Monday, April 22, 2013

Is China about to introduce a new tank?

Circula Trubia Blog is reporting that the Chinese are about to introduce a new tank.  They speculate that its a light tank but I can't tell by the images and there isn't much in the background to give a decent size perspective (I don't know the various sizes of Chinese structures or I'd give it a better guess-estimate).  What I do know is that it has certain "Western" design features and the lead that the allies once had when it comes to heavy armor seems to be eroding.







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  1. That looks pretty light to me. Not very far off the ground and the treads don't look very big. Wide and squat.

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  2. I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure that's the MBT3000 which is their new MBT at 52 tons with a 125mm. I believe it's an upgraded version of MBT2000 which is also known as the Al Khalid as used by Pakistan which itself evolved from the Type 90II. Both models use a Ukrainian engine although the MBT3000 has more hp.

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