China May Deliver 300 of Type 99 Main Battle Tank to Pakistan

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China May Deliver 300 of Type 99 Main Battle Tank to Pakistan

According to reports, china may deliver a total of 300 of Type 99 Main Battle Tank to Pakistan. Pakistan is already testing the Type 99 Main Battle Tank given the unsatisfactory performance of the VT-4 and Oplot-M. VT-4 is the export variant of the MBT-3000, while the Oplot-M is a Ukranian Tank. Pakistan is looking to upgrade its inventory of tanks in order to satisfy the needs of the armed forces from 2017 to 2025. After the successful testing of Type 99 Main Battle Tank, it will be decided which tanks will to acquire.

Defense experts have welcomed this new development with open arms. The Type 99 Main Battle Tank would serve as a cheap and ideal replacement for Pakistan Army’s fleets of T80UD, Al-Zarrar, Type 85, Type 69, and Type 59 MBTs. The fleets under Pakistan Army as of right now are quite old and can’t possibly create with a modern line of tanks in huge numbers. Type 99 Main Battle Tank was fielded by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. It is a third-generation tank and a Chinese variant of the Russia T-72 MBT. Type 99 Main Battle Tank incorporates the autoloader, hull, the main gun and armor from the T-72 Russian MBT. If the deal between Pakistan and China on this front goes through, the Type 99 Main Battle Tank should also serve as an ideal opponent to the Indian T-90MS.

Pakistan is doing exceptionally well at the moment in carving out important deals on two crucial fronts; infrastructure and defense. China has been a great benefactor of Pakistan and hopefully will remain so in the years to come. With China having invested billions of dollar in Pakistan, even more so recently in the form of China-Pak Economic Corridor, more such deals, even powerful, could come through in the future. As for the infrastructure, the government is bringing in foreign investments not short of billions of dollars to finance power generation projects in Pakistan. With Operation Zarb-e-Azb, Pakistan is at a constant battle with terrorists and quite successfully. If things keep heading the way they are, Pakistan has a bright future ahead.


China May Deliver 300 of Type 99 Main Battle Tank to Pakistan | Today in Pakistan

These are certainly bought to soon replace the fleet of old tanks in the Pakistan army tank inventory

 

[Mo12]

India needs to find a customer like Pakistan is to China or India is to Russia.

This will greatly increase production and innovation while getting plenty of revenue from another nation.

 

[Atlanticore]

Ice cold tea will be served in siachen

Wahan bhi Chai Baichta ha Modi?

 

[Tipu7]

PA armour uses good camo techniques as not to be detected from air. You can see the camo techniques in pictures of manoeuvres
Even the tank crews are trained expected to clean the track trail of the tank tracks in the desert. Howver this does become a problem because the crew is reduced to 3 now in modern tanks instead of 4.

The air strike formation of air crafts is controlled from the ground. Sniping the air craft ground controller or taking him out is yet another way to render the air strike useless. He or his team is present close to the area usually in 2-5 km radius at most.Similar case is with the artillery observer team, take him out and the artillery strikes lose effectiveness.

PA armoured forces are protected by SAM coverage of man pads on vehicles as to keep up with the speed of the advance. These can be ANZA or Stinger missiles and even AAA flak guns 35mm.
They are effectively be against ground attack aircraft, helicopter threat and UCAV. The ground attack aircraft usually attain a specific height to drop their load of bombs on armour and other ground targets. ANZA and stinger are a deterrent to let them come below a certain altitude , like jaguar of IAF.

The mirage 2000 and SU 30 are precision strike aircrafts which can release payload from high altitudes at fixed targets. They will not be targetting individual tanks one by one. Their main job is to deny bridge access to PA.
PA tanks won't be standing stationary as if on a picnic inside India to get bombed.

Tanks are mobile and will be moving all the time, if they stay between populated places after crossing border, IAF will not bomb them.

The more quickly contact is made with indian forces or a strategic target captured e.g. Enemy HQ or a City center, the chances of bombing by IAF become negligent.

If contact is made with enemy and enemy position is over run, the amount of time spent in that sector during collection of prisoners and enemy wounded ,abandoned vehicles , ammunition etc will deny IAF strike.

In gulf war, the Iraqis dug in instead of keeping their forces mobile, in fact the mobile guards division could not be taken on by aircrafts, they faced M1 tanks and M2 Bradley's.

In kargil war, IAF Mirage2k bombed stationary targets again and again on hill tops.

The very last resort is calling PAF for air cover.

Pakistani generals had same thoughts and then Longewala battle took place where dozens of Tanks rolling here and there, using every tactic possible and camouflage were knocked out by IAF. And no PAF or SAM was there to save them from burning alive while trapped with in the tanks......

 

[Signalian]

Pakistani generals had same thoughts and then Longewala battle took place where dozens of Tanks rolling here and there, using every tactic possible and camouflage were knocked out by IAF. And no PAF or SAM was there to save them from burning alive while trapped with in the tanks......

SP AAD was missing and so was PAF cover.

Retired F-7P should be given to PAA.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

First of all, hoe much good is type 99 as compared to Alkhalid 1 serving currently as main battle Tank.? any one can shed light?

Secondly, PAA should be given 2-3 Squadron of bomber and attack planes such as F-7, Mirrage Rose version.So that PAA do not rely on PAF during war and have its own planes dedicated to battle field air attack.

 

[GoldenRatio1618]

Pkistan should go for 300 with T99, 300 M oplot and 300 with Altay and bring technologies of all three countries and improve the Alkhalid Tank using all three technologies and old one don't put to scrape make new torrent with advance technologies and weapons put them on afghan border each check post with 10 tanks to give immediately benefitting reply of any event from afghan side.

SP AAD was missing and so was PAF cover.

Retired F-7P should be given to PAA.

retired jet fighters engine can be used for electricity production ? can we convert them ?

 

[Zarvan]

Pkistan should go for 300 with T99, 300 M oplot and 300 with Altay and bring technologies of all three countries and improve the Alkhalid Tank using all three technologies and old one don't put to scrape make new torrent with advance technologies and weapons put them on afghan border each check post with 10 tanks to give immediately benefitting reply of any event from afghan side.




retired jet fighters engine can be used for electricity production ? can we convert them ?

Mr we don't buy Tanks from a Jummah bazar and also their is massive difference between buying onions as compared to buying Tanks

 

[ZARAJ]

can we make some jf-17 for entirely army aviation. just asking. we dont have ant hellicopter manufacturing so just asking if we can do that.???

 

[Signalian]

can we make some jf-17 for entirely army aviation. just asking. we dont have ant hellicopter manufacturing so just asking if we can do that.???

There will changes in design. Can be done but not of interest to PA or PAF.

 

[Signalian]

guess no update for this development

 

[Ind4Ever]

guess no update for this development

I don't think Pakistan Army willing to buy this tank from China. Probably Turkish

 

[tarrar]

Hummm. I am not sure about this news but have they pass the trials which is held by PA. not to forget PA should shown more interest in Altay heavy weight battle tank, which is most probably better than T99, but only trials will reveal the real results.

 

[nadeemkhan110]

Comparison between Type-99 and Atlay MBT