armament: | |
| Main Armament | 125mm smoothbore (39 rounds) |
| Ammunition | APFSDS, HEAT, HE-FRAG |
| Secondary Armament | 7.62mm (3000 rounds) |
| Misc Systems: | stabilised range-finder sight, computer, commander’s control panel, laser range-finder, crosswind sensor, tilt sensor and angle velocity sensor |
| Countermeasures/Defenses: | |
| Notes: |
Pakistani Turkish Defense Ties Continue to Deepen
January 3, 2015
The Pakistan-Turkey defense industrial relationship continues to deepen with more bilateral projects being promoted and undertaken such as aircraft, ships and tanks. “As a matter of policy, we encourage Turkish industry to broaden their business activity and defense cooperation with Pakistan,” said a senior official with Turkey’s Under Secretariat for Defence Industries. “Not only do […]