| Peru has been trying to upgrade its (mostly non operational) fleet of T-54 which it received in the 70s. At least two upgrades were tried, one made in Argentina in the late 1980s
and a simpler one consisting of replacing the V-55 engine with a Caterpillar diesel which didn`t work as expected. In the last couple years there has been another try, in this
case by the Peruvian engineer/industrialist Sergio Casanave. The project name is DIEDE 2005 and refits the T-54's to T-55M1 standard with a new FCS, Laser RF, Sagger missiles
and the ability to fire APFSDS ammo (supposedly also produced by Casanave)
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SPECIFIC RECOGNITION POINTS |
- External twin ATGM launcher on each side of the turret.
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DOCUMENTS
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- Encyclopedia Page (pdf)
- Recognition Page (pdf)
- Specification Page (pdf)
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