New Type98/99 MBT thread

[siegecrossbow]

This happened a lot in the days of muzzle loading muskets.

That’s not even the worst that can happen. It is entirely possible to accidentally load the ball before the powder. Any mistake with a breech loading tank gun is tame in comparison.

 

[_killuminati_]

The geography of Tibetan plateau has many flat lands, which is very different from the Indian side of the Himalaya. There are many roads in Xinjiang and Tibet at above 4,000 to 5000 metres. Tanks can be driven up to some of the borders.

We have seen some of PLA's tanks in photo and video at the line of control in the mountain during the last confrontation with India.

Himalaya base camp is located at altitude of 5,150 metre (16,900 ft), and is accesable by normal cars via Highway 318. South of Himalaya in Nepal, the only access is by trekking.

That's what I'm saying: movement limited to roads. Cannot really do any offensive maneuvers.

 

[lcloo]

That's what I'm saying: movement limited to roads. Cannot really do any offensive maneuvers.

They are always transported by highway or railways, especially railways no matter they are in East China lowland plain or West China plateau. Once they are in operational area they are off roads, also regardless of whether in East or West China.

If you care to spend time to search for videos, there are many videos. As I wrote earlier in February 2021 the face to face confrontation on the high mountains of Himalaya between Indian T-72M2 and Chinese MBT, probably type 99 (7th and 8th second in the video) but the video is a bit blur. Ther are no highway there.

3 type 99 facing Indian T-72 and T-90


Chinese tank at the center, Indian tanks on the right side

 

[taxiya]

I can already see private potato shoot the round while the rod is in the barrel cause he is a dumbass and frogot to do a check up.

The rods won't be able to stay in the barrel once the breech is opened, it will slid out by itself, nearly. The rods are locked together to form a long rod the lenthg of the whole barrel. You can't even push the shell into the barrel if you do forget to remove it.

This method is for long term storage, not in between battle maintance. The classic method put oil on the surface of the barrel before storage, then takes hours of cleaning work when tank is activated before transport. The new method puts the rods in the barrel and also enclose the whole tank with clothes coated with same chemicals.