Type 99A Tank side turret armor on front and storage racks Type 99 Tank without its Modular Turret Armor similar to the Type 99A Tank Modular Turret Armor with ERA attached to it from the Type 99 It’s not fully clear the status of the project other than there have been complications with cracking in the main gun system. Its rumoured that China has been developing a 140mm Main Gun for the Type 99A Tank series, hence its higher turret roof and large gun mantle. The autoloader reduces the vehicles crew to x3 (Commander, Gunner and Driver). The main gun is fed by an autoloader similar in design to that of other Type 98/99 Tanks, storing 22 rounds of ammunition with additional rounds stored in the turret in an unspecified location. Secondary weapons are a 7.62mm coaxial Machine Gun and a 12.7mm Machine Gun mounted on the Commanders cupola. The Type 99A 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 refered to as a 3rd generation Main Battle Tank.Ĭhina is a licence 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. The main gun is also fitted with a muzzle refrence system. 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 99A uses an improved ZPT98 series 125mm smoothbore main gun.
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