ZTZ-100 or Type 100. Formerly known as "ZTZ-201" or "New Chinese MBT"

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well, this is not a very good example.
also, smaller turret with very limited protection also saves a lot of weight. for tank’s weight, it’s just about managing what need to add and what need to cut off.
but yes, 35t is still a surprise for everyone, most guess is 40.

in this situation, battery isn’t the main power source, won’t be so heavy, most time the engine drives the generator to power the motor. and for lithium iron phosphate battery, it’s not so dangerous, when it’s hit, it just smoke and heating, about 300℃, diesel also burns so it’s acceptable

I don’t think so. the combat weight(战斗全重) means fully loaded with everything in Chinese standard.

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Between the rotating interceptor craddle and the charge autoloader Trophy gets rather heavy. GL-6 is just the mount + rocket based interceptors. Iron Fist (same overall phylosophy) is also credited to being significantly lighter than Trophy, only not adopted then because it was less mature.

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This might be an interesting video about this new tonk.