page_title: Type 69 tank
section_title: Production variants
hierarchical_section_title: Type 69 tank / Variants / Production variants
caption_attribution_description: English: BAGHDAD: An Iraqi T-55 from the 1st Iraqi Mechanized Battalion, 1st Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) guards an overpass near the Western Baghdad district of Abu Ghraib. T-55 Main Battle Tanks which once fought the coalition now work side by side with American forces in securing Baghdad from insurgent attacks. (Photo by SPC Maria Mengrone, 100th MPAD, U.S. Army)
context_page_description: The Type 69 and Type 79 are Chinese second generation main battle tanks. Both were developments of the Type 59 with technologies derived from T-62. They were the first main battle tanks developed independently by China. Their lineage can be seen through the distinct gap between the first and second road wheels. Other improvements included a new engine, ballistic computers, and laser rangefinders. The more advanced Type 79 variant was equipped with a 105 mm rifled gun which was also found on the Type 80 tank.
caption: Iraqi Type 69-II.
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