Editing AMX-13 (section)

{{short description|French light tank}}
{{Infobox weapon|name=AMX-13
|image=Amx-13 tankfest 2023.JPG
|image_size=300
|caption=AMX-13/105 at Tankfest 2023
|origin= France
|type=[[Light tank]]
|is_vehicle=yes
|is_UK=yes
|wars=[[Suez Crisis]] <br /> [[Algerian War]] <br /> [[Sand War]] <br /> [[Vietnam War]] <br /> [[Cambodian Civil War]] <br /> [[Dominican Civil War]] <br /> [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] <br /> [[30 September Movement]] <br /> [[Six-Day War]] <br /> [[Western Sahara War]] <br /> [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor]] <br /> [[Lebanese Civil War]] <br /> [[Salvadoran Civil War]] <br /> [[Guatemalan Civil War]] <br /> [[Insurgency in Aceh]]
|designer=Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux
|design_date=1946
|manufacturer=Atelier de Construction Roanne
|production_date=1952–1987
|number=7,700 (Total)<br/>3,400 (Exported)<br/>4,300 (Used in French military)
|length={{convert|6.36|m|ftin|abbr=on}} with gun<br />{{convert|4.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}} hull
|width={{convert|2.51|m|abbr=on}}
|height={{convert|2.35|m|abbr=on}}
|weight={{convert|13.7|t|lb|abbr=on}} empty<br/>{{convert|14.5|t|lb|abbr=on}} combat
|suspension=[[Torsion bar suspension]]
|speed={{convert|60|km/h|abbr=on}}
|vehicle_range={{convert|400|km|abbr=on}}
|primary_armament=AMX-13/75: 75 mm [[SA 50]] L/61<br>AMX-13/90: 90 mm [[CN-90-F3]] L/52<br>AMX-13/105: 105 mm [[CN-105-57]] L/44 with 32 Rounds
|secondary_armament=1× 7.5 mm (or 7.62 mm) coaxial machine gun with 3,600 Rounds<br />1× 7.62 mm AA machine gun (optional)<br />2× 2 smoke grenade dischargers
|armour={{convert|10|-|40|mm|abbr=on}}
|engine=SOFAM Model 8Gxb 8-cylinder water-cooled petrol engine
|crew=3 (Commander, gunner and driver)
|engine_power={{convert|250|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}}
|pw_ratio=17 hp/tonne
}}

The '''AMX-13''' is a French [[light tank]] produced from 1952 to 1987. It served with the French Army, as the '''Char 13t-75 Modèle 51''', and was exported to more than 26 other nations. Named after its initial weight of 13 tonnes, and featuring a tough and reliable chassis,<ref name="ReferenceA">''The Complete Guide to Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles'', {{ISBN|978-1-84681-110-4}} {{page needed|date=February 2014}}</ref> it was fitted with an [[oscillating turret]] built by GIAT Industries (now [[Nexter]]) with revolver-type magazines, which were also used on the Austrian [[SK-105 Kürassier]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Including prototypes and export versions, over a hundred variants exist, including [[self-propelled gun]]s, [[anti-aircraft]] systems, [[Armoured personnel carrier|APC]]s, and [[ATGM]] versions.