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TAM

The TAM is a German built, Argentine main battle tank produced by Thyssen Henschel since the early 1980s. The TAM is manned by a crew of four and is armed with a 105 mm main gun, a coaxial 7.62 mm machine-gun and a 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine-gun. Powered by a V-6 turbo-charged diesel engine the TAM has a top speed of 75 kmh and a range of 900 km. An important consideration for Argentina is the weight of their tanks, and the TAM is lighter than other main battle tanks at the expense of thinner armour, which is then sloped to offer some compensation.
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