SuperComrade Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 "The first publicly available image showing North Korean operated Chinese Type 62 light tanks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Inside of ZBD-04A IFV Outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molota_477 Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Type 89 TD Pic from “High-pressure gun System Memoir” LoooSeR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Why turret sides have something closed by different camo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Why turret sides have something closed by different camo? It's likely covering the vehicle/unit numbering. I don't know if it's for training purposes or if they just don't want certain people to see and know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 BMPD blog published small summary/translation of Kanwa Asian Defense's article («Chinese Tanks’ Quality Problems»). Does anybody have english version? I can't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 What is says? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molota_477 Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 The first pic upper part shows the failure rate of equipments' Square Team which were reviewed in front of Tianan men last year and below shows the failure rate of equipment types.Both two forms show that the 99a, 05a and 04a afvs' fault times still higher than other equipments. The first form index:(from left to right) tanks; AAV; IFV; IFV(airborne);AT missile launcher; 155 SPG; type 11 wheeled tanks; 4x4 assault cars; 4x4 assault cars (used by armed police); SP-AA Gun; and others are missile system... the second form index just the types. The second pic is about the failure rate of parts of 99a. from up to low: operation system transmission system electric system engine system other system suspection system hydraulic system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 So rumors are going around that THai army is buying those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 What, is there something wrong with their oplots? (Canned laughter from the audience) Zyklon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 So rumors are going around that THai army is buying those... What, is there something wrong with their oplots? (Canned laughter from the audience) For what it's worth, It's hardly a "rumor" at this point, considering none other then the Thai armed forces themselves have confirmed they've ordered an "undisclosed number" of MBT 3000s. According to them, the unrest in Ukraine is disrupting the delivery times of the Oplot-Ms they bought. Your prediction of the Ukrainian civil war benefiting the Chinese export market a while back was right Colli! http://thaiarmedforce.com/taf-military-news/53-rta-news/814-rta-signed-for-vt-4-mbt.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Doesn't MBT 3000 use a Ukrainian-made engine though? One of their trademark weird two-stroke opposed piston diesels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 No, it's uses a domestically made engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molota_477 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Chinese modern tank development diagram by VTYZCX in http://zhuangjiacheliang.com http://zhuangjiacheliang.com/data/attachment/forum/201605/02/165259xzjbjjkzqjet00tz.jpg LoooSeR and Khand-e 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 For some reason camo nets always do look like table cloths to me. Also, just more on the engine of the MBT-3000 Colli, it appears unique to the tank itself, as it was actually the MBT-2000 export tank that used a Ukrainian engine that runs at 1200 hp, It's power rating also isn't consistent with the Type-96 which has seen various engine upgrades from the 780 hp range, to 800 hp, to a 1,000hp engine (the 96A is significantly lighter then all 99 variants so it can get away with a lower hp engine) and the 99A and 99A2 (Da-Gai?) currently uses a 1,500 hp turbocharged diesel. The MBT-3000 also uses a turbocharged diesel, however it's smaller and rated lower at 1,300hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Interesting. Do we have any pictures of the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Not off hand, you can try asking Lightning but I'm not 100% sure he'd be allowed to post said images if he does have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Type 85 in use by Kuweit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 So Thailand bought 28 MBT-3000 that would be delivered until the end of this year, and looks like for 5 000 000$ per each (China may give something more than tanks, it seems to me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanagandr Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 While looking for whether or not it makes sense to put a fume extractor on a smaller caliber gun, google kept trying to let me know about China's new 'WORLD'S FASTEST TANK GUN' [lol]. I haven't found any sources on it that aren't pop news, is this a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Yeah it's a thing, Jeffery Lin, at least in the concept of general articles regarding the PLA is an accurate source. It could be an alternative to the 140mm they tried on the Type-99 previously, which had some unfavored drawbacks like magazine capacity loss. though, this being an L/60 gun, that alone may make it too much of a pain in the ass to equip to tanks that have to operate in urban settings, and it will have to deal with chamber pressures in excess of 100k PSI easily, the really big blue cartidge next to the smaller one? That's the cartridge intended for this gun, and it's around 1200mm long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 VT-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 STRNG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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