Please don't lose you temper. When you have different opinoin, just spreak out with your arguements. Attack me personally is not a good way to go on with this discussion.
I think the engine is good enough. you can find more info from Wikipedia under Type 99 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Type 99 is powered by a liquid cooled, turbocharged 1,500 hp diesel derived from the German MB871ka501 diesel technology. At its current battle weight of 54 ton, this...
The design of type 99 tank is influenced both by russian (chasis) and western tanks (turret). Russian tanks have still the small casted turret, which has less potential for upgrade. The engine technology comes from the leopard 2's MTU engine, which is simply a marine engine, but extremely...
Domestic production of tanks are vital to a country's security. In case of war you can not depend on some foreign countries to supply you with important components e.g tank gun, fire control, engine.
In case of national security, it is nonsense to disscuss if this technical acquisition is legal or illegal. But most importantly you must make it domestic, it sounds like photocopy, but if you don't have a high level of domestic industry, you can not make.
The so called japan's new smart tank is still under development, it is not comparable. Anyway, Japan did build good tanks, the type 90 tank is a good tank with the exception of its engine. It's two stroke diesel engine makes it operation range very short. Besides its' tank gun is from Geman...
The design of type 99 tank is influenced both by russian (chasis) and western tanks (turret). The engine technology comes from the leopard 2's MTU engine, which is simply a marine engine, but extremely reliable and fuel saving. It's arment and fire control system represent the highest level of...
I don't think Type 99 has the operational range of 600 km, it sounds unreasonable. It has the similar engine like leopard 2, so the operation range should be comparable with that of leopard 2. Anyway, I still consider it as the best tank in asia.