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Brigadier
I want one.
New Type98/99 MBT thread
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I want one.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Years ago there was a Manga/Anime title form shirow masamune Called New dominion Tank Police. In which in a Judge Dredd like future Japanese police have traded in there Toyota's for Tanks. One of the Character in the Series Was a Police woman named Leona Who after totaling the bosses Dreadnaught on treds build her own Mini tank She affectionately names Bonaparte. That Picture just reminds of it. The baby tank that just keeps going even when the big MBT's are out of the action.
T-37a was the first amphibious tank in the world put to mass production started in 1938 and ended after ww2. I initially thought the little guy was some great grand daddy of the Type 96 until some research was done. The T-27 lineage that produced the famous T-34 turned out to be the ancestor.
Shouldn't we post the Tank Worldcup related stuff on the Type-96 thread, if there is one?
Sorry for the misplacement, I thought it was the Type 99 because of the Russian news sources so I put it here. I also can't find a dedicated Type 96 thread.
what's happening at 1:42:10? I didn't any other tank have to change crews, did the first tank breakdown? I saw glimpse of the first tank at 1:35:20 then it seems to stuck at 1:38:24
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During the race the very front right side plate, protecting the right side wheels, clenched inward and got caught by the tank's track while it covered through a rough section of the terrain. The second tank crew drove there to help inspect the damage. No details or what happened to the tank later but it would've been sent for repairs.
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Results from Day 1 of the Tank Biathlon World Championship that runs on the August 4th -16th, has came in.
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ALABINO, August 05. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian team leads after the opening day of the 2014 Tank Biathlon World Championship, kicked off at testing grounds outside Moscow on Monday.
With international tank crews from 12 countries participating in the newly introduced global military sporting event, Russians lead with the best time after Day 1 of races and are followed by teams from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, India, China, Mongolia, Kuwait, Lieutenant-General Yuri Petrov, a deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's main department of combat training, said.
“A team from Venezuela finished in the last place due to safety violations,” Petrov, who is also the chief referee of the tournament, said adding that these were the results of the first out of three days of the competition’s individuals. The final results will be decided after the end of the championship’s first stage, which is Individual’s Race consisting of three daily heats and runs on August 4-6.
Only three teams - from Russia, Armenia and China - managed to complete the distance without penalty laps on Monday, Petrov said. Participants in the competition had to particularly battle three types of obstacles, namely mound, track path at mine explosion area and hillside, he said.
The biathlon runs through August 16 and is divided into three stages of three heats each, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The championship’s second stage, which is 3km Sprint, runs on August 8-9 and the third stage, which is Pursuit, runs on August 11-12.
Teams have to race through up to 20km obstacle course in Russian-made T-72B tanks, or Slingshot, according to NATO classification, and fire at targets imitating tanks and helicopters. Crews that miss a target get a penalty lap. China brought its own 96A tanks for the championship.
The Tank Biathlon, which is analogous to the Olympic biathlon discipline, was invented by the Russian military and the first competition at the international level was held in August 2013 in Alabino with the participating crews from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia.
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It's finally confirmed and corrected that it's indeed Type 96 tanks and not Type 99s. On an extra note we were suppose to see US and German tank crews compete this year until Russia-NATO relations soured over the Ukraine Crisis, although Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu invited them for next year's tank biathlon. I was hoping to see Abrams and Leopards, maybe in a couple years until relations are slowly restored. Anyway which team do you guys think will finally win the 2014 tank biathlon world championship?
Here are some additional recordings.
A vintage T-34 rolls besides the T-72b and the Type 96 tank.
[video=youtube;bsWDwImdPis]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsWDwImdPis&list=UU5aeU5hk31cLzq_sAExLVWg[/video]
Russian news report with Type 96A and interview with the Chinese tank crew
[video=youtube;7go2A_SRAQ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7go2A_SRAQ0[/video]
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ALABINO, August 05. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian team leads after the opening day of the 2014 Tank Biathlon World Championship, kicked off at testing grounds outside Moscow on Monday.
With international tank crews from 12 countries participating in the newly introduced global military sporting event, Russians lead with the best time after Day 1 of races and are followed by teams from Armenia, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, India, China, Mongolia, Kuwait, Lieutenant-General Yuri Petrov, a deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's main department of combat training, said.
“A team from Venezuela finished in the last place due to safety violations,” Petrov, who is also the chief referee of the tournament, said adding that these were the results of the first out of three days of the competition’s individuals. The final results will be decided after the end of the championship’s first stage, which is Individual’s Race consisting of three daily heats and runs on August 4-6.
Only three teams - from Russia, Armenia and China - managed to complete the distance without penalty laps on Monday, Petrov said. Participants in the competition had to particularly battle three types of obstacles, namely mound, track path at mine explosion area and hillside, he said.
The biathlon runs through August 16 and is divided into three stages of three heats each, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The championship’s second stage, which is 3km Sprint, runs on August 8-9 and the third stage, which is Pursuit, runs on August 11-12.
Teams have to race through up to 20km obstacle course in Russian-made T-72B tanks, or Slingshot, according to NATO classification, and fire at targets imitating tanks and helicopters. Crews that miss a target get a penalty lap. China brought its own 96A tanks for the championship.
The Tank Biathlon, which is analogous to the Olympic biathlon discipline, was invented by the Russian military and the first competition at the international level was held in August 2013 in Alabino with the participating crews from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia.
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It's finally confirmed and corrected that it's indeed Type 96 tanks and not Type 99s. On an extra note we were suppose to see US and German tank crews compete this year until Russia-NATO relations soured over the Ukraine Crisis, although Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu invited them for next year's tank biathlon. I was hoping to see Abrams and Leopards, maybe in a couple years until relations are slowly restored. Anyway which team do you guys think will finally win the 2014 tank biathlon world championship?
Here are some additional recordings.
A vintage T-34 rolls besides the T-72b and the Type 96 tank.
[video=youtube;bsWDwImdPis]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsWDwImdPis&list=UU5aeU5hk31cLzq_sAExLVWg[/video]
Russian news report with Type 96A and interview with the Chinese tank crew
[video=youtube;7go2A_SRAQ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7go2A_SRAQ0[/video]
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Additional videos of the Type 96's performance in the tank competition of Day 1.
Here a full video of Type 96 maneuvers also the assist of the fellow damaged tank.
[video=youtube;6wmClAbZcnQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmClAbZcnQ[/video]
At the 34:50 mark a Type 96 completes a full circuit run
[video=youtube;A8NtYq4X6z4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8NtYq4X6z4[/video]
Here a full video of Type 96 maneuvers also the assist of the fellow damaged tank.
[video=youtube;6wmClAbZcnQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmClAbZcnQ[/video]
At the 34:50 mark a Type 96 completes a full circuit run
[video=youtube;A8NtYq4X6z4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8NtYq4X6z4[/video]
Some great footage of the opening day of the biathlon.
Russian news report on the Word Tank Biathlon Championship with amazing shots.
[video=youtube;hVtIOxJ_Z5c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtIOxJ_Z5c[/video]
World Tank Biathlon Championship starts with a Bang!
[video=youtube;O3mBls0k8k8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3mBls0k8k8[/video]
The Opening Ceremony consisted of a 'Tanks Waltz' where a pairs of tanks would 'dance' across the field, along with cultural exchanges from the 12 nation teams. An IOS video game called "Tank Biathlon' that was inspired from the competition was released along with the opening yesterday.
Russian news report on the Word Tank Biathlon Championship with amazing shots.
[video=youtube;hVtIOxJ_Z5c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtIOxJ_Z5c[/video]
World Tank Biathlon Championship starts with a Bang!
[video=youtube;O3mBls0k8k8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3mBls0k8k8[/video]
The Opening Ceremony consisted of a 'Tanks Waltz' where a pairs of tanks would 'dance' across the field, along with cultural exchanges from the 12 nation teams. An IOS video game called "Tank Biathlon' that was inspired from the competition was released along with the opening yesterday.