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Brazilian MBT prototype based on a M41 hull. This being one of the later prototypes of the series, was armed with a Bernardini 90mm gun that could fire locally-developed APFSDS-T rounds (the 11th prototype used a 105mm instead). A 12.7mm M2HB was mounted coaxially with the main gun, and a 7.62mm machinegun was mounted on the roof. The tank used a bank of 4 electrically-operated smoke grenade launchers on each side. The FCS includes a ballistics computer, night sights for the commander and gunner, as well as a laser rangefinder for each of them. Some areas of the tank used spaced armor. The tank weighed 30 tons when combat-ready, and the engine developed 500 hp at 2100 rpm, giving the Tamoyo a low for the time power-to-weight ratio at 16.6 hp/t. A Detroit Diesel engine developing 736 hp was also considered, as well as the possibility of increasing the output of the original engine. The transmission remained unchanged from the M41.
I'm always a fan of M-41 variants, but I hadn't heard of this one. It seems like a good idea for a budget tank, too bad it didn't succeed.
Cool! Didn't know that one.