Sabrah - Small Tank With a Big Gun

Sabra. The Sabra light tank was developed for the Philippine Army. The Sabra tank weighs around 30 to 33 tons, depending on the configuration. The length of the tank is 9.5 meters, the width is about 3.64 meters, and the height of the tank is 2.43 meters. A tank is operated by a crew of three. The main armament of the tank consists of an Elbit Systems Land 105mm Rifled Gun. The vehicle carries a total of 36 rounds of ammunition, with 24 rounds stored in the hull. The tank has a secondary gun type FN MAG 7.62x51mm NATO, which will help the defense crew in close combat. The turret of the tank is for two people, and in addition to the 105mm gun, it also has a bustle-mounted autoloader. According to publicly available information, the main 105mm gun will be capable of firing 6 rounds per minute, with a maximum range of up to 3,600 meters. The gun uses NATO standard ammunition, including armor-piercing thin-stabilized, discarding sabot, APFSDS, high-explosive squash head, HSH, and high-explosive plastic tracer, HEPT, rounds. The high-explosive multipurpose tracer, HEMPT, M110 round, can also be fired from the 105mm gun. The tank has a maximum power of 720 horsepower, provided by a diesel engine. The suspension consists of a torsion bar and Piedrafida rotary dampers models AR-01 and AR-02. The maximum speed at which the tank will travel is 72 kilometers per hour or 45 miles per hour.