According to the news released by the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, the Russian "Oriental-2018" strategic exercise that was invited to participate in this military is the largest strategic exercise organized by the Russian military in recent years. This time is also the largest outbound performance in the history of our military. Our army has a military force of about 3,200 troops, and has invested more than 1,000 vehicles including 99 tanks, 30 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
The content of this exercise has been expanded from the previous "joint anti-terrorism" to traditional security issues such as "organizing joint defense and counterattack". Compared with the previous "Peace Mission" exercise, this time the strategic exercise level is higher, the scale is larger, the elements are more complete, and the unity is higher - marking the level of political strategic mutual trust and military cooperation between China and Russia reaching a record high.
99 type main battle tank debuted in the east 2018 strategic exercise picture
The Sino-Russian joint military exercise was staged at the Russian training ground in Chugor. At the time of the golden autumn, the Chugor grassland presents a scene of high altitude. "The ground iron armor broke into the air" and "the air warplane roared". This scene was carried out almost simultaneously, adding a lot of "fireworks" to Chugor.
In this exercise, a series of heavyweight "star" equipment of our army were all stunningly displayed. Among them, the domestic 99 improved main battle tank was the most eye-catching. So, let's take a look at the things of our Army's 99-type main battle tank.
china 99 type main battle tank picture
We learned from the Internet that the comprehensive performance of the 99-type main battle tank reached the mainstream level of the international third-generation main battle tank. The debut of the 99 tanks was on the National Day parade in the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1991. It also participated in the military parade of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It has also appeared in the Sino-Russian joint military exercise many times.
The Type 99 main battle tank is equipped with the latest domestic 125mm smoothbore gun, automatic loader, advanced command fire control system and high-powered engine. It can launch three different types of shells - tungsten alloy tail stabilizer shelling armor-piercing projectile , armor-piercing ammunition and grenades. It emits the third generation of long-diameter tungsten alloy tail stabilizers, and the initial speed is up to 1,780 meters per second. Moreover, it can penetrate 850 mm thick at a distance of two kilometers. Homogeneous armor.
tungsten alloy tail stabilizer stable shelling armor piercing projectile picture
It is reported that the Type 99 main battle tank is equivalent in firepower to the M1A2 and Leopard 2A6. Our Army's Type 99 tanks are available in basic, first-stage, second-stage, and third-stage (99A) models. One of the main ways to distinguish the Type 99 tank model is to look at the turret. He said: "The 99 main battle tanks use welded turrets. Since then, improvements have been made to improve the turrets to improve tank protection, so we can distinguish the different types of tanks according to turret changes."
He also said: "The basic turret of the 99 main battle tank is best identified. It is a square turret. From the front, it is more similar to the M1 main battle tank. The first phase of the 99 main battle tank is a tapered wedge turret. Compared with the basic type, the biggest change is to add additional armor in the tank turret and the car body. The 99 main battle tank is improved in the second phase, and compared with the first-stage improvement type, the parallel machine gun leaves less blank space. 99A, Still a mystery."
russian T-72B3 tank picture
This time, the main battle tank that our army participated in was not the 99A modified tank that many people thought, but it should be the 99 second-stage improved main battle tank. Of course, the 99-stage modified tank also showed the overall performance of the T-72B3 main battle tank superior to the Russian military in the exercise, although it is not the latest main battle tank of our army.
type 99 main battle tank in the chugor grassland picture
For example, the Russian T-72B3 tank captain is not equipped with a night vision system, only the gunner is equipped, so the captain needs to obtain images from the gunner night vision system. From this point of view, the battlefield situational awareness of the 99th phase of the improved tank is better than that of the T-72B3 tank. It is equipped with a vehicle-length day and night observation mirror, so that the captain can independently observe the battlefield situation and instruct the gunner to strike the target without much trouble.
Finally, let's take a look at the German "Focus" weekly website titled "The World's Strongest Tanks" ranking, ranking 10th to the first place for Ukraine's "Opirot", Russia's T-90 main battle tank Israel's "Meikava 4" main battle tank, France's Leclerc main battle tank, Japan's 10 main battle tank, South Korea's K-2 Panther main battle tank, Russia's T-14 Amata main battle Tanks, China's 99-type main battle tank, Germany's Leopard 2A7 main battle tank and the US M1A2 "Abrams".
