Yeah this looks a lot bigger than the ZTZ-100, Possibly 120,125 or even 130mm?
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It don’t look nearly that big lol it has a thermal sleeve on
There has been a public sighting of a demonstrator?/prototype? of a heavier Type 100 variant with 7 road wheels and what looks like a 125mm gun. Though thats not the tank in the pic in question which is a normal 6 wheeled Type 100.
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That’s far too thin… That covering is thick asf. I doubt HIGHLY that being a 125mm…
so how much armor does the lower plate have?
about 100~300mm.
time to go do the apple trick to confirm
Theres been some news regarding Type 100 armor. Firstly the following pic got published in the last weeks, the front base armor cavity is well visible and indicates up to which point it reaches back into the hull:
Assuming a roller wheel diameter of 600mm (calculated by someone else with high degree of confidence), what we have is a modular reactive armor about 450mm thick + 250mm of base armor for a total of 700mm of armor overall.
And in case anyone wanted to know, I just estimated Type 100 combined KE armor protection based on year to year progression of thickness-effectiveness ratio from past tank models and my results range from 692mm on the lowest end and 745mm on the highest with 722mm being the average result. I´m optimistic on the real value being closer to 745mm and perhaps even higher (because of the inherent limitations of my method and the lack of statistical samples for PLA ERA progression forecast).
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What’s the HP/T ratio? If this is a light tank with 69m KE protection that’s kinda nuts. Especially if that’s where the crew is.
I had forgotten we already have an official chart with specific protection values (already added to the first post). Long story short, 700mm KE on the full front at the full combat weight of 35 tonnes. On the other hand, from presentations related to its engine -HPD110- we can calculate 1085HP . That means Type 100 has a power to weight ratio of 31HP/t at its full combat weight, which not only substantiates a maximum speed of 85 km/h but also unparalleled acceleration also because of its electric transmission.
At its basic level 1 configuration it would be even more bonkers up to 38.75 HP/t.
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That just doesnt make any sense to be true, for example we know soviet Object 477 was slinging it’s 152mm shots into the breach in 4 seconds.
Or how T-64 going from 115mm to 125mm didnt change the reload time one bit.
Lmao that’s an insane hp/t ratio for an MBT
not really an MBT, its not gonna replace the 99´s
afaik it gonna replace the 59 and 69 where the 99 cant go
Thanks that it’s not 67
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And 96. In terms of hard stats its almost a 99A but at half its weight. Thats a remarkable engineering feat. And yeah, in practical terms it will become the main tank for the PLA.
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I remember it’s 1200HP?
Thats not a figure that shows up in currently available sources. We only know from sources the 88 kW/L and the cilinder dimensions, from which we can calculate around 1085HP. Do note that with 35 tonnes at its heaviest configuration, even with 1085HP the hp/t ratio is already bonkers, without getting into the extra benefits electrical transmissions get in terms of acceleration.
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If we assume that is a series parallel then isn’t the ICE output irrelevant?
that’s how 1200HP was get. The engine has a cylinder bore of 110 mm, 10 cylinders, piston stroke of 110 mm, specific power output of 88 kW/L. The calculated output is 920 kW, equivalent to 1251 HP.
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