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It seems that these armour vehicles can create smoke screen through their exhauses. There is a pic of type 99 doing similar thing:
another one
Compared to the normal black smoke when it just started accelerating:
Apparently this is made by spraying oil on the hot exhaust tubes.
I wonder if this technique is designed to spread out the tank's IR signature making it hard for IR based weapon to achieve a lock on.
I guess it might also be helpful if you are trying to affect the aim of any possibly enemy tanks from behind, both visually and via infrared.