1/11/2024 0 Comments Chinas main battle tank![]() Quoting Russian media reports, it said five T-96Bs had arrived in Russia on July 7 to participate in the “Masters of Automobile and Tank Hardware competition”. IHS Jane added: “The new T-96B variant was revealed on Chinese online forums on 5 July by a blogger posting a video of the tank on its way to high altitude testing. In July, the IHS Jane website wrote about the tank, saying one of the country’s “biggest military manufacturers, China North Industries Corporation (Norinco), has developed a new variant of its Type 96 (ZTZ-96) main battle tank in time to participate in the 30 July to 16 August International Army Games organised by the Russian Ministry of Defence”. “The PLA will use it to replace the old tanks such as the Type-59 and Type-69 models.” “The Type-96B is the strongest variant of the Type-96 family and is truly an advanced, third-generation main battle tank,” Gao Zhuo, a Shanghai-based military analyst, told state-controlled China Daily newspaper. Military observers worldwide wait for the secretive PLA to reveal new weapons and equipment and it was the same with the new tank. The Type-96B – a new tank in the Type-96 family – is ready to replace its predecessors after performing well at ongoing war games organised by Russia. China currently has more than 7,000 battle tanks in service. ![]() China’s Type-96B main battle tank.(YouTube screengrab) An indigenously built Chinese battle tank that has created a buzz in military circles could become the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) primary tank of the future, reports said on Wednesday. ![]()
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