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Type 96

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align="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" |Image:Type96.jpg|250px|The Type 96
align="center" colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD"|General Characteristics
Length: 10.28 metre|m
Width: 3.45 m
Height: 2.30 m
Weight: 48 tons
Speed: Max road: 57 km/h<br>Max off-road: 45 km/h<br>Average cross-country: 35 km/h
Range: 700 km<br>900 km with external tanks
Primary<br/>armament: 125mm smoothbore gun
Rate of fire: 6-8 rounds/min
Secondary<br/>armament: One 7.62mm coaxial machine gun<br/>One 12.7mm air-defence machine gun
Fire control: Laser rangefinder input,<br>onboard computer,<br>wind sensor
Radio: Receive/transmit, telephone
Power plant: 730 horsepower|hp diesel engine
Transmission: Mechanical, Epicyclic gearing|planetary
Track: Metallic with RMSh,<br>with rubber-tyred road wheels
Suspension: Torsion spring|Torsion bar
Fording depth: 1.4 m unprepared<br>2.4 m with snorkel
Crew: 3

Also known as the Type 88C, the Type 96 is the final development variant of China|China's second generation main battle tank (MBT), with certain performance approaching the standard of the third generation MBTs. It inherits features of the previous second generation MBT that China developed, including the Type 85 and Type 88 series.




Type 85
Type 88|Type 80 chassis plus welded turret prototype.

Type 85-I
Production version with heat sleeve for main gun.

Type 85-II
Adopted all solid-state electronics.

Type 85-IIA
Developed for Pakistan, same as Type 85-II but integrates Weston Simfire 2 training equipment.

Type 85-IIM
First version with the Autoloader|autoloading 125mm smoothbore gun. Exported to Pakistan.

Type 85-III
Prototype upengined to 1,000 hp diesel. New explosive reactive armour|reactive armor installed.

Type 88B
Domestic version of the Type 85-III with a 105mm smoothbore gun in use with People's Liberation Army Ground Force|PLA.

Type 96 (Type 88C)
A Type 88B version with a 125mm smoothbore gun PLA



  • http://www.china-defense.com/armor/type88c/88C01.html Type 88C Main Battle Tank: A Photo Essay - China-Defense.com

  • http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/type-96.htm Type 96 Main Battle Tank - GlobalSecurity.org

  • http://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type96.asp Type 96 Main Battle Tank - Chinese Defence Today



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Last Modified:   2005-11-04


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