Key point: China has finally fielded a first-class main battle tank. China has a lot of tanks. Like, eight to nine thousand of them. Who else would bother to maintain such a ridiculous number? The ...

China's Type 99 is a third-generation main battle tank designed to compete with state-of-the-art Western tanks.

Meet the Type 99: Over the last two decades, Beijing has worked tirelessly to design and develop homegrown counters to America’s formidable airframes. In order to challenge U.S. air superiority, ...

Three years earlier China completed development of the Type 99A2. This model had improved reactive armor, as well as fixes to the engine, electronics and mechanical components. This was China's most ...

This project exists thanks to donations. Support him! Patreon: <a href=" Donation: <a href=" NFT: <a href=" The Type 99A is a Chinese main battle tank. It is an improved version of the Type 99, which ...

The Type 99 tank is China’s most advanced armored vehicle, designed to rival the world’s best. Built by Norinco and introduced in 2001, it represents decades of military development. The latest model, ...

New Chinese Type 99 tank. Actually, it should just be called the Type 98I, as there is a new Chinese amphibious light tank also called the Type 99.

Syria had close to 5,000 battle tanks in 2008 before the Civil War that ravaged the country. During the conflict, the Syrian armed forces suffered heavy losses, which included an estimated 2,000 tanks ...

Two tank sightings about one month (and thousands of miles) apart are pretty unsettling indicators of U.S.-Chinese relations at the moment. But these aren't exactly your run-of-the-mill main battle ...