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Type
96 and Type 99 Main Battle Tanks
Technical Report
APA-TR-2009-0901-B
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Martin
Andrew, BA(hons), MA, PhD, RAAF(Retd)
September 2009
© 2009, Martin Andrew
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Excerpted
from “How the PLA Fights: Weapons and Tactics of the People’s
Liberation Army, Second Edition” published by the United States Army’s
Training and
Doctrine Command. Additions and updates by Dr Carlo Kopp and Dr Martin
Andrew.
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Type 99A2
Main Battle Tank
The Type 99 is a Chinese
variant of the T-72 as it
incorporates the hull, 125mm main gun, automatic loader, advanced
Russian
armour and active protection systems.
The photograph
shows the Type 99A2 main battle tank
with the new wedge turret face with internal ERA like the T-72B/T-90
and an
active protection system to defeat incoming rocket propelled grenades
and
anti-tank guided missiles. There
is a layer of 20 to 30mm of high hardness armour plate over the
explosive
reactive armour either side of the main gun, characteristic of the
latest
Russian 4S23 Relikt built-in
reactive
armor modules. These modules employ smaller reactive armor tiles that
use explosives
and flying plates to break up both HEAT and APFSDS projectiles.
Type 99 MBT.
Type 99 MBT.
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Type 96A
Main Battle Tank
Type 96A MBT.
The Type 96 main battle tank has
undergone an upgrade and is now designated the Type 96A.
The vehicle includes ERA on the glacis
plate and add-on armour on the front of the turret, reminiscent of the
‘Super
Dolly Parton’ ERA array incorporated on the T-72A. The
gunner now has an integrated thermal imaging/day sight,
the equipment rack/bar armour on the sides of the turret has been
replaced by
larger boxes and a Chinese version of the Russian Shtora-1
infra-red/laser jamming system is fitted.
Type 96 MBT.
Type 96 MBT.
Type 96 MBT.
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Imagery Sources: Chinese
Internet.
Layout / Line Artwork: © 2000, 2007,
2008, 2009
Carlo Kopp
Technical
Report APA-TR-2009-0901-B
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