Chinese 96-A
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plawolf
Lieutenant General
The box on the left is the gunner's optics, its the primary optics on the tank.
The commander has his own small periscope optics on the right, but it is very rudimentary. Probably only has low powered magnification, and I would be surprised if it had decent night vision modes. At most I'm expecting similar night vision performance to basic personal NVGs.
Its the gunner's sights that has got all the goodies, like good long distance passive NV, thermal etc.
The commander has his own small periscope optics on the right, but it is very rudimentary. Probably only has low powered magnification, and I would be surprised if it had decent night vision modes. At most I'm expecting similar night vision performance to basic personal NVGs.
Its the gunner's sights that has got all the goodies, like good long distance passive NV, thermal etc.
I am still curious as to what the large box shaped structure around and on top of the 96A's exhaust contains. It can be clearly seen around 53:00 in the video. It is large and most definitely is in the way of the turret rotating.
After a more careful look it is probably not in the way of the turret rotating, but still curious what's there.
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Quickie
Colonel
I tried to compare the speed of the Type-96A and the other tanks at other parts of the circuit other than the start off. Looks like it's difficult to tell the difference in their speed.
Also, I noticed there seemed to be some engine pick up problem at the start off of the race. The Type-96A seemed to almost stop before it continued accelerating again.
Also, I noticed there seemed to be some engine pick up problem at the start off of the race. The Type-96A seemed to almost stop before it continued accelerating again.
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