Dazzler
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whats up with you guys nowadays huh!
for the info, the army initially requested a type-99A for which the chinese presented a glorified VT-4. The chaps had high hopes for it but i always suspected the chinese engine would not deliver. not degrading our great chinese friends at all, just that VT-4 was not up to the mark in many capabilities. i am not at liberty to disclose a few things here, just that the autoloader was not as proficient as the one being used in AK series, with bi directional movement and full electric contol. There are other flaws as well with that mbt. it failed on most trials.
the surprising part for me was the failure of Oplot M, i guess the 6TD-2E engine is not up to the mark yet, but other ukrainian engines did pretty well in tamewala/ bahawalpura region so i dont get the engine trouble part.
lastly, the t-99 variant as per my info is not here yet as army chaps dont have fingers crossed for it either. for those who dont know yet, the VT-4 was using more advanced FCS, ECS and thermal imagers, and even BMS system that are yet to be integrated in their t-99 series.
Another thing is that HIT's own AK series has performed better compared to these tanks, raising more confidence among the armored corp for thinking seriously on yet another variant but this is only in discussion, AK-3 does not exist at the moment,
more later.
whats up with you guys nowadays huh!
for the info, the army initially requested a type-99A for which the chinese presented a glorified VT-4. The chaps had high hopes for it but i always suspected the chinese engine would not deliver. not degrading our great chinese friends at all, just that VT-4 was not up to the mark in many capabilities. i am not at liberty to disclose a few things here, just that the autoloader was not as proficient as the one being used in AK series, with bi directional movement and full electric contol. There are other flaws as well with that mbt. it failed on most trials.
the surprising part for me was the failure of Oplot M, i guess the 6TD-2E engine is not up to the mark yet, but other ukrainian engines did pretty well in tamewala/ bahawalpura region so i dont get the engine trouble part.
lastly, the t-99 variant as per my info is not here yet as army chaps dont have fingers crossed for it either. for those who dont know yet, the VT-4 was using more advanced FCS, ECS and thermal imagers, and even BMS system that are yet to be integrated in their t-99 series.
Another thing is that HIT's own AK series has performed better compared to these tanks, raising more confidence among the armored corp for thinking seriously on yet another variant but this is only in discussion, AK-3 does not exist at the moment,
more later.
for the info, the army initially requested a type-99A for which the chinese presented a glorified VT-4. The chaps had high hopes for it but i always suspected the chinese engine would not deliver. not degrading our great chinese friends at all, just that VT-4 was not up to the mark in many capabilities. i am not at liberty to disclose a few things here, just that the autoloader was not as proficient as the one being used in AK series, with bi directional movement and full electric contol. There are other flaws as well with that mbt. it failed on most trials.
the surprising part for me was the failure of Oplot M, i guess the 6TD-2E engine is not up to the mark yet, but other ukrainian engines did pretty well in tamewala/ bahawalpura region so i dont get the engine trouble part.
lastly, the t-99 variant as per my info is not here yet as army chaps dont have fingers crossed for it either. for those who dont know yet, the VT-4 was using more advanced FCS, ECS and thermal imagers, and even BMS system that are yet to be integrated in their t-99 series.
Another thing is that HIT's own AK series has performed better compared to these tanks, raising more confidence among the armored corp for thinking seriously on yet another variant but this is only in discussion, AK-3 does not exist at the moment,
more later.
whats up with you guys nowadays huh!
for the info, the army initially requested a type-99A for which the chinese presented a glorified VT-4. The chaps had high hopes for it but i always suspected the chinese engine would not deliver. not degrading our great chinese friends at all, just that VT-4 was not up to the mark in many capabilities. i am not at liberty to disclose a few things here, just that the autoloader was not as proficient as the one being used in AK series, with bi directional movement and full electric contol. There are other flaws as well with that mbt. it failed on most trials.
the surprising part for me was the failure of Oplot M, i guess the 6TD-2E engine is not up to the mark yet, but other ukrainian engines did pretty well in tamewala/ bahawalpura region so i dont get the engine trouble part.
lastly, the t-99 variant as per my info is not here yet as army chaps dont have fingers crossed for it either. for those who dont know yet, the VT-4 was using more advanced FCS, ECS and thermal imagers, and even BMS system that are yet to be integrated in their t-99 series.
Another thing is that HIT's own AK series has performed better compared to these tanks, raising more confidence among the armored corp for thinking seriously on yet another variant but this is only in discussion, AK-3 does not exist at the moment,
more later.