Key point: Beijing’s finest tank is nearly as good as what America can field. China has a lot of tanks. Like, eight to nine thousand of them. Who else would bother to maintain such a ridiculous number ...
Small drones packed with explosives have proven to be a major threat to armored vehicles in Ukraine. Both sides of the conflict have built cages around their tanks to give them added protection. One ...
However, the majority of Beijing’s tanks are old designs, particularly Type 59 and 69 tanks more or less directly copied from the 50s-era Soviet T-54 tank. Such is their profligacy that I once had the ...
The first images that come to mind when one thinks of a tank are typically a top-mounted cannon, treads, and of most importance to those inside, armor. The concept of a mobile vehicle protected by ...
January 23, 2019: At the end of 2018 the new Chinese ZTQ 15 light tank was officially accepted into army service. A month earlier large and accurate scale models of the ZTQ 15 were put on display at ...
The autoloader is more advanced than on the previous Type 90 MBT. The Type 10 fires newly developed armor-piercing ammunition. It is compatible with all standard 120 mm NATO tank ammunition. Secondary ...
December 19, 2025: Recently a prototype/test version of a new 55-ton hybrid-powered Chinese tank was revealed. It appeared to be a variant on the current Type 99A tank. The new tank is reported to ...
-China showcased its new Type 100 main battle tank during its massive Victory Day parade, a platform state media is calling the nation's first "highly intelligent" armored vehicle. -The new tank ...
A grainy screen grab taken from a dash cam video shot from inside a Mexican security forces vehicle during the ambush on November 19. This offers another view of the Narco Tank with the additional ...
The war in Ukraine has generated renewed interest in the role of tanks on the modern battlefield. Even before the war, some militaries were developing "light tanks" to complement heavier main battle ...