New Type98/99 MBT thread
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Is it a desert scheme or just caked in dust? 
The type 99 during high altitude performance testing on the Tibetan plateaus. I also got a photo of the type 99A (prototype no.02, w/125mm L54) during a similar test but sadly it's again too large to be released.
BTW IMO the new VT4s for Pakistan is better than 99A in many aspects. I'd even give it a 95 while 90 for 99A if you'd ask me to rate the two individually.
Old photo during the parade last year. I like the expression on the commander's face. Dark brows and a firm face, that's so "true men of the Republic"ish. Like that.
What about the VT-4 is better apart from the RWS which the 99A can be upgraded with? Same goes for APS.
Not just these stuff. The VT4 is a tank desinged in the 2010s while 99A is one of the 2000s. Technologies for subsystems such as the gun control and fire control are examples of such a difference.
For egs the VT4 uses a full-electric gun control (for domestic tanks not available until Type 15), a more digitallized fire-control system and to my knowledge a better bus system than the CAN. (I might be wrong with this one tho) Plus the new VT4s use a better powerpack (w/CH1000B transmission compared to CH1000A on the 99A, both newer and more advanced, and there's no need to remove the pack out of the tank to change its power levels) The turret of the new VT4 is also better designed in terms of protection shapes (gosh it's both designed to be better looking and more effective. Norinco asked artists to help design the tank just to make it prettier (lol)) The 99A's turret is both too high and the protection of the upper part of the front of the turret (the sloped bit) decreases rapidly. The new VT4s use FY4s both on the turret front and frontal glacis, plus on the turret top that makes it more immune to EFP projectiles. I think the only thing VT4 lacks compared to 99A is aan improved gun (VT4s use old ZPT98s which are even non-extractable (I remember the 99 is extractable (which uses the same gun as the VT4)), and use old anti-recoil mechanisms.), access to a better armour piercing round like the DTC10-125 (VT4s only have access to BTA4s, which is equal to the DTW-125 for domestic use), and an anti-concrete round as equipped on the 99A, a laser sight suppression system, and several pieces of FY5s. So overall it might even be better than 99A, except that it's not as balanced between the four aspects of Firepower, Protection, Mobility and Informationallization.
The turret roof is a lot thicker than it seems after closer inspection.
In terms of turret geometry VT4 is a bit better, but overall I think you're way overestimating the VT4's capabilities.
This graph is incorrect. What it thinks is the LOS of the turret top is actually extended to the grille armour in the back. Doing geometry simply on a photo outside doesn't help. I can only say that the new VT4's overall protection numbers are roughly the same as 99A.