M48A5
Owned By
| Operator: | Iran | Lebanon | Morocco |
| Status: | In Service | In Service | In Service |
| Number: | 150 | 60 | 185 |
| Cost: | |||
| Acquired: | 1961-1962 | 1983-1984 | 1974-1989 |
| General Specs | |||
| Country of origin: | United States | ||
| Manufacturer: | Chrysler Corporation, Fisher Body Division, and Ford Motor Compay | ||
| Introduced: | 1952 | ||
| Combat Weight: | 57 tons | ||
| Length: | 30.2 ft (9.2 m) | ||
| Width: | 9.8 ft (3 m) | ||
| Height: | 10.8 ft (3.3 m) | ||
| Range: | 287.1 miles (462 km) | ||
| Engine: | AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine | ||
| Track: | |||
| Road Speed: | 29.8 mph (48 km/h) | ||
| Offroad Speed: | |||
| Loader: | Manual | ||
| Crew: | 4 | ||
| Armor | Homogeneous cast steel | ||
| NBC Protection | No | ||
| Nightvision | Passive | ||
| Laser detection | No | ||
| Armament: | |||
| Main Armament | 105mm M68 gun (40 rounds) | ||
| Ammunition | HEAT, AP | ||
| Secondary Armament | 3 x 7.62mm (10,000 rounds) | ||
| Ammunition Carried | or 1 x 12.7mm Browning | ||
| Radar/Sensors: | |||
| Countermeasures/Defenses: | 12 x smoke grenade discharger | ||
| Notes: | Saw combat in 1967 Six-Day War, Yom Kippup War, Lebanese Civil War, Turkish Invasion of Cyprus, and Iran-Iraq War | ||
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