The vehicle is equipped with smoke grenade launchers, NBC system and fire suppression system in the fighting compartments. The ERA is also mounted across the front of the hull. The new ERA is mounted along the sides of the turret and continues along the side of the stowage racks for increased protection. The vehicle is fitted with a new Explosive Reactive Armour that is believed to be capable of defeating tandem charged (x2 warheads in the missile) Anti-Tank weapons. Type 99A2 Protection Type 99A2 Turret Armorįeaturing an improved composite armor over the front of the hull and turret, the Type 99A2 has a new shaped modular front on its turret.

It’s not fully clear the status of the project other than there have been complications with cracking in the main gun system. The main gun is fed by an autoloader similar in design to that of other Type 99 and is cable of storing 22 rounds of ammunition with additional rounds stored in the turret in an unspecified location.Ĭhina has been developing a 140mm Main Gun for the Type 99A2, hence its higher turret roof and large gun mantle. Secondary weapons are a 7.62mm coaxial Machine Gun and a 12.7mm Machine Gun mounted on the Commanders cupola. The Type 99A2 is capable of firing the Refleks through its main gun to a range of 5.5km and is guided via an integrated fire control unit in the main Fire Control System. The Type 99A2 has a Commanders Independent Sight giving it a full hunter killer capability often reffered to as a 3rd generation Main Battle Tank.Ĭhina is a licenced manufacturer of the 9M119M Refleks Anti-Tank Guided Missile. It has the latest generation of Thermal Sights, new ballistic computer and DVE-BS cross wind sensors. The 1A45T Fire Control System is an improved version of those used in earlier Type 99. It is a calibre Length 50 and capable of firing a range of rounds including a new APFSDS with a reported muzzle velocity of 1780 m/s.

The Type 99A2 uses an improved ZPT98 series 125mm smoothbore main gun. In comparision to earlier Type 99 Tanks it has a number of changes in terms of firepower, mobility, protection and technology resulting in dimensional changes in the hull and turret sizes. Development started in 2003 with trials of the vehicle starting sometime in 2007 or thereafter. The Chinese Type 99A2 is the most modern Main Battle Tank in service with the Peoples Liberation Army.

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