Bilal9
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From the alzarrar tank that was wrecked a few years ago... it seems there’s add on armour that squares off the existing turret... durjoy turrets look more or less the same... (given its Chinese package)
Trying to make them into turretless tank killers will be cost prohibitive and there has been some British tank destroyers during Cold War with turretless design but those too are fashioned out
Al Zarrar uses a turret very similar to a welded turret in the Chinese Type 88C as seen below. ERA has NOT been fitted to this example below. However with ERA armor plates fitted, similarity to Al Zarrar turret is striking. Please see above for images of Al Zarrar with ERA plates. Can't tell if Al Zarrar also has the Chinese type turret bustle for turret protection and carrying supplies. Bustle is fitted however.
Type 88A and 88B have the cast turrets.
All Type 88s initially sported the 105mm rifled 'Type 83 cannon' copied from an Austrian example. Later - all Type 88's (including Type 88C like the Al Zarrar) were upgraded to the 125mm smoothbore and 730 HP engine. Some of these in PLA service also were fitted with a 1000 HP engine.
Myanmar has 230 of these Type 88's and the specs in PLA and Tatmadaw Service are as below:
Crew: 4
Weight: 39.5 tonne
Engine: 730hp 12150L-7BW diesel
Transmission: Mechanical, planetary
Track: Metallic, later variants have RMSh, with rubber-tyred road wheels
Suspension: Torsion bar
Radio: Receive/transmit, telephone
Dimension: Length: 10.65m; Height: 2.3m; Width: 3.3m
Cruising range: 430km , or 600km with external tanks
Speed: Max road 57km/h
Seems durjoy is just rebranded AJ
Durjoy = Al Zarrar = Type 88C turret + Type 59 Hull + 125mm smoothbore +730 HP diesel + new target finder/designator electronics
But like you said, Durjoy 59G production models may use a cast turret with ERA.