T-98Gai, 830mm CE Rnd: 800mm, T-98Gai, 1060mmĪrmament: MAIN GUN: 125mm smoothbore cannon/missile Performance: SPEED, about 60 km/h, RANGE, about 450kmĪrmor: Frontal arc of turret in RHA: KE Round, 700mm, Weight: 51 tons Engine: 1,200hp diesel, perhapsīased on British Perkins technology power to weight ratio, 23.5hp/ ton Status: T-98 in limited service, T-98Gai in production Ukraine and the PLA later cooperated on Pakistan's Al Kalid tanks.įoreign Influence on PLA T-98 Main Battle Tank Tank with a British diesel engine, but a defective turret in hot weather caused In 1997 the PLA lost out to the Ukraine's T-80UD in a hotly contested battle for Pakistan's new tank. PLA failures duringĮxport competitions point to a continued requirement to acquire and absorb new Laser-guided 9M117 REFLEKS tank gun-launched missile. It would have also served to introduce the Improved armor protection, a better 125 mm gun and space for additional rounds Turbine engine-probably the only tank to be so powered in the PLA. The T-80U emerged in 1988 and is powered by a gas Subsequent reports or publicly available image information that would confirmīut if this sale had occurred, in the T-80U China would have received a modern Russian main battle tank with many features that China had yet to develop indigenously. However, since this report there have been no "Fist" Army units to develop new tactics and doctrine, and to learn fromĪdvanced Russian technology. If true, China may have purchased a small number of T-80U tanks to outfit a few Of the T-80U and other armored equipment to include the BMP-3, Smerch MLRSĪnd a 152 mm self-propelled artillery gun. This sale could have followed a reported late 1993 Russian display in Beijing Jane's reported that China purchased 200 T-80U tanks in late1993 that were delivered by 1995. Laser-guided anti-tank missiles, 5km range 1 x 12.7 mm MG with 450 With up to 39 rounds up to 6 x 9M119 REFLEKS (AT-11 SNIPER) gun-launched Performance: road speed, 70 km/h, range, 335 kmĪrmament: MAIN GUN : 125 mm cannon/missile launcher Weight: 46 tons Engine: 1,250 hp gas turbine Status: reports that in 1993 the PLA purchased 200 T-80U
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