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Thai Marine K-16 MBT

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K-16 is a Main Battle Tank Designed by Thailand In 1992,After The Fall of Soviet Union.Thailand in communism States still continuing Designing Tank Specially Main Battle Tank,The Results Was K-16 by KK Industry,The Government Wanted the Tanks To be Mobility but K-16 doesn't have,K-16 Have the much Fire power matched the Government requirement for a Tank same as WW2 that the tank need to be powerful and mobility.

History

1992,After 1 year of fall of Soviet Union.
Thailand in Communism States are actually Focusing on Society,but it doesn't mean that they doesn't focused about Military,They do it in a Same time.The Government wanted a Tank that will replace K-11 MBT that are not Very effective now,11 Tank Design has been assigned to be voting in 19 may.The results was K-16,SI-192,PH-11-F passed,The Industry need to make a Prototype to proof that Thier tank can perform the best.it took aroud 8 month to product the Prototype, Firstly the K-16 doesn't pass the Mobility test,but K-16 passed firepower test,Other one are SI-192 the Main Battle Tank that based on the SI-88 Chassis,It has a Great mobility,Great firepower,but it was bad at Off-road performance.PH-11-F are matched the Government requirement,but they actually see if the PH-11-F is too high or it will be hitted easily.the K-16 and SI-192 was entered mass production by,K-16 for Marine and navy,SI-192 for Army and Motorized forces.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 17.9ft (5.4m)
  • Length 70.3ft (21.4m)
  • Height 26.7ft (8.1m)
  • Empty Weight 22,226lbs (10,081kg)
  • Loaded Weight 75,150lbs (34,087kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.013
  • Wing Loading 377.4lbs/ft2 (1,842.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 199.1ft2 (18.5m2)
  • Drag Points 20268

Parts

  • Number of Parts 372
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,347