PLA Next Generation Main Battle Tank

xtswx said:

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From BiliBili 逸烟万年

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Combat weight <35t
Hull weight <25t
Crew: 3
Vehicle length: 7440mm
Vehicle height: 2500mm
Vehicle width: 3720mm
Maximum speed: >65 km/h
Maximum range: >500km
Maximum slope(?): 35 degrees

Weapons:
New 105mm cannon
7.2mm coax
12.7mm RWS

Protection specs seems very good as well

There are two level of protections, "Level 1" and "Level 2". Level 1 is likely the base vehicle while Level 2 is with addon and modular armor packages installed.

For "Level 1"
1. All around turret and hull protection from DTC-10 30mm APFSDS excluding rear hull
2. Hull rear armor provides protections from Type 54 14.5mm API round
3. Turret top protection from Type 54 12.7mm API round

For "Level 2"
1. Frontal hull protection is rated for >700mm RHA equivalent against APFSDS and >800mm RHA equivalent against HEAT
2. Hull side protection rated for >480mm RHA equivalent anti-tank RPG
3. Turret is protected against top attack munitions including proxy-fuse shells
4. Turret is also protected against cluster HEAT munitions
5. Hull floor is rated against anti-tank landmines

It is unknown whether the 35t combat weight is referring to "Level 1" or "Level 2" protection

For the protected frontal hull area, it is said to be comparable to the Type 99A and offers much more side protection as 99A has basically none but exchanges turret protection for weight reduction.

Anyone remember the size of ztz-100? The size from the picture seems too large...

xtswx said:

Anyone remember the size of ztz-100? The size from the picture seems too large...

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Type-100 seems to be about the same width and height as Type 99A/B but shorter in length which matches up with this info relatively well, though the vehicle is apparently wider than the 99A/B according to this.

Side is also at 800RHA against HEAT. Also maximum speed is 85km/h. Simply hard to discern but you can look more closely at the original image. Total width looks much more likely to be 3320mm.

Are we sure its top speed isn't 85km/h? 65 seems a little low for something that's 35 tons with a 1500hp engine.

smug said:

Are we sure it's top speed isn't 85km/h? 65 seems a little low for something that's 35 tons with a 1500hp engine.

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To be precise the vehicle uses a diesel engine that can theoretically run to 1500hp, in a dmi hybrid powerpack, but the engine is more likely downrated to 1300hp in this system. The electric motors that drive the vehicle directly are of an unknown power. 50km/h cross-country top speed listed below is already an incredible improvement over previous vehicles at 35km/h or 40km/h, and this 85km/h top speed is probably limited by transmission gear ratio. Not that running a tank on a racetrack is of any serious use.

Tomboy said:

For "Level 2"
1. Frontal hull protection is rated for >700mm RHA equivalent against APFSDS and >800mm RHA equivalent against HEAT
2. Hull side protection rated for >480mm RHA equivalent anti-tank RPG
3. Turret is protected against top attack munitions including proxy-fuse shells
4. Turret is also protected against cluster HEAT munitions
5. Hull floor is rated against anti-tank landmines

It is unknown whether the 35t combat weight is referring to "Level 1" or "Level 2" protection

For the protected frontal hull area, it is said to be comparable to the Type 99A and offers much more side protection as 99A has basically none but exchanges turret protection for weight reduction.

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Theres some mistakes with the translation:

1.It never said what the frontal hall is rated for HEAT, it just said its rated for >700mm and >850mm RHA (Different parts of the front hull might have different armour). The ratings are probably for Kenetic Energy rounds because it later specified stated the side hull's rating was for HEAT.

2. The side hull's HEAT RHA equivalent is >800mm not >480mm.

Tomboy said:

Combat weight <35t

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It's basically half the weight of an MBT, that plus a hybrid electric system should make it very agile compared to other tanks.

doggydogdo said:

Theres some mistakes with the translation:

1.It never said what the frontal hall is rated for HEAT, it just said its rated for >700mm and >850mm RHA (Different parts of the front hull might have different armour). The ratings are probably for Kenetic Energy rounds because it later specified stated the side hull's rating was for HEAT.

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It did, it said 破甲(HEAT) >800 (Ayi's post said 800) or 850mm and 穿甲(Armor piercing) >700mm

doggydogdo said:

2. The side hull's HEAT RHA equivalent is >800mm not >480mm.

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Seems very unlikely, Ayi's post on weibo corrected it to 480mm

Tomboy said:

It did, it said 破甲(HEAT) >800 (Ayi's post said 800) or 850mm and 穿甲(Armor piercing) >700mm

Seems very unlikely, Ayi's post on weibo corrected it to 480mm

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oh yeah ur right

Tomboy said:

It did, it said 破甲(HEAT) >800 (Ayi's post said 800) or 850mm and 穿甲(Armor piercing) >700mm

Seems very unlikely, Ayi's post on weibo corrected it to 480mm

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All these figures are simply results of AI picture recognition, take that if you will but I would recommend everyone to enlarge image and look closely by themselves. Ayi is also simply re posting from other sources. An advanced era plate by itself can provide much more protection against HEAT than 480mm RHA.