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Al-Khalid and Merkava Mark IV

Name:	Al-Khalid	Merkava Mark IV
Type:	Main battle tank	Main battle tank
Origin:	Pakistan/China	Israel
Produced:	2001	2003
Unit cost:	4.7 – 5.8 million $ (2011)	6 million $

More:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Main armament:	125 mm smoothbore gun	120 mm (4.7 in) MG253 smoothbore tank gun with LAHAT ATGM capability
Engine:	KMDB 6TD-2 6-cylinder diesel 1,200 hp (890 kW)	General Dynamics GD883 (MTU883) 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) V12 water-cooled diesel
Speed:	72 km/h (45 mph)	64 km/h (40 mph)
Weight:	46 tonnes	65 tonnes

Crew:	3	4

Caliber

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Dimensions

Length:	10.07 m	10.8 m
Width:	3.50 m	3.72 m
Height:	2.40 m	2.66 m

Images

Al-Khalid

Author: By Photo by Guy Martin / Pakistan and China to jointly market Al Khalid tank - High Resolution version of this image provided via e-mail by Guy Martin, CC BY 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27311186 License

Merkava Mark IV

Author: "Merkava-4-tank-67" by MathKnight and Zachi Evenor - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merkava-4-tank-67.jpg#/media/File:Merkava-4-tank-67.jpg License