Is this turret a prototype or maybe like a swappable turret mod for this tank. Gun seems larger nglYes, it appears to be the case. Very different from normal PLA 105.
And note that (vise versa) gun(or at least gun cover) and sensor/fuze setter pair on one of the prototypes we saw last year was different.
Gun cover is much thicker and square. Sensor/setter is optical, not twin radio-, and has proper cover.
(Blitzo please don't hate me, it's just logic of the conversation!)
Eh, the LFP armor block should be the same size but instead the side armor is less. The actual tank has side armor fully covering the tracks while the prototype's track stick out.
No, the old picture just features a more prominent barrel shroud than the parade version, thus making the gun seem larger. Its definitely the same gun. Judging from old pictures the frontal armor can be even further reinforced with add-on armor.
I'm pretty sure the one on the parade already have the addon armor, it just looks more obvious on the prototype because the side armor doesn't go all the way to the front like the production vehicles.
The foremost wedge shaped addon plate has a sharper angle compared to the parade version. The only reason they are not adding it is because its ugly as hell having a protruding chin.
Soviets has this proposal in the 1960s. 535 mm recoilless gun... It was supposed to fire nuclear shells. You don't go harder than this.
That sounds like a awful reason to not include something, so hopefully they'll actually show off the addon armor. Or maybe it's the cancelled version?
6.45kg@1710m/s probably translates to higher performance than ZTZ99A shot.