Chinese Type 99A (ZTZ99A) Main Battle Tank

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

    Chinese  Type 99A (ZTZ99A) Main Battle tank

 

 

 Introduction: 

 

 Hi There! Today I will be suggesting the Type 99A or the ZTZ99A Main Battle Tank.  DISCLAIMER, the Type 99 (ZTZ99) 1999 early production has already been postponed, but this is another variant of Type 99 which is the Type 99A so that it will not be confusing for other people who are reading this suggestion. So the Type 99A is basically like an upgraded version or an improved version of Type 99 Main Battle Tank. But the Chinese also referred to this tank called “Type 99A2” or “ZTZ99A2”. So this tank is also the third generation, just like the regular Type 99 Main Battle Tank. I hope you enjoy my suggestion! 

 

  History: 

 

So the History of Type 99A is that this tank started developing after the Chinese Military finished developing the regular Type 99 MBT when the development was finished in 2001 and entered service in 2001 until the present day. So this tank started developing two years later after the Regular Type 99 MBT tank entered service, so the Chinese Military started developing the Type 99A MBT in the year 2003. So this tank was developed by the China North Industries Corporation and the 201 Institute and it was built for the Chinese Military to use in battles or missions. Then while when they were done building the tank, 4 years later in the year 2007, the Chinese Military started testing their new prototype Main Battle Tank to see that if their prototype is ready for service or to see that if their new prototype was successful or not. Then 8 years later, in September 2015, this tank was first unveiled to the public or first introduced in the Chinese Military Parade in Beijing, China to reveal their new prototype tank that was gonna enter service. The Capital of China. But I am not sure if I am correct or not but when I search up google about this tank, I saw that this tank entered service in the year 2011 that it was collected from Wikipedia but I’d say it is probably not true because sometimes Wikipedia information is not always correct so I’d say it did not enter service in the year 2011. But what I think is that this tank entered service in the year 2015 because since it was introduced in a Chinese Military Parade in the year 2015, I am assuming that this tank entered service in the year 2015 until the present day. Also since this tank has the most modern tank for the Chinese Military to use which I am assuming that the Chinese use the Type 99A more than the regular Type 99 since the Type 99A is an upgraded and improved version of the regular Type 99. 

 

  Design: 

 

 Design and Protection:

 

So the Design of the Tank is that the Type 99A is very similar to the Russian MBT because the driver compartment is at the front, the fighting compartment and the turret are in the center, the power pack is at the rear. So this tank has a crew of 3 which are the Driver, Commander, and the Gunner. So the Driver sits or located at the Front left of the hull that the driver sits where the Type 96 MBT that the driver sits in the Front Left of the Hull while the other two crew members are seated in the turret. So the Commander sits on the right side of the turret and the gunner sits on the left side of the turret. So it means that it has an autoloading system and the autoloading system is right below  the turret, just like where the shell is located for Russian MBT such as T72, T80, and the T90. So the first Ammo Stowage is 22 rounds which means that 22 rounds in total are ready to fire and other rounds are placed inside the tank’s hull. So the Tank can fire 8 rounds per minute which means that the reload rate is still gonna be the same as the regular Type 99 which is 7.5 seconds because since one minute is 60 seconds and this tank can fire 8 rounds per minute that you will have to divide, so 60 divided by 8 equals 7.5. So the shell or the round are placed on the bottom, while the charges are placed on top of the shell that when it loads, it loads like an elevator that the shell is placed inside first then the charges are placed inside the gun breach. So it just loads the same as the Soviet T72's and the T90's. So the Hull and the Turrets armor is all-welded steel armor. Also, this tank has an improved composite armor over the front of the hull and the turret. So that it can have more protection against Guided Missiles and Rockets. Also, this tank has new Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) named  FY-5 ERA Protection that the new ERA this tank is equipped has more protection than the regular Fy-4 ERA which is equipped from the previous Type 99's.  Also, the ERA contains 1,000mm to 1,200mm of armor from any missiles. The Type 99A's ERA is a lot bigger than the regular Type 99 and the turret of this tank is a lot bigger than the Type 99. But the Length of the Type 99A is a lot shorter than the regular Type 99. The turret of the Type 99A has improved a lot that when a shell or any shell like the German DM53 APFSDS shell hits your turret, it would be really impossible to penetrate because of the ERA's, so the turret armor has improved. Also, the turret armor has improved by when you see the regular Type 99 that the gun breach is very opened that it could easily be broken or destroyed that the Type 99A's gun breach is not like that anymore. The area of the opened space Gun breach for the regular Type 99 is now covered with ERA for the Type 99A. I believe that the Type 99A's Front Armor, Upper Front plate armor is the same, and the lower front plate is still the same. But if a shell hits your lower plate with an APFSDS round, it would ammo rack you because the ammo is placed below the crew members, which is not good. But if you didn't bring a lot of ammunition, it would kill your driver and your engine or transmission will be destroyed. The side armor isn't that great that it is not that strong because it could also be ammo racked when any type of shell hits your side armor.

 

   

    

Armament and Firepower:

 

So the Armament and the Firepower of the Type 99A are first the main cannon of the tank is 125mm cannon gun that can fire APFSDS (Armored Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot) Rounds, HE-FRAG (High Explosive Fragmentation)Rounds, and HEAT FS( High Explosive Anti-Tank Fin Stabilized) Rounds that have a muzzle velocity of 1780 m/s. The name of the rounds that the Type 99A can fire are 125-I APFSDS round, 125-II (DTW-125) APFSDS round, there is another export variant of the DTW-125 APFSDS round which is called the 125-IIM(DTW-125M) APFSDS round, there is another APFSDS round that the Type 99A can fire is called the 125-III (DTC10-125) APFSDS round that we do not have in the game yet, it can fire the DTP-124 HEAT-FS, DTB-125 HE-FRAG, and this tank can fire the a ATGM called the GP125 ATGM. So the GP125 ATGM is like the 9M119 Refleks missile but China has built the same variant missile under license that it was designed from and it was built from NORINCO. So basically the Chinese MBT's with 125mm Gun can fire the GP125 ATGM.  So the Missile was build or manufactured to destroy ERA Fitted tanks and they were used to destroy low flying air targets like Helicopters. But the missile has a maximum range of 5km. So it means that the Missile was built by the Russian Army, but they have built it in China or manufactured it in China. So the Missile’s effective range is around 100m - 4,000m. So the Type 99A has an autoloading system, which means that it has a total of the crew member of 3 which is the Driver, Commander, and the Gunner.  So the secondary weapons for the Type 99A are first the tank’s Secondary weapons is equipped with one 7.62mm Type 86 Coaxial machine that is mounted or placed to the right of the 125mm main cannon of the Type 99A tank. Second, the Type 99A Secondary weapon is also equipped with one 12.7mm OJC Type 88 heavy machine gun that is placed or mounted on the Commander’s cupola that it just uses the same machine gun as the Type 96.  Also, this tank is equipped with 5 smoke grenades dischargers on each side that are mounted on side of the turret on each side which means that there are 10 smoke grenades in total. This tank is equipped with 2 smoke screenings on the back of the Tank too, just like the Russian MBT's such as the T54.  Last, the Gun Depression and the Elevation of this tank is like around -7-8 degrees and 14 degrees. So it has a better Gun depression than the Type 99 or the ZTZ99.   

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese GP125 ATGM: 

 

 

  

 

  Mobility: 

 

 The Type 99A uses a 150HB turbocharged diesel engine that has 1,500hp. The engine of the tank weighs like 27.78 tons and the tank weighs like 54 tons. So this tank can negotiate 60% gradient and 30% of side slopes.  The max speed of the tank when using this engine on road is 80km/h and the cross country speed of 65 km/h. So this tank only takes like 12 seconds to reach the speed of 34km/h. So this tank has 6 forward gears and 3 reverse gears, which means that the reverse speed can be really fast that it has 34km/h of the reverse speed. So  9 gears in total. Also, the Type 99A is equipped with the CH-1000 Automatic Transmission system. This tank suspension of the Type 99A can consist six rubber-tired road wheels with a driver’s sprocket at the rear of the tank, an idler is at the front of the tank and it has four tracked return rollers. All the road wheels are provided with special hydraulic shock absorbers. The upper suspension is covered by armored skirts.

 

  

 

 

Accessories: 

 

 The Type 99A Accessories are this tank has Thermal sights or Thermal Imaging, it as Night Vision, and this tank’s gun is stabilized or this tank has a Two planed stabilizer, just like the other MBT's. So the Gunner's and the Commander’s sights have thermal sights that it also has a stabilizer or it has a two plane stabilizer, but I am not sure that if I am correct or not but there are some videos that I have heard that this tank has Generation 3 or Gen 3 Thermals for both Commander and Gunner because I have heard one video that says that this tank has a new thermal sight or a improved thermal sight, which means that this tank will have Generation 3 Thermal Sights for MBT's in the game unless if this gets added into the future. The Commander is capable of firing the Main Gun when the Gunner of the Crew is killed during in Action or in War. Also, this tank is equipped with a laser range finder, a ballistic computer, and a meteo mast sensor. This tank has the JD-3 laser warning system when enemy helicopters fire a missile So the Type 99A includes an NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) protection system, fire detection, and a suppression system. Type 99A can cross waters or rivers of a maximum of 4.5 meters deep. Last this tank is equipped with a JD-3 Infrared jammer that is mounted at the base of the top of the gun barrel so that it can Jam Anti Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) such as Western HOT, TOW, and MILAN Missiles when an enemy fires a missile. Also, A laser jamming device is mounted or place on the turret roof at the back of the gunner’s hatch which can either be operated by the Gunner or the Commander that can neutralize the enemy’s optics or it can blind an enemy gunner. It can also have the ability to jam high angled anti-tank helicopters. But the device that can Jam the enemy's missile is different than the shape will be different. So for the regular Type 99 Device is the one that is shaped like a rectangle but the Type 99A's Device is the one that looks like the Cylinder one. It is placed behind Gunner's cupola that the Gunner and the Commander can control it.

 

This is the device that can Jam Enemy's Missile, it can blind the enemy's gunner, and it can damage the enemy's optics. 

 

   Regular Type 99 Device that can Jam the Enemy's missile picture: 

 

 

  Type 99A Device that can Jam the Enemy's missile picture: 

 

 

 

 

Commanders and the Gunners System: 

  

 

Thermal Imaging System Device: 

 

 

Specifications: 

 

 General: 

 

• Country of Origin: China

• Designer Country: China

• Country Users: China

• Crew Members: 3 (Driver, Commander, and Gunner) 

 

 Armament and Firepower: 

 

• Main Gun:  One 125mm Cannon

• Stabilizer: Two plane Stabilizer for the Gunners Sight and Commanders Sight

• Elevation: -7-8 / +14

• Secondary Weapon: One 7.62 mm Type 86 Coaxial Machine Gun and One 12.7mm QJC Type 88 Heavy Machine Gun. 

• Fire what rounds: APFSDS, HEAT FS, HEAT FRAG, and GP125 Guided Missile.

• Name of the rounds: 125-I APFSDS, 125-II (DTW-125) APFSDS, 125-IIM (DTW-125M) APFSDS, 125-III  (DTC10-125) APFSDS, DTP-125 HEAT-FS round, DTB-125 HE-FRAG round, and the GP125 Guided Missile Round. 

• Ammunition or Rounds Storage: 38 rounds in total (22 Rounds ready to fire in an autoloader for the Main cannon) 2,000 rounds of the 7.62 mm machine gun and 300 rounds in total for the 12.7mm machine gun. 

• Smoke Grenades: Yes, 10 Smoke Grenades (5 Smoke Grenades on Each side) and it has two Smoke Screening on the back of the tank. 

 

Mobility: 

 

•   Engine: 150HB turbocharged 1500hp Diesel 

• Transmission: CH-1000 Automatic Transmission System

• Top Road Speed: 80 km/h

• Top Reverse Speed: 34km/h

• Road Range: 600km (800Km with External Tanks) 

• Fuel Capacity: 1245  Liters

• Vertical Obstacle: 1.3m

• Water Capacity: 1m (4.5m with Snorkel) 

• Trench Crossing: 3m

• Gradient: 60%

• Side Slope: 30% 

• Number of Forwarding Gears: 6

• Number of Reverse Gears: 3

 

   Dimensions: 

 

•  Length Gun Forwards: 10m

• Length Hull: 6.9m

• Width: 3.7m (with side skirts) 

• Height: 2.35m (rood top) 

• Ground Clearance: 0.5m

• Weight: 58,000kg aka 58 tone combat

 

     Protection: 

 

•  NBC Protected: Yes

• Armor Type: Steel/Compositor/Modular/Explosive Reactive Armor 

• Active Protection System: Yes

 

      Accessories: 

 

• Thermal Sights Or Thermal Imaging: Generation 3 Thermals sights for the Gunners and the Commanders Sight

• Night Vision: Yes (For all three crew) 

• Laser Range Finder: Yes (For the Commander and the Gunners Sight) 

• Laser Warning System: Yes

• Active Protection System: Yes

• Ballistic Computer: Yes

• Jamming System: Yes it is called the JD-3 Device 

 

In-Game: 

 

      If this tank gets added into the game in the future, it would be really good because the Chinese Techtree in-game only has 2 Rank VII vehicles in the game which are the ZTZ99, PGZ04A, and the ZLT-11. So if this tank gets added into the game, we can know have all tanks in the same that has the same variant as the past MBT's in the game, like for example the M1 Abrams, M1A1 Abrams, and the M1A2 Abrams. But all of them are the same Variant, so it is like the ZTZ99 (1999 or the Early Production), ZTZ99, ZTZ99A unless if it gets added into the game. But I am hoping that the ZTZ99A will be added into the game soon. Also for the firepower, since this tank can fire 4 APFSDS rounds in total which is called the 125-I, 125-II (DTW-125), 125-II (DTW-125M Phase 2 Round) and the 125-III APFSDS (DTC10-125), while this tank can fire the same HEAT rounds as the regular Type 99 which is called the DTB-125 and the DTP-125, and also this tank can fire the GP125 ATGM. But the 125-I APFSDS round is probably not necessary that should be added to the Type 99A since this vehicle already has 4 APFSDS Rounds and usually there are only three APFSDS rounds in one tank. But that is optional for the regular 125-I APFSDS round. In my opinion, the DTB-125 and the DTP-125 HEAT Rounds should be stock Modifications as always, but to be honest with you if the 125-I round gets added into the Type 99A, it should be as stock round because since this tank has like 466mm of Penetration, so there is kind of no point researching or grinding it. But this is my advice. So for the DTW-125 , the same round as the ZTZ99 should be a Tier 1 modification while the GP125 ATGM Missile should be a Tier 2 Modification, The DTW-125M that has not also been added into the game that is the export variant of the DTW-125 should be added as a tier 3 modification, and last the brand new type of shell that is not added into the game called the DTC10-125 APFSDS should be a tier 4 modification as always because that is the strongest APFSDS round for the Type 99A. So again this is my advice or suggestion. So this vehicle should be an 11.0 BR tank after when researching the ZTZ99, But maybe we will get to see it in the future! Also this tank would be nice if it gets added into the game along with some other Chinese Tanks that is used in the PLA army such as the Type 96B MBT, Type 99 MBT (1999 or the Early Production), VT4 MBT, VT5 Light Tank, ZTQ-15 Light Tank, Type 88 MBT, Type 85 MBT, Type 80 MBT, and including Chinese IFV's such as the ZBD-04 or the ZBD-04A etc! Also in my opinion after writing this content I think this tank might be one of the best MBT in the game because this tank has really good firepower, good mobility, good survivability, and good fire control system that this tank might be as equivalent or superior as the Leopard 2A6 that we currently have in game!

 

 Pros and Cons: 

 

     Pros                                                                                                               

 

• It has a really good firepower                                                                                            

• It can fire a Guided Missile                                                                    

• It has Thermals for the Gunner and the Commander                        

• It has Night Visions               

• It has Smoke  Grenades

• It has a Laser Rangefinder

• It has a Laser Warning System

• It has a pretty good mobility

• The reverse speed is really good because the reverse speed is equivalent to the Leopard 2a6 that it has at least 34km/h of the reverse speed. 

• It has a decent Gun Depression

• It has a decent Gun Elevation

• It has an improved ERA's 

• It has an Autoloader 

• It has a Jamming Device that can Jam the enemy's missiles from Helicopters and Tanks, also it can damage the enemy's optics. 

• The Commander is Capable of firing the Main Gun when the Gunner is killed

• The armor is improved because it has new ERA’s which is the FY-5. 

• The turret armor is very strong that Leopard 2A6's with DM53 round will NOT be able to penetrate it. 

• The front plate and maybe even the upper front plate are very strong that MBTs will not be able to penetrate it. 

• It has an automatic FPE

• Maybe this tank has improved optics and FOV sight that the regular Type 99 Gunner's Optics is a lot smaller than the Type 99A that the Type 99A's Gunner's sight has a much bigger Optics, which means that the Optics is a lot better. But I am not gonna lie, but I think that the Type 99A's Gunners Optics is as same as the M1A2 Abrams because both of them have the same size which means that the Optics might be similar. But I could be wrong. 

• It has Gen 3 Thermal Sights for the Gunner and the Commander

• It has a Dozer Blade

 

  Cons: 

 

•  It only has three crew members

• Lower front plate and Side armor isn't that great that it could easily get ammo racked and it could destroy your engine or your transmission when shooting the lower glacis, also it will kill your crew too

• Out of the all Chinese and some Russian MBT’s in the game it has the slowest reload of 7.1 seconds.

• After when 22 rounds are out that the ammo rack is empty, it takes a long time to get the shell to be placed on the ammo stowage again. 

• Since this tank has a taller width that the back part of the engine is pretty tall, just like the other MBT's like the Abrams and the Leopards that when tanks just sneak up behind you, you will NOT have the Gun elevation to shoot any tank unless if the tank has a low silhouette that will go behind your engine. 

• It has more Tons than the regular Type 99 because of the new ERA's and maybe the new engine weight. 

• It kinda has a large silhouette.

 

    

Conclusion: 

 

  Thank everyone who has read my suggestion about the Type 99A or the ZTZ99A2 because I’d really appreciate it! Also I just wanted to give a big shoutout to @Merzhi  for mentioning some Sabot Rounds for the Type 99A, I also wanted to give a big shoutout to @jet_17_49 @Vassau @Alan_Tovarishch @MichaeL98  and  @tiger7742 for mentioning the Mobility for the Type 99A so thank you all for mentioning all of this because this would help me and the developers a lot when developing this vehicle in the game in the future! Lastly I want to give a really big shoutout to @PLA19270801 because I want to thank you for giving me so much information about this vehicle because this would help me and the it would also help the developers a lot too! I do want to say thank you when you mentioned about the reverse speed and other things that this machine has!   I will be making more suggestions in the future and I will see you soon! Have a wonderful day!

 

    Sources:

   https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/china-type-99-mbt-2/

  https://www.armyrecognition.com/china_chinese_heavy_armoured_vehicle_tank_uk/type_99a_99_a2_ztz-99a_main_battle_tank_china_11408171.html

  http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product5852.html

https://tanknutdave.com/type-99a2-main-battle-tank/

 https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/13058

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/166482/chinese-military-tout-ztz_99a-tank.html

http://www.military-today.com/tanks/type_99g.htm]

https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/73315590

https://new.qq.com/omn/20191006/20191006A09XPQ00.html

https://www.163.com/dy/article/FUHB6OMP051597ER.html

https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=war&no=1599507

https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Type_99_tank

 

 

 

 

 

     Extra Photos For the Type 99A or the ZTZ99A: 

 

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Videos: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjyaCCp2kWM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnXKNNcSUv8&t=291s (ZTZ99A vs the M1 Abrams video) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8VR54YIvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5G_YCrEl0o (This Video Only Speaks Chinese- Mandarin, but please feel free to watch it when you understand Chinese-Mandarin.)

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 16, 2022 by CakeJuniorMan

[GandhiKhan 187]

Open for Discussion!

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

@GandhiKhanThank you! 

 

 

Edited May 10, 2021 by CakeJuniorMan

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

I wrote the Pros and Cons in my content above. 

 

Edited June 7, 2021 by CakeJuniorMan

[Milocat 4,842]

+1 for sure.  More tanks for China please!

[MichaeL98 102]

Wait, if I remember correctly, the new CH1000 hydraulic & mechanical integrated automatic transmission system equipped by 99A is capable of differencial steering and has a relatively high reverse speed.

The 96B uses a similiar (if not the same) transmission, and from some videos of tank biathlon we can see it reverses considerably faster than T-72s.

 

Anyway in my opinion ZTZ99A is a must for Chinese TT and it's shown in Gaijin's initial plan for China, hope we can see it in game soon

[jet_17_49 411]

I believe the 99A is inevitably going to make it into the game at some point, and it'll be the first Chinese MBT that can comfortably take on the likes of the 2A6 when it does. Personally I like how it retains some elements from the T-72's design while eliminating some of its major shortcomings, mainly its subpar mobility. The off- center driver's port still pisses me off though

 

I'd just ask that the 9910,Type 99-II and the early prototype with AA missiles be added into the game along with the 99A so we can unite the whole family.

 

On 10/05/2021 at 11:49, CakeJuniorMan said:

 

Minor correction: This is a picture of what appears to be a model of a 99-I(as evidenced by the unevenly spaced road wheels and the bulge on the turret roof), not the 99A. I would suggest that you remove it from your post.

Edited May 11, 2021 by jet_17_49
Grammar

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

30 minutes ago, jet_17_49 said:

I believe the 99A is inevitably going to make it into the game at some point, and it'll be the first Chinese MBT that can comfortably take on the likes of the 2A6 when it does. Personally I like how it retains some elements from the T-72's design while eliminating some of its major shortcomings, mainly its subpar mobility. The off- center driver's port still pisses me off though

 

I'd just ask that the 9910,Type 99-II and the early prototype with AA missiles be added into the game so we can unite the whole family.

 

 

Minor correction: This is a picture of what appear to be a model of a 99-I(as evidenced by the unevenly spaced road wheels and the bulge on the turret roof), not the 99A. I would suggest that you remove it from your post.

@jet_17_49You are Absolutely right, thank you for your feedback because I'd really appreciate it! But this might sound an a obvious question that how do I edit my forum again in order to remove this picture when this content is already approved? 

 

 

Edited May 11, 2021 by CakeJuniorMan

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

4 hours ago, MichaeL98 said:

Wait, if I remember correctly, the new CH1000 hydraulic & mechanical integrated automatic transmission system equipped by 99A is capable of differencial steering and has a relatively high reverse speed.

The 96B uses a similiar (if not the same) transmission, and from some videos of tank biathlon we can see it reverses considerably faster than T-72s.

 

Anyway in my opinion ZTZ99A is a must for Chinese TT and it's shown in Gaijin's initial plan for China, hope we can see it in game soon

@MichaeL98Thank you  for the Mentioning the transmission this tank uses because this help's me and the developers a lot because I didn't mentioned it or talked about it when I wrote this content!  

Edited May 11, 2021 by CakeJuniorMan

[Vassau 41]

This tank definitely has 2 reverse gears and neutral steering, I saw a video of the interior and it showed R1, R2 on the shift stick and a steering wheel. I also think due to the larger turret geometry, the gun depression is at least -7 degrees. Most new Chinese military tracked vehicles if not all, have neutral steering and high reverse speed. Also I think some of the interior photos shown on your post are VT-4 interior pics.

 

Hopefully Gaijin adds 4 reverse gears to it since apparently M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 have 4 reverse gears for 'balance' despite having 2 IRL. 

Edited May 11, 2021 by Vassau

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

3 minutes ago, Vassau said:

This tank definitely has 2 reverse gears and neutral steering, I saw a video of the interior and it showed R1, R2 on the shift stick and a steering wheel. I also think due to the larger turret geometry, the gun depression is at least -7 degrees. Most new Chinese military tracked vehicles if not all, have neutral steering and high reverse speed. Also I think some of the interior photos shown on your post are VT-4 interior pics.

@Vassau Ok, Thank you for you feedback because this helps me and the developers a lot! 

[jet_17_49 411]

34 minutes ago, CakeJuniorMan said:

@jet_17_49You are Absolutely right, thank you for your feedback because I'd really appreciate it! But this might sound an a obvious question that how do I edit my forum again in order to remove this picture when this content is already approved? 

It's possible to edit suggestion posts, I think I've made about 5 revisions to my T-72B ERA removal request since it got the green light

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

5 minutes ago, jet_17_49 said:

It's possible to edit suggestion posts, I think I've made about 5 revisions to my T-72B ERA removal request since it got the green light

@jet_17_49Ok, but I don't see an "Edit" to edit my post when this content was already approved. Or am I supposed to send a request to the suggestion moderator? 

@jet_17_49 Well if I can't revise or edit it again, I guess that will be fine. But I hope that when new viewers or any other developers sees it, I hope they understand that the picture that I have added in my content is not the Type 99A since some people would read the comments! 

 

Edited May 11, 2021 by CakeJuniorMan

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

I do want to apologize that if I said " This Video Only Speaks Chinese- Mandarin, but please feel free to watch it when you understand Chinese-Mandarin", I meant to say This Video Only Speaks Chinese-Mandarin, but please feel free to watch it if you understand Chinese Mandarin" instead. So I do apologize about the Grammar Mistake. 

 

[Arcane_master 164]

Maybe we can see it in five years

 

[jet_17_49 411]

5 hours ago, Vassau said:

I also think due to the larger turret geometry, the gun depression is at least -7 degrees.

From what I've heard from people on Bilibili(Chinese Youtube equivalent), the turrets on Type 99s in general lean a couple of degrees forward (as opposed to being mounted perfectly horizontal to the ground), which if true means even the most basic variant of the 99 should be able to achieve an actual maximum gun depression between -6° and -7° with its gun pointed straight ahead.

[Vassau 41]

3 hours ago, jet_17_49 said:

From what I've heard from people on Bilibili(Chinese Youtube equivalent), the turrets on Type 99s in general lean a couple of degrees forward (as opposed to being mounted perfectly horizontal to the ground), which if true means even the most basic variant of the 99 should be able to achieve an actual maximum gun depression between -6° and -7° with its gun pointed straight ahead.

Agreed. Just look at this illustration: The turret roof of 99A has more space for the gun to depress down. Also look at the space between the gun barrel mantlet and the hull of both tanks. 99A clearly has more clearance than 99 and we know that in game when ZTZ99 depresses the gun, it almost touches the hull.

[eleks12 1,076]

+1 

[纵千古横八荒与国无疆 31]

Forward speed:80km/h

Backward speed:32-40km/h

D epression angle: -7/-8°

Edited May 11, 2021 by Afaictml_l

[CakeJuniorMan 176]

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Edited May 31, 2021 by CakeJuniorMan

[Alan_Tovarishch 860]

3 hours ago, Afaictml_l said:

Forward speed:80km/h

Backward speed:32-40km/h

D epression angle: -7/-8°

Was about to say that but i couldn´t find any source on the reverse speed.

[Vassau 41]

9 hours ago, Alan_Tovarishch said:

Was about to say that but i couldn´t find any source on the reverse speed.

I would say the reverse speed is plausible because of the appearance of a 2nd reverse gear on the shift stick(This is shift stick of VT4 tank, which uses Type 99A tech, so its similar):

 

Also, in my first post in this thread, I linked a vid of the Type 99A driver interior with the shift stick showing R1, R2

By the way, can anyone find a video of the Type 99A reloading? I remember seeing one where the reload rate looks to be around 6.5 secs not 7.5, but I can't find it. I tried searching for it however, there's just too many videos of the Type 99A to sift through.

[任何邪恶终将绳之以法 103]

Glad to see the best MBT of China join in game, hope digital camoflage in selection too.

[jet_17_49 411]

9 hours ago, Vassau said:

I would say the reverse speed is plausible because of the appearance of a 2nd reverse gear on the shift stick(This is shift stick of VT4 tank, which uses Type 99A tech, so its similar):

Dammit, wish I could say the same about the 99-I. Still hoping someone releases footage driving at -7kph~-10kph so un-ramming houses can be slightly less of a chore.

 

9 hours ago, Vassau said:

By the way, can anyone find a video of the Type 99A reloading? I remember seeing one where the reload rate looks to be around 6.5 secs not 7.5, but I can't find it. I tried searching for it however, there's just too many videos of the Type 99A to sift through.

There is ample footage online of the 99A loading single shells online, but so far I haven't seen any of one firing 2 shells consecutively. Either way, here's a video I pinched from a post Wulfpack made a couple months ago.

Edited May 12, 2021 by jet_17_49

[MichaeL98 102]

1 hour ago, DreamZC said:

hope digital camoflage in selection too

Nah most certainly Gaijin will grab a digital camo from live.warthunder and put it in a trophy box lol

Or they decieded to make one on their own this time, but you have to pay 200GE for that