ZTQ-15 and PRC Light Tanks

HaldilalSDF

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• Nov 1, 2020

• #981

ZTQ 15.

 

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halflife3

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• Nov 1, 2020

• #982

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1322900675651538944

 

by78

General

• Nov 2, 2020

• #983

Type-15 light tanks of the Western Theater Command participating in a large scale exercise.

 

by78

General

• Nov 2, 2020

• #984

 

by78

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• Nov 2, 2020

• #985

 

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halflife3

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• Nov 3, 2020

• #986

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1323480041603301376

Type 15 being transported by train along with various other vehicles.

 

by78

General

• Nov 3, 2020

• #987

A few more images from a recent exercise in Tibet.

 

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ougoah

Brigadier

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• Nov 3, 2020

• #988

15 looks like it has near zero side armour. Can that even defeat 30mm? Was the design requirement just to defeat small arms and maybe 12.7/50 cal anti-material? Heavier MBTs have side armour that look like they can easily defeat 30mm and they can potentially be beefed up to resist highly angled 120/125mm shots. Interesting to see 15's protection philosophy is basically scaled down Type 99/96A.

 

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gelgoog

Lieutenant General

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• Nov 4, 2020

• #989

AFAIK it has modular armor. They might simply not have fitted the heaviest armor panels to these ones.

 

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sndef888

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• Nov 4, 2020

• #990

Interesting... I wonder whether using elevated railways is a strategic vulnerability for China. If an enemy strikes a ground level railway it can be more easily repaired with a small crew, while an elevated railway would require a whole construction team