The most modern tank of the People's Liberation Army of China is currently the Type 99A, also known as the ZTZ-99A.
Currently, according to various sources, at least six hundred such tanks belonging to the third generation of tracked armored vehicles after the Second World War are in service with elite formations.
Military experts from many countries of the world believe that the "ninety-ninth" in their characteristics, such as firepower, protection and mobility, can successfully compete with the best foreign models, such as the American M1A2 Abrams, German Leopard 2, French AMX-56 Leclerc, South Korean K2 Black Panther.
The PLA pays great attention to the quality training of crews, for this there are training centers equipped with computer simulators that allow you to improve driving skills, the use of standard 125 mm guns and paired machine guns.
Such equipment not only makes it possible to conduct effective training of military personnel, but also to save the resource of equipment, prolonging its active service in peacetime.
In combat conditions, models made of special materials will be able to help real tanks survive. They will distract various enemy means of destruction.
One of these life-size inflatable ZTZ-99A was first shown on Chinese television. This bait for rockets looks quite reliable - at some distance it may well be confused with a real sample.
Earlier it was reported that the PRC industry is engaged in the manufacture of rubber "air defense complexes" "Cube", "Pantsir-S1" and S-400, "operational-tactical missile systems Scud" (R-17 "Elbrus"), BMP-2, as well as M1 Abrams and F-22 Raptor for export.
Alexey Moiseev
