BT-51
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Bralonia Tracked-51 | |
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Type | Amphibious Tracked Armored Personnel Carrier |
Place of origin | Calinthia, Yonderre |
Service history | |
Wars | Cold War |
Production history | |
Designed | 1951-1959 |
Produced | 1951-1978 |
Specifications | |
Crew | 2 (Commander, driver)(+20 passengers) |
Armor | Homogeneous, cold rolled, welded steel. 13 mm front, 10 mm sides, 10 mm top, 7 mm rear |
Main armament | None or optional 7.92 mm Corraine MK-2 Medium Machine Gun |
Secondary armament | None |
Engine | The "V-6" 6-cylinder 4-stroke in line water-cooled diesel 240 hp (179 kW) at 1,800 rpm |
The Bralonia Type-51, or BT-51 is an Amphibious Tracked Armored Personnel Carrier used by the Calinthian People's Army from 1951 to 1989.
Designers and Production
Manufacturers
Bralonia designed and developed the BT-51 after being requested to do so by the Calinthian Communist Party
Variants
Joint Development Program and Native Variants
- Dragoon Type '08/ Dragún FTA-2008a - Original variant with 35 mm autocannon.
- Dragoon 'Major' Type '08/Dragún FTA-2008b - Command and Control variant with room for five carried personnel.
- 'Lance Dragoon' Type '09/AMY-09 - Equipped with a MAS-12 launcher system, cage armor, and arm. Built specifically for the YDF.