Sabrah light tank
| Sabrah light tank | |
|---|---|
Sabrah light tank during a 2024 exercise | |
| Type | Light tank (ASCOD variant) Tank destroyer (Pandur II variant) |
| Place of origin |
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| Service history | |
| In service | 2022–present |
| Used by | Philippines |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Elbit Systems |
| Developed from | ASCOD 2 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 30 tonnes (33 short tons)–33 tonnes (36 short tons) (ASCOD) |
| Length | 7.6 metres (24.93 ft) (ASCOD) |
| Width | 3.4 metres (11.15 ft) (ASCOD) |
| Height | 3.67 metres (12.04 ft) (ASCOD) |
| Crew | 3 |
| Armor | STANAG 4569 Level 4 ballistic protection |
Main armament | 1 × 105 mm Elbit Systems Land 105 mm rifled gun |
Secondary armament | FN MAG 7.62×51mm NATO |
| Engine | Diesel 720 hp |
| Suspension | Torsion bar and Piedrafita rotary dampers models AR01 and AR02. |
| Maximum speed | Road: 72 kilometres per hour (45 mph) |
The Sabrah light tank is series of armored fighting vehicles developed by Elbit Systems to cater to the Philippine Army's light tank/tank destroyer requirement. The tracked light tank configuration is based on ASCOD 2 platform, supplied by Spanish manufacturer GDELS - Santa Bárbara Sistemas. The wheeled light tank configuration is based on the 8×8 Pandur II platform supplied by the Czech manufacturer Excalibur Army. Elbit Systems received a three-year contract worth $172m to supply the Sabrah light tanks to the Philippine Army in January 2021.