{
  "id": "stingray",
  "name": "Stingray",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "USA",
  "category": "Light tank",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1988,
  "operators": [
    "USA",
    "THA"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Stingray American Light Tank was developed for the export market by Cadillac Gage Textron (now Textron Marine & Land Systems) as a private venture.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Cadillac Gage",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 4,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.71,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 2.55,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 21.2,
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "Detroit Diesel Model 8V-92TA",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 535,
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 67,
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "road_range_km",
      "v": 483,
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "1.07 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fire control system",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Marconi digital FCS",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Computerized FCS",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Main Gun Stabilization",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "The hull of the Stingray is of all-welded Cadloy steel armour with protection over the frontal arc against penetration by 14.5 mm armour-piercing rounds fired from the Russian KPVT heavy MG and protection against 7.62 mm armour-piercing rou",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Applique Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Available",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Smoke Equipment",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "8 × smoke-grenade launcher (2 × 4)",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "label": "Secondary armament",
      "v": "1 × coaxial-mounted 7.62 mm M240 machine gun; 1 × roof-mounted 12.7 mm M2 HB machine gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "LRF Rifled Gun",
      "role": "105 mm ammunition",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {},
      "qty": "32 Rounds"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Stingray II",
      "text": "Cadillac Gage announced the Stingray II in 1994, stating that the new tank was built from a new ‘2001’ special high-hardness steel ballistic plate with an outer, spaced layer and skirts of the same material.",
      "src": [
        "weg-stingray"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "tank",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/stingray.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-stingray": {
      "title": "Stingray American Light Tank",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Stingray_American_Light_Tank",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}