Chinese Type 99A MBT. Best MBT in Asia.

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

 

[IblinI]

These kind of thread title should be reserved for our neighbor.

 

[That Guy]

How does it compare to its contemporaries? I know next to nothing about tanks, so I'm always up for learning something new.

 

[striver44]

How does it compare to its contemporaries? I know next to nothing about tanks, so I'm always up for learning something new.

Speed, Armor, Mobility, Fire control system is how you would compare individual tanks these days.

edit: forget to add firepower

 

[vi-va]

How does it compare to its contemporaries? I know next to nothing about tanks, so I'm always up for learning something new.

1. Armor: 99A is more compact because of 3 crews, less weight on body itself, less Cross section area, which saved more weight on armor.
2. Mobility: horse power/weight ratio is as good as contemporaries, but maneuverability and agility way better than India T90 because of much better transmission, new technologies adopted, such as Torque converter and many others.
3. Gun: Better APFSDS than t-90.
4. Better electronic, such as Infrared array, radar.
5. Better Automatic Control System. You can clearly see China tank is much more accurate than India's, please just ignore the game scores because Russia will win anyway. You need to watch live video. Tank biathlon

 

[striver44]

Firepower of a tank could be measured by :
the barrel length of it's gun barrel,
the pressure of the gun
Ammunition:

• type of ammo (KE or CE)
• length of penetrator,
• materials on which the penetrators are built (DU or Tungsten)
• dual vs single piece ammo

for example a German RH120 L/55 gun allows for a better pressure than the previous L/44, which allows for further shots, but in some tests an L/44 could balance shots fired from an L/55 using DU rounds such as the Silver bullet M829. the performance of an M829A3 is on par with the latest DM63 fired from a longer L/55 gun (700+mm RHAe penetration at 4000m).

from some source I read a single piece APFSDS is better than two piece APFSDS found on Sino-Russian tanks.

the latest Rh120 L55A1 for example has Extreme Service Condition Pressure (ESCP) is raised from 672 to 700 MPa , its Permissible Maximum Pressure (PMP) from 710 to 735 MPa, and the Design Pressure from 740 to 760 MPa. This pressure increase is vital to obtain the performances increases that the two rounds under development will bring with them.

while the latest DM73 have a 20% increased performance compared to a DM63.

I wonder what's the number for Chinese guns.

 

[SpaceMan18]

Japan and Korea : Hold on a second

 

[vi-va]

Japan and Korea : Hold on a second

Imo, Japan tank is not as good as advertised. South Korea developed a tank, but most critical parts come from Germany, US, such as engine, transmission. Korea installed domestic engine, transmission on the most recent version, not sure how good it is.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Japan and Korea : Hold on a second

None of their MBT have laser soft kill the way Type 99A has.

 

[Type59]

Imo, Japan tank is not as good as advertised. South Korea developed a tank, but most critical parts come from Germany, US, such as engine, transmission. Korea installed domestic engine, transmission on the most recent version, not sure how good it is.

How is type 10 not as good as advertised? Great tank Japan developed.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

How is type 10 not as good as advertised? Great tank Japan developed.

Type 10 lacks laser soft kill Type 99A has.

 

[KurtisBrian]

How about the Abrams M1A2 tanks that US Army has stationed in South Korea? M1 has a pretty good record.

 

[ACE OF HEARTS]

1. In 99 A vs VT 4, what is VT 4, lacking?
2. Any successor to the 99 A coming?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

How about the Abrams M1A2 tanks that US Army has stationed in South Korea? M1 has a pretty good record.

M1A2 is no match for Type 99A.

1. In 99 A vs VT 4, what is VT 4, lacking?
2. Any successor to the 99 A coming?

VT 4 lacks Type 99A's laser soft kill system.

VT4 Main Battle Tank | Military-Today.com

The VT4 is a Chinese main battle tank, developed specially for export. Currently it is the most capable Chinese tank, offered for export. The VT4 is being proposed for developing countries.

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The latest version is called Type 99A2.

Chinese People’s Liberation Army Receives Type 99A2 Main Battle Tanks | The 81st Group Army of the People’s Liberation Army has recently taken delivery of what appears to be a battalion set of Type 99A2 main battle tanks.... | By Military LeakFaceboo

The 81st Group Army of the People’s Liberation Army has recently taken delivery of what appears to be a battalion set of Type 99A2 main battle tanks....

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[Oldman1]

M1A2 is no match for Type 99A.

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