BK-IX heavy tank

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BK-IX heavy tank
Type:	Breakthrough tank
Place of origin:	Benacian Union  Elluenuueq  Sovereign Confederation
Designer:	Mishalan Arsenal
Designed:	1710 AN – 1722 AN
Manufacturer:	All-Union Locomotive Motor & Carriage Company
In service:	1724 AN – 1741 AN
Used by:	Benacian Union Defence Force
Number built:	2,000 (1730 AN)
Length:	8.84 m (excl. gun barrel)
Width:	4.2 m
Weight:	72.4 tonnes
Speed:	road: 38 km/h cross country: 15 to 20 km/h
Crew:	4 (commander, gunner, driver, radio operator)
Effective range:	Cross country: 120 km
Armament:	main: 1x 155 mm smoothbore cannon (28 rounds) secondary: 1x Polybolos 12.7 mm HMG housed in a turret mounted remote weapons station
Engine:	SIG V12, air-cooled, twin turbocharged diesel
Armour:	Composite; ceramic and silksteel-matrix composite layers
Active protection system:	ESB APS-01 Griefer (Multi Ammunition Hardkill System), installed from 1732 AN onwards
Electronic systems & sensors:	NACAV integrated battlefield management system, installed 1733 AN onwards
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