As for your Type-59 “durjoy” can you post its specs or upgrade details.
Bangladesh locally upgrades TYPE-59 Durjoy MBT
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Bangladesh army's own BMTF(Bangladesh Machine & Tools Factories) under '902 heavy workshop upgraded old type-59 light tank into a modern generation main battle tank as Type-59 Durjoy; equivalent to chinise Type-96 MBT
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Specification:
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- weight: 40 tons
- operational range: 450 km
- engine: 800HP
- torque: 1400rpm
- speed: 49km/h
- armour: RHA, ERA
- crew: 4
- main gun: 125 mm smoothbore (28 rounds)
- secondary gun: 12.7 heavy anti aircraft machine gun (600 rounds) & 7.62 coxial GPMG (6000 rounds)
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Other features:
* 125mm round including APFSDS,HEAT-FS,HE-FS round:can penetrate 550m armour at 2km distance
* Can fire anti tank guided missile from main gun
* Advance data link and communication system
* Full computerised system
* Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)
* Explosive Reactor Armour (ERA)
* Active Protection System
* Smoke grenade
* RF Jammer
* Tharmal & Night vision
* Laser range finder
* Air condition system
* Nuclear-Radioactivity, Biological, Chemical protection suit or NBC suit.
* VRC-2000L Radio with the range of 30km
Both are different. even the company is saying it. still have doubt. And others IFV based tank destroyer including the Sprut SD are also considered as tank. Those all have the features of a tank. There's nothing wrong in calling them light tank. You can think whatever you want.
That the pic was a photoshop.
No it wasn't. This in paddy fields. Probably while there's was a recording ongoing for Anirban program.