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First kill for Type-96 tank in Sudanese conflict

Sudan army are more establish and better train than the newly formed south Sudan army. Not surprising they easily knock out their tanks and defeated them...
 
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india operates a lot of T-72 tanks. All of india's neighbors need Type-96 now!

Surprisingly, Pakistan army operate al kalid suppose to be another variant of Type-96, so as Bangladesh and Myanmar army who operate Type-96G...

The most advance version of type 96 will be the VT-1A with state of art control and battle awareness. Remember, it's only export version. Domestic version will be much superior.

China's Three Generation of Tanks - VT-1A MBT for Export - YouTube
 
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And did you forget spanking we did in 1986?? Lol... you all ran leaving your posts in just one day. like rats.
Which defense site can i found this alternate history on ? :rofl: I think i already know the answer :lol:

How much area you captured , what were the causalities ? Were you fighting inside your own territory ? :azn:
 
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There are so many versions of the type 96 tank :P. Can anyone give some specifications of this one

Well, there are many variants of the T-72 :P

If this story is true, it is likely that the T-72 was a fairly basic export variant.

Usually, the Russians do not export the very best of their tank variants. For instance, the export customers would not get the best armor technology available to the Russians, they won't get the best Active Protection System technology, and certainly not the best 125 mm rounds. There can be more. Not even India get the best technology from Russia. But the T-72s they operate are not too basic. They do have upgrades, along with foreign components. But still inferior to the T-90.

The Americans also follow a similar practice. And done so for national security reasons.

I do not know about China though.
 
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While I doubt these tanks could go toe-to-toe with an Abrhms or Leopard, they are reasonably priced, advanced enough to make a difference, light enough for poor infrastructure. Should sell plenty in Africa, South Asia and Latin America, where the big boys aren't practical.
 
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Sudanese army don't have type 96, those in the pictures are type -85II
 
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Sudanese army don't have type 96, those in the pictures are type -85II

Guess you are right, checked SIPRI for arms trasfers from China to Sudan from 1995-2011

This is what i found

Transfers of major conventional weapons: sorted by recipient. Deals with deliveries or orders made for year range 1995 to 2011
Note: The &#8216;No. delivered/produced&#8217; and the &#8216;Year(s) of deliveries&#8217; columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. Deals in which the recipient was involved in the production of the weapon system are listed separately. The &#8216;Comments&#8217; column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL <http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/at_data.html>. The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is continuously updated as new information becomes available.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 07 May 2012


Recipient/ Year Year(s) No.
supplier (S) No. Weapon Weapon of order/ of delivered/
or licenser (L) ordered designation description licence deliveries produced Comments


Sudan
S: China (6) F-7A Fighter aircraft (1995) 1997 (6) F-7B version; no. could be 7; status uncertain
(10) Type-85-IIM Tank (2001) 2002-2003 (10) Sudanese designation Al-Bashier
(12) A-5C/Fantan FGA aircraft (2002) 2003 (12) No. could be up to 20
(10) WZ-551 APC (2003) 2004 (10)
(12) K-8 Karakorum-8 Trainer/combat ac (2004) 2005-2008 (12) Incl for combat role
(50) FN-6 Portable SAM (2005) 2006 (50)
 
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Sudanese army don't have type 96, those in the pictures are type -85II

Can you point to some features that ID this? Been out of the Army a long while and rusty on identification.
 
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Can you point to some features that ID this? Been out of the Army a long while and rusty on identification.
Actually the diffferences are minor since Type 96 is actually developed from Type 85III. Most of the modifications were done internally.
 
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