| Specifications |
| Date of Introduction |
1963 (Type 63)
1997 (Type 63A) |
| Proliferation |
Many, including North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan and Vietnam |
| Physical |
| Weight |
18.4 tons |
| Length (Hull) |
7.15 m |
| Width |
3.2 m |
| Height (Top of Turret) |
2.522 m |
| Height (w/ AA MG) |
3.122 m |
| Track |
2.82 m |
| Track Length (On Ground) |
4.44 m |
| Ground Clearance |
0.4 m |
| Crew |
4 |
| Performance |
| Powerplant |
400 hp diesel |
| Maximum Speed (Road) |
36 km/hr |
| Maximum Speed (Cross Country) |
28 km/hr |
| Maximum Speed (Water) |
12 km/hr |
| Fording Depth (Unprepared) |
1.4 m |
| Fording Depth (w/ Snorkel) |
5 m |
| Vertical Obstacle |
0.87 m |
| Trench |
2.9 m |
| Range (Road) |
370 km |
| Range (Cross Country) |
340 km |
| Range (Water) |
120 km |
| Armament |
| Main |
1 x 85mm smooth bore gun (Type 63)
1 x 105mm rifled gun (Type 63G/A) |
| Secondary |
1 x 12.7mm machine gun
1 x 7.62mm machine gun (bow mounted)
1 x 7.62mm machine gun (coaxial) |
| crew |
4
|
| Combat weight |
18400kg
|
| Unit power |
16kW / t
|
| Unit pressure |
56.5kPa
|
| Vehicle length |
|
| Gun forward |
8.435m
|
| Gun backwards |
7.733m
|
| Excluding gun |
7.288m
|
| Vehicle width |
3.200m
|
| Height |
|
| Machine gun into a horizontal state |
3.122m
|
| Command tower |
2.522m
|
| FireWire high |
1.960m
|
| Body length |
7.150m
|
| Track the ground long |
4.440m
|
| 360mm Track width |
|
| Track center distance |
2.820m
|
| Vehicle distance to the high |
0.400m
|
| Maximum road speed |
64km / h
|
| Average speed |
|
| Highway |
30 ~ 36km / h
|
| Dirt Road |
22 ~ 28km / h
|
| Fuel reserves |
403L
|
| Maximum range |
|
| Highway |
370km
|
| 340km dirt road |
|
| Max.gradeability |
78%
|
| Maximum roll gradient |
62%
|
| More trench width |
2.9m
|
| Climbing vertical wall height |
0.87m
|
| Water Performance |
|
| Waterjet propulsion |
|
| Maximum speed |
11 ~ 12km / h
|
| Average speed |
7 ~ 8km / h
|
| Inverted flight speed |
5 ~ 6km / h
|
| Maximum range |
120km
|
| Into the water angle |
36 °
|
| Effluent angle |
28 °
|
| wind resistance three wind, |
1.2m waves
|
| Water Minimum turning radius |
6 ~ 7m
|
| buoyancy reserve |
22%
|
| Engine |
|
| production company |
North Industries (Group) Corporation
|
| Model |
12150L-2
|
| Type |
12V water-cooled diesel engine
|
| power / speed |
294kW/2000r/min
|
| maximum torque / speed |
1862N · m/1100 ~ 1200r/min
|
| Gearing |
|
| production company |
North Industries (Group) Corporation
|
| Type |
mechanical transmission
|
| Forward gears / reverse number |
5/1
|
| Type of suspension |
independent torsion bar
|
| Main weapon caliber / model / type |
85mm/62-85Tc / rifled tank gun
|
| Direction of fire |
360 ??°
|
| Tilt range |
-4 ° ~ +22 °
|
| Combat rate of fire |
8 rounds / min
|
| Maximum range |
|
| When shooting with a sight |
|
| Grenade |
5200m
|
| Penetrators |
4000m
|
| When shooting with a low level |
|
| Grenade |
12900m
|
| Vehicle length manipulate |
10 ° / s
|
| Gunner manipulating |
0.07 ~ 10 ° / s
|
| Parallel weapon caliber / type / quantity |
7.62mm / machine gun / a
|
| Anti-aircraft weapon caliber / type / quantity |
12.7mm / machine gun / a
|
| Ammunition rounds |
|
| Gun ammunition |
47 rounds
|
| Parallel machine gun |
2000 rounds of ammunition
|
| machine gun ammunition |
500 rounds
|
| Fire Extinguisher |
|
| Type |
Semi-automatic
|
| Fire extinguishers Number |
3
|
| Portable fire extinguishers |
2
|
| Generator voltage / power / model / type |
28V/3kW/ZFC3000 / DC
|
| Battery Quantity / voltage / capacity / model 4 / |
24V/280Ah/65 formula
|
| Radio / Quantity |
A-220A / 1
|
| Vehicle intercom / Quantity |
A-221A / 1
|
| Mechanical drive centrifugal pumps |
pump 1
|
| Pumping capacity |
500L/min (engine speed 2000r/min)
|
| Electric drainage pump water pump |
250L/min
|
| Hand pumps impeller pumps |
1
|
| Pumping capacity |
25L/min, (rocking back and forth 100 times / min)
|
