- Yes
- No
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- 10.7
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- 10.3
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- Not among them.
R&D history
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China and Pakistan officially signed the military trade contract for the 85-IIAP and also concluded a contract on helping Pakistan develop its third-generation main battle tank. Pakistan has made demands on Chinese designers, such as the technologies of automatic transmission and steering wheel control. Since China had previously manufactured the WZ1226 tank prototype and initially developed the automatic transmission technology and steering wheel control during the “784 Campaign”,The R&D process is not too loss. Additionally, China could purchase mature off-the-shelf products from European countries for use. Thus, in 1985, China imported the German LSG3000 automatic transmission and its matching transmission system, along with the German MTU331TC41 diesel engine. These were successively installed on the chassis of the WZ1224 tank prototype and the prototype chassis of the Type 80 tank, and were given the designations “BK1850” and “BK1851”. As the two test vehicles were in good condition, China decided to import another modified LSG3000 transmission and install it for testing. Subsequently, this test tank was named BK1871 and also served as the principle prototype of the 90-II tank. However, due to the deterioration of relations between the two countries, the plan to use the German power unit for the 90-II tank was cancelled and other available options were sought. The engineering code for the 90-II tank was then named BW123, and the main proposal was the third design and third prototype of the 90-II tank, with the engineering code BW123F4.
Introduce:
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Its main weapons were a 125mm tank gun, a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, with 39 spare rounds, using the electro-mechanical Carousel Autoloader, The engine uses the CV12-1200TCA diesel engine from the British Perkins Company, the maximum horsepower of the engine is 1200HP, and adopts the ESM500 integrated transmission system from France, In 1979, China and the British company Rolls-Royce (R.R) agreed to exchange a Type 59 tank for a CV12 engine and TN12 transmission. Transportation began in 1980. In early 1981, the British side claimed that the CV12 engine and TN12 transmission had sunk to the seabed due to an accident. Subsequently, China obtained the CV12 engine through alternative channels.In terms of armor protection, it employs composite armor meeting the Phase II Targets (China’s second-phase technical specifications for composite armor), the same type used in the MBT2000, ZTZ96, and ZTZ99 tanks. This Phase II Targets composite armor served as the primary armor system for China’s third-generation tanks. Large-scale armor plate production for this system was completed in July 1992, and it passed its design certification tests on July 20, 1992. From 1993 to 1996, it was progressively integrated into the Type 90II tanks. By 1995, this composite armor was specifically applied to the front upper hull armor of tanks. Based on the timeline, the Type 90II P3 likely utilized this armor on both the turret and the front upper hull armor. Additionally, the tank is outfitted with FY2 explosive reactive armor (ERA). The first FY2 finished product was manufactured in 1989, is a dual-threat protection ERA (effective against both kinetic energy and chemical energy munitions). In-game mechanics model it as capable of resisting 120mm kinetic energy (KE) rounds.
(The defensive capabilities provided by FY2)
(FY2)
(CV12)
(China’s first purchase of a CV12 engine sank due to a shipwreck)
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Country of origin: China
Number of members: 3
Tank weight: 48t
Main weapon: 125mm smoothbore gun X1
Secondary weapon :12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun X1
7.62mm coaxial machine gun X1
Spare shells: 39
Engine model: UK CV12-1200TCA
Maximum engine horsepower: 1200hp
Transmission model: French ESM500
Body length: 7m
Maximum tank length: 10.34m
Body width: 3.4m
Body height: 2m
Tank maximum climbing Angle: 60°
Tank across trench width: 3m
Height of tank over vertical wall: 0.85m
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