Most models are equipped with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, and a coaxial 7.62 medium machine gun.Ĭould an unleashed Type 99 hold its own against a meaner-than-a-junkyard-dog M1 Abrams? It is a valid question. We are told it can track incoming warheads and anti-tank missiles from 100 meters away and shoots two small interceptors at incoming missiles. It also has an active protection system, called the GL5 Active Protection System. The Type 99 has composite panel armor as well as appliqué Explosive-Reactive armor (ERA) panels that could probably defeat tandem-charge warheads, the report said. The Abram’s Rheinmetal 120mm gun, equipped with M829 depleted-uranium rounds, can penetrate around 15-25% more armor. Although both the 99 and 99A are quite similar, the turret armor was improved. Norinco also developed the improved Type 99A variant in the mid-2000s.
Because of its relatively low weight (the Type 99 weighs around 55 tons, whereas the heaviest M1 Abrams variant tips the scales at over 70 tons), the Type 99 enjoys good mobility, the report said. The Type 99 comes equipped with a 1,500-hp diesel engine. In contrast to the majority of NATO countries, which typically have 120 millimeter main guns, the Type 99 has a slightly larger 125 millimeter cannon with an autoloader. The autoloader is responsible for reducing the crew to three. What they’ve been able to do with the Type 99 is impressive. The Type 99 was designed and built by Norinco, a Chinese state-owned defense company. The Office of the Secretary of Defense concurred, saying in 2019 that “China can produce ground weapon systems at or near world-class standards however, quality deficiencies persist with some exported equipment, which is limiting China’s ability to broadly expand export markets.”
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