Tifon 2a

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Typhoon-2A
Tank Tifon-2A (Typhoon-2A) with its creator, Sergio Casanave
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	Peru / Ukraine
Service history
In service	2010 - present
Used by	Peru (Trials/Development only to date)
Production history
Designer	Sergio Casanave
Designed	2009
Manufacturer	Diseños Casanave Corporation KMDB
Unit cost	$2.0 M
Produced	2010-present
No. built	4
Variants	3
Specifications
Mass	46 tons[1]
Length	6.45 m
Width	3.37 m
Height	2.40 m
Crew	3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Armor	ERA "NOZH", "DEFLEKT"[2]
Main armament	Smooth-Bore 125 mm KBM-1M (48 Caliber) APFSDS, HEAT, HE-FRAG, Misil KOMBAT[2]
Secondary armament	12.7×108mm remote-controlled anti-air KT-12.7 (3,000 rounds) [3]
Engine	5TDMFA 1,000 cc 5-cylinder boxer flat Flex-fuel 1,050 hp (895 kW)
Power/weight	26.7 hp/t[1]
Transmission	5-speed automatic[1]
Suspension	torsion beam suspension
Maximum speed	75 km/h[2]

The Typhoon-2A is a main battle tank developed and manufactured jointly by the Peruvian company DICSAC (Diseños Casanave Corporation S.A.C. of Peru) and the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau of Ukraine. The Tifon (Typhoon)-2A is based on the Soviet T-54/55 tank. The tank is a 3-man machine with day and night technology and a thermal vision Buran device with 12 km range.