Tanks Of China

[Iggy]

Can anyone please tell me which is the main battle tank of China?and How many types of battle tanks are operational under Chinese Army?Thanks in advance ...

 

[bigmoneymaker]

go to the china defence section and flip through the pages and you will certainly find a lot of it...and also the section of land forces which have some threads comparing chinese tanks with the others. hope it helps...

 

[Chanakyaa]

Google + Wiki = .......

The Type 85 was further developed into the Type 90, but besides a few test vehicles for evaluation, this tank was not adopted by the People's Liberation Army, instead, the tank became the export model for Pakistan which developed the MBT-2000 (Al-Khalid) tank based on the Type 90. This tank was jointly developed by Beijing 201 Institute (China North Vehicle Research Institute) and Inner Mongolia 617 Factory (Inner Mongolia First Machine Group Corporation).
[edit] Type 90

This is the first Chinese tank to incorporate the modular design concept for its armor. The frontal arc of the turret is a modular design so that when more advanced composite armor is developed, it can be readily replace older composite armor.
[edit] Type 90-I

This was the export model for the next generation main battle tank for Pakistan. The power plant is the British Perkins Shrewsbury CV12-1200 TCA diesel engine (used in the Challenger 2 tank), and the transmission is the French SESM ESM 500 automatic transmission (used in the Leclerc). However, the project was abandoned due to the arms embargo following the 1998 Pakistani nuclear tests.
[edit] Type 90-II

In order to avoid the problem of embargo and reliance on foreign industry, the power plant of the Type 90-I was replaced by the domestic Chinese equivalent. However, the result was disappointing because China had yet to master the technology: although the power plant was somewhat adequate in the humid climate of southern China, its reliability did not meet the standard in northern China's arid conditions and Pakistan's harsh desert climate.
[edit] Type 90-IIM
Main article: Al-Khalid tank

To overcome the shortcomings of the powerplant in earlier Type 90 versions, Ukrainian 6TD diesel was chosen. The selection was impressive enough that Pakistan decided to adopt this version as its Al-Khalid main battle tank, and 600 tanks were scheduled to be produced in Pakistan by 2007.
[edit] Type 96

In 1995, NORINCO developed the Type 85-III prototype with a 1,000-hp diesel engine and explosive reactive armor (ERA), after finally solving the engine problem. After further improvements, including incorporating expertise gained from the Type 90 such as the modular armor design, this version was accepted by the PLA in 1996, and entered service in 1997 as the Type 96. Production of the Type 88 stopped when the Type 96 became available, and the Type 96 was mass-produced in larger numbers than the Type 88, though sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Type 88C.

In comparison to the Type 85 and Type 88, the Type 96 features a more powerful engine, improved electronics and a western-style turret. Recent photos suggest the Type 96 was heavily modified with add-on armor modules and explosive reactive armor, similar to the Type 99's. Its internal electronics may also have been upgraded to Type 99 standard. In turn, most bloggers refer to this new upgrade as Type 96G.

Currently an estimated 2,000 to 2,500 are in service with the People's Liberation Army, and production is likely to continue. Similarly to the Soviet Union's two-tank strategy with the basic T-72 and higher-technology T-64 and T-80, the Type 96 is likely to become the standardized main battle tank in service with the PLA throughout the decade, while the more advanced and expensive Type 99 is reserved for its elite units. [3]

 

[conworldus]

Can anyone please tell me which is the main battle tank of China?and How many types of battle tanks are operational under Chinese Army?Thanks in advance ...

Type 99A2 will be for the best units. Type 96 variants will be mass produced.

China is also researching its next-gen tank. This will replace the Type 99A2. But I think Type 96 will serve for a long time because it is cheap and pretty good.

 

[amunhotep]

i read in a website in 2007 that china is building a tank based on the Russian Black-Eagle which is going to have a 152mm gun. any update on that guys ????

here is the link guys

New Chinese tank, 152mm gun!, page 1

 

[conworldus]

i read in a website in 2007 that china is building a tank based on the Russian Black-Eagle which is going to have a 152mm gun. any update on that guys ????

here is the link guys

New Chinese tank, 152mm gun!, page 1

It is only a concept.

China does not have much use for more advanced tanks because we are not planning to invade anyone. For defense, the current t-99 will do a wonderful job. T-96 can defend our southern and western border and t-99 can defend the northern border (especially the part bordering Korea). For India we don't need tanks.

 

[lockh33d]

It is only a concept.

China does not have much use for more advanced tanks because we are not planning to invade anyone. For defense, the current t-99 will do a wonderful job. T-96 can defend our southern and western border and t-99 can defend the northern border (especially the part bordering Korea). For India we don't need tanks.

How does the T-96 compare with other tanks? As for the India problem, don't we have a border at all with India except for mountains separating the 2 nations?

 

[conworldus]

How does the T-96 compare with other tanks? As for the India problem, don't we have a border at all with India except for mountains separating the 2 nations?

Type 96 should be the same level of India's T-90 (assuming India's manufacturing quality is upto par), and Korea's copied M1A1 minature.

T-99 can match up with the U.S M1A2 and the Germany Leopard in terms of firepower, range, and armor. I don't know about the mobility, though. The T-72 base design may be a probelm.

 

[Iggy]

Any potential customers to the Type-96 tanks??

 

[conworldus]

Any potential customers to the Type-96 tanks??

Thailand has already asked for like a 100 or so...

Maybe other South East Asian countries. T-96 is a 46 ton medium tank very suited for South East Asian terran.

 

[TaimiKhan]

Any potential customers to the Type-96 tanks??

Bangladesh Army is getting them or even may have received some uptill now.

http://www.***************/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=304&Itemid=97

 

[Iggy]

Any one care to explain the features in details?