There’s the Thai tanker manual for the VT-4 that shows the maximum fire rate of the main gun to be 9 rounds per minute, which translates to 6.7/6.5 seconds. VT-4 shares components with the 99A so it isn’t far-fetched for the 99A to share an autoloader with the VT-4.
Reload is said by Gaijin to be a balancing factor anyway, such as the Stryker MGS having a 7.5 second reload when irl it can reload in 6 seconds. With the state of CN top tier tanks, I don’t think a reload buff is an unreasonable request.
But Gaijin (mainly its main developer) would say this: If the Kytay ZTZ99A and VT-4 are getting a buff to their autoloaders, so are the T-72B3 and T-90M
Which is nonsense becuase the 99A doesn’t have the exact same autoloader as the previous generation; upgrades took it to 9 rounds instead of 8 per minute. The russians just made one that accepts longer rounds for their tanks.
The single only good thing is their Mobility as of now but you cannot even make use of it to reach advantegous Spots due to their poor gun depression; even if they were buffed with Spall Liners / faster Reload / stronger Darts etc. you couldn’t make much use of the Mobility due to that.
And you always die to everything One-Hit with them. Almost every other MBT has better Armour alongside faster Reload and stronger Darts or Japans MBT no Armour either but fastest Reload and stronger Darts and good gun depression. Chinas just suck how they are now.
And if thats not bad enough you also only get like three 12BR MBTs compared to other not only getting better but also more and most other Nations also get more IFVs/Light Tanks alongside it while for China only ZBD04A from 10BR to take with you.
