Actually judging from the seemingly very large loading mechanism of this 105mm gun, personally I believe it very possible that the vehicle uses a loading mechanism similar to an autocannon instead of a tank gun. This idea has been explored in the past with projects such as the high-survivability-tracked-vehicle or hstv program which is a 20 ton class vehicle using a 75mm auto-cannon of 50rpm as a main weapon. With a 2 men 40-ton class vehicle like we are seeing, it should be just possible to fit a 105mm auto-cannon with around 30rpm into the tank, which is vastly superior to a normal large caliber tank gun in almost all tasks.
PLA Next Generation Main Battle Tank
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