| 红色铁骑——中国99式主战坦克/Chinese Type-99 main battle tank SPECIFICATIONS: Crew: 3 Weight: 54 tonnes Engine: 1500hp liquid cooled diesel Transmission: Mechanical, planetary Track: Metallic with RMSh, with rubber-tyred road wheels Suspension: Torsion bar Radio: Receive/transmit, telephone, laser communications Dimension: Length: 11.00m; Height: 2.20m; Width: 3.40m Cruising range: 450km, or 600km with external tanks Speed: Max road 80km/h; max off-road 60km/h; average cross-country 35~40km/h Fording depths: 5m with snorkel Main gun: 125mm smoothbore with 41 rounds It can fire armour-piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), high explosive anti-tank (HEAT), high explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG) projectiles, depleted uranium (DU) rounds and also AT-11 laser-guided anti-tank missiles (ATGM)! Rate of fire: 8 rounds/min (autoloader), 1~2 r/min (manual load) Auxiliary weapon: One coaxial 7.62mm machine gun; one 12.7mm air-defence machine gun Fire control: (Laser Defence system) - Laser rangefinder input, onboard computer, wind sensor, and control panel |