AMX-13
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The AMX-13 is a French light tank produced from 1952 to 1987. It served with the French Army, as the Char 13t-75 Modèle 51, and was exported to more than 26 other nations. Named after its initial weight of 13 tonnes, and featuring a tough and reliable chassis, it was fitted with an oscillating turret built by GIAT Industries (now KNDS_France) with revolver-type magazines, which were also used on the Austrian SK-105 Kürassier. Including prototypes and export versions, over a hundred variants exist, including self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft systems, APCs, and ATGM versions.
Key facts
- Weapon.wars
- Suez Crisis Algerian War Sand War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Dominican Civil War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 30 September Movement Six-Day War Western Sahara War Indonesian invasion of East Timor Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Insurgency in Aceh
- Weapon.designer
- Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Weapon.design_date
- 1946
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Atelier de Construction Roanne
- Weapon.production_date
- 1952–1987
- Weapon.number
- 7,700 (Total)3,400 (Exported)4,300 (Used in French military)
- Weapon.length
- with gun hull
- Weapon.weight
- empty combat
- Weapon.suspension
- Torsion bar suspension
- Weapon.primary_armament
- AMX-13/75: 75 mm SA 50 L/61AMX-13/90: 90 mm CN-90-F3 L/52AMX-13/105: 105 mm CN-105-57 L/44 with 32 Rounds
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 1× 7.5 mm (or 7.62 mm) coaxial machine gun with 3,600 Rounds1× 7.62 mm AA machine gun (optional)2× 2 smoke grenade dischargers
- Weapon.engine
- SOFAM Model 8Gxb 8-cylinder water-cooled petrol engine
- Weapon.crew
- 3 (Commander, gunner and driver)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 17 hp/tonne
- Weapon.name
- AMX-13
- Weapon.image
- Amx-13 tankfest 2023.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- AMX-13/105 at Tankfest 2023
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- AMX-13-.jpg
- Height
- 2300
- Width
- 2510
- Length
- 4880
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- Commons category
- AMX-13 tanks
- total produced
- 7700
- ride height
- 570
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Development
- Additional characteristics
- Service history
- France
- Argentina
- Dominican Republic
- Israel
- India
- Indonesia
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Prototypes
- Other prototypes
- Production variants
- Late production version
- Modernisation packages
- International
- APC
- Self-propelled howitzer
- Operators
- AMX-13 (current)
- AMX-13 (former)
- In popular culture
- See also
- AMX series
- Vehicles of comparable role, performance, and era
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
The AMX-13 is a French light tank produced from 1952 to 1987. It served with the French Army, as the Char 13t-75 Modèle 51, and was exported to more than 26 other nations. Named after its initial weight of 13 tonnes, and featuring a tough and reliable chassis, it was fitted with an oscillating turret built by GIAT Industries (now KNDS_France) with revolver-type magazines, which were also used on the Austrian SK-105 Kürassier. Including prototypes and export versions, over a hundred variants exist, including self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft systems, APCs, and ATGM versions.
==Development== The tank was designed at the Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX) in 1946 to meet a requirement for an air-portable vehicle to support paratroopers. The prototype ran from 1948. The compact chassis had torsion bar suspension with five road wheels and two return rollers; the engine runs the length of the tank on the right side, with the driver on the left. It features an uncommon two-part FL-10 oscillating turret, where the gun is fixed to the turret and the entire upper turret changes elevation. The turret is set to the rear of the vehicle and holds the commander and gunner.