New Type98/99 MBT thread

[Tomboy]

"Let's not show the tank that is currently the mainstay of the PLAGF and will be for years to come"

The mainstay of PLAGF is ironically the Type 96A which has never been shown after 2009.

 

[Maikeru]

The mainstay of PLAGF is ironically the Type 96A which has never been shown after 2009.

Hopefully the 96(A) - a "value engineering proposition" if ever there was one - will be rapidly replaced by this new "ZTZ201".

 

[totenchan]

The mainstay of PLAGF is ironically the Type 96A which has never been shown after 2009.

Mainstay according to who? Numerically maybe but Type 99As are common enough these days and the 99A specifically is portrayed as the primary tank for the PLAGF in state media pretty consistently for the past few years.

Hopefully the 96(A) - a "value engineering proposition" if ever there was one - will be rapidly replaced by this new "ZTZ201".

It won't be lol