Please elaborate on VT4P.
VT-4 is current Gen Chinese export tank, Nigeria and Thailand also bought them.
VT-4P is the Pakistani specific version of it As the original one wasn’t good enough for PA. It’s basically Zameen aasmaan Ka faraq at this point though.
Also the VT-4P currently has two known variants in itself, the first two batches of VT-4P delivered to Pakistan were already massively upgraded, but going off what we know, starting the third batch, even more upgrades have been added. But currently we don’t know what those upgrades in the third batch are.
Compared to normal VT4, the first two batches of the P variant have.
1. Entirely new electro-mechanical stabilization system (for the gun and sights) as the original one was unsatisfactory, this new one is even better than what the Chinese are currently using in their ZTZ-99A.
2. More powerful 1500HP engine, same one as in ZTZ-99A, making the already mobile tank even faster (in fact I’d be willing to go so far as to say that VT-4P is currently one of the top 3 most mobile tanks in the world along with T-14 and Leo 2A7+)
3. Much thicker and better FY4 ERA compared to FY-2 in the original variant (I put some more details about this ERA in the dedicated VT-4 thread, you can check it out there). Also ERA coverage has been extended to the roof of the tank something not found in the normal VT-4, hence increasing armor protection massively.
4. New high speed data-link system and other improvements in C4 and situational awareness, in fact technology is this tanks strongest point, it’s armor and firepower are good but it’s technological aspect is basically next generation.
5. Different gun barrel, the one in the original VT-4 is not front-removable, the one in VT-4P is, allowing for quick changing and maintenance.
6. Thermal coatings (as found on Al-Khalid) as well as armored steel plates added to the sides for additional protection.
7. Several other smaller and larger changes that have not been revealed. For example apparently the Pakistani variant has a new and improved IBMS system.
All in all, it’s by far the best tank in service anywhere in the region.