PLA Next Generation Main Battle Tank

Tomboy

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another505 said:
IF this is a medium tank that some members here claim.... what is the shift in doctrine to have a medium tank now? People say it is to replace the ZTZ-96 but the ZTZ 96 is always a MBT but an older generation that is upgraded heavily to be a cheaper alternative than 99A. Not a medium tank.

I dont see in which theater/terrain will this cover when ZTQ-15 covers the jungles and mountains, and 99a for plains.

Or alternatively, this is still a MBT in weight and protection, and the firepower is sufficient to handle any current generation of MBT. ( I am not holding my breath for challenger 3 with british army's procurement, and USA next mbt with when they are addicted to Abrams)
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ZTZ-96 isn't even in the same weight class as ZTZ-99A while both being MBTs. ZTZ-99A weigh like 55 tons while the ZTZ-96A weighs only 42 tons. ZTZ-96A can also be carried aboard LCACs while the ZTZ-99A cannot. 99A also cannot be used down south or basically anywhere that isn't the northern plains because of weight. This tank is just going to replace all the 96As/88/59 and whatever else they have in service that can't be efficiently replaced by ZTZ-99A due to its weight. So, it should be an MBT but a lighter one to replace all the older light MBTs PLAGF has in service, while ZTZ-99A will require its own heavy MBT replacement.
 
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tamsen_ikard

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another505 said:
IF this is a medium tank that some members here claim.... what is the shift in doctrine to have a medium tank now? People say it is to replace the ZTZ-96 but the ZTZ 96 is always a MBT but an older generation that is upgraded heavily to be a cheaper alternative than 99A. Not a medium tank.

I dont see in which theater/terrain will this cover when ZTQ-15 covers the jungles and mountains, and 99a for plains.

Or alternatively, this is still a MBT in weight and protection, and the firepower is sufficient to handle any current generation of MBT. ( I am not holding my breath for challenger 3 with british army's procurement, and USA next mbt with when they are addicted to Abrams)
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It is to cover Chinese invasion of Japan, Philippines and Australia. Happy Now?

PLA is looking for a smaller weight tank because it will be easier to transport, easier on mountainous and jungle terrain. It will allow faster mobility and expeditionary capability.

Why this when ZTQ-15 exist? Cause ZTQ-15 is an old gen tank with much lower capability.

What if you could get type-99 level armor, firepower along with drone defense APS, Radar and all that but only in the weight of ZTQ-15? What if you could get Abrams Gas turbine level performance but in diesel?

That is the the new MBT.
 
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gelgoog

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I still think it's kind of based too much on stuff they already have. Look the Japanese Type 10 tank. They went with 120mm.
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Type 10 had similar design requirements with regards to mobility.
 
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tamsen_ikard said:
It is to cover Chinese invasion of Japan, Philippines and Australia. Happy Now?

PLA is looking for a smaller weight tank because it will be easier to transport, easier on mountainous and jungle terrain. It will allow faster mobility and expeditionary capability.

Why this when ZTQ-15 exist? Cause ZTQ-15 is an old gen tank with much lower capability.
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To be fair, ZTQ-15 is quite likely lighter in all configurations, but especially the stripped one.
i.e. we probably shall wait for official commentary here, we've reached the wall for guesstimating.
 
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