Type 99
Country: 
ChinaManufacturer: Norinco (China North Industries)
«ZTZ-99 / Type 99A»
Main battle tankChina2001In service
Chinese main battle tank in service since 2001, with a three-man crew and 125 mm autoloaded gun; the improved Type 99A followed in 2011.
Chinese official data are limited; several figures unverified.
Main battle tank//Type 99A
ID — TYPE-99China · Norinco
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Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- Type 99
- Alias
- ZTZ-99 / Type 99A
- Manufacturer
- Norinco
- Country
- China
- Category
- Main battle tank
- Figures refer to
- Type 99A
Production & service
- Introduced
- 2001
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- China
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- 3
- Main armament
- 125 mm smoothbore gun with autoloader
- Secondary armament
- 12.7 mm heavy machine gun
- Engine
- —
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
- —
- Protection
- —
- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
The Type 99 is the most capable tank of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force. Officially released figures are limited, so weight, mobility and engine data are left blank.
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