Interlinked Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Silly video of trick tank driving: Heh. I remember watching that on TV a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KV7 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Silly video of trick tank driving: Heh. I remember watching that on TV a few years ago. I only claimed it was silly, not recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interlinked Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I only claimed it was silly, not recent. Didn't accuse you of anything. Just saying I saw it on TV a few years ago. Besides this one, they televised a couple more stunts of this type, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KV7 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Of course, I was just trying to be jovial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Falcon Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Nigeria takes delivery of first batch of Chinese VT4s The Nigerian Army on 8 April received the first batch of 17 armoured vehicles from china. These included examples of the VT4 (MBT-3000) main battle tank, ST1 8x8 wheeled tank destroyer and SH5 105mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers from the China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO).Nigeria’s Army Chief of Policy and Plans, Lt Gen Lamidi Adeosun, said the process of acquiring the new vehicles ‘has been on for some time’.He added: ‘From this, you can see how serious the Federal Government of Nigeria is in making sure that the Nigerian Army is not only equipped but contains the problem of insecurity.’The new equipment is to be used in the country’s far north where government forces continue to carry out counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram.Shephard Defence Insight reports that a VT4 has a unit cost of $5.25 million. Until now the only export customer outside China was Thailand, with 48 units from a total order of 52 having been delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Chinos negro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 https://badl.army.mil.bd/files/frontend/ebook/document/Ebook_file_170308092408.pdfhttps://badl.army.mil.bd/files/frontend/ebook/document/Ebook_file_170308091024.pdfhttps://badl.army.mil.bd/files/frontend/ebook/document/Ebook_file_170312094429.pdf Type 69-IIG Manuals 1000 rounds of APFSDS for barrel life look very suspiciously, especially considering that HEAT is same 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KV7 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Type 15 deployed to Indian border: https://defence-blog.com/news/army/china-deploys-its-latest-lightweight-tanks-to-disputed-himalayan-border.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Kotsch Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Type 69-IIG Manuals"server not found" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interlinked Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 "server not found" Makes me suspect that maybe we weren't supposed to see that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin-Phillips Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I wasn't familiar with the Type 69-IIG designation so decided to try and learn a bit using Google (with all the drawbacks and pitfalls that can entail as well). The Type 69-IIG seems to be a Bangladeshi variant/upgrade with a bi-axi stabilisied 83A "improved L7" which is apparently NATO-compatible. Its also semi-automatic (?) and capable of firing ATGM's. Wikipedia also lists a number of other enhancements to the 69-IIG including new FCS, a laser range-finder (internal I guess unlike the external box above the gun on the 69-II?), TI sights and combat data link. Quite impressive really. https://badl.army.mil.bd/files/frontend/ebook/document/Ebook_file_170308092408.pdfhttps://badl.army.mil.bd/files/frontend/ebook/document/Ebook_file_170308091024.pdfhttps://badl.army.mil.bd/files/frontend/ebook/document/Ebook_file_170312094429.pdf Type 69-IIG Manuals 1000 rounds of APFSDS for barrel life look very suspiciously, especially considering that HEAT is same 1000 That's not a bad upgrade package considering how basic the original design was. Are there any numbers of Type 69-IIG's in the Bangladeshi Army? As far as the Iraqi variant with the 125mm smoothbore gun and auto-loader; was that just a prototype or were there any numbers actually converted? It seems like the story of the T-54/T-55 and its foreign-produced counterparts really doesn't have an ending...or at least not yet anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolas93TS Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Semi-automatic breach. Standard feature on any modern gun for a century already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KV7 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Chinese 105mm APFSDS vs several 'thick' steel plates - they are likely hollow though or the penetration would be > 1000 mm which is impossible. Edited July 21, 2020 by KV7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Tan Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) Mild steel. Note the sheets are supported by flanges.....so they are not that thick. Edited July 22, 2020 by Simon Tan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interlinked Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 They're only steel sheets. It's just the frame that looks thick from the side. The full episode of this show is available on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Lots of footage of the ZTL-11 Assault Gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Footage of various stuff training in the western highlands including descent amount of footage on the Type 15 light tank in first 7 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KV7 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Iraqi Type 69 modernisation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 "Upgrade" to the M1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KV7 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Article on 'magnetised plasma sheath' technology under testing for improving gun barrel wear resistance: https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/jssd/2019-02-15/doc-ihrfqzka5927044.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitflegal Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Apologies for resurrecting this thread but I have been digging into the ZTZ 98/99 for a bunch of years now and a lot of the history is still murky, even at the early deployments. Is there any consensus yet on when the first ZTZ-99 went into active service? In essence, in 2001 what version was in the hands of the Chinese troops? Was it the Type 98G (or ZTZ-99 depending on the contradictory reference) with early modular armor? I both love and hate this tank. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chino Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 On 8/4/2019 at 9:23 PM, KV7 said: VT-5 has a 12.7mm + 40mm RWS which is nice: Though I still question the utility of a light tank which is not airmobile. The drop in protection and firepower due to going from 50 T to 36 T is too great, and a 36 T vehicle cannot do anything useful that a 50 T vehicle cannot (if you are needing to do long road marches with little fuel then something has gone very wrong - and even here it is not clear that the light tank has a higher 'bang per gallon' ratio). Answering a 2-yr old post: During the height of tension between India and China, there was a Chinese news report why they deployed the Type-15 Light Tank and it was mainly to do with the altitude. I quote from Wiki but it's essentially what the news report said: "Because in high altitude air becomes thin and engines start to lose power.[3] But Type-15 light tank can operate at high altitudes with its powerful engine and oxygen generators." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interlinked Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 9:42 PM, chino said: Answering a 2-yr old post: During the height of tension between India and China, there was a Chinese news report why they deployed the Type-15 Light Tank and it was mainly to do with the altitude. I quote from Wiki but it's essentially what the news report said: "Because in high altitude air becomes thin and engines start to lose power.[3] But Type-15 light tank can operate at high altitudes with its powerful engine and oxygen generators." It's a bizarre, nonsensical explanation, to be completely honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) Another Chinese fairy tale, like bustle loader for APFSDS in Type 99, super strong armor on Type 04 IFV etc. Edited February 2, 2022 by bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chino Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Of course you are right. I mean... what does the PLA know about operating tanks in 5000m compared to you both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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