Chinese military exports to other countries

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If scouts and infantry support is what an army needs at the moment, then Snow Leopard mobile gun system and the Dong Feng Humvees can fulfill those roles well enough without the complexities a tracked vehicles brings with it.
A light tank's main job is to do the job of a tank in an environment where full sized MBTs have trouble accessing, this will mean forming armed spearheads in either an amphibious or airborne assault.
Though in this case, since this light tank is an export version then we can add the reasons of price tags to it's purchase by foreign nations. Many 3rd world countries can ill afford to buy and maintain a fleet of modern MBTs. And we will very well see them in combats which they were not originally intended for.
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King
Speed was the traditional reason for being of a light tank. Yet from what I have read when compared to VT4 these two tanks are getting the same speeds. It's possible that the VT5 has better acceleration but is that justification? Generally the Main battle tank evolved from the Medium weight or cruiser tank by absorbing missions and roles from the Heavy tank, and continuing the flexibility of the Medium tank well achieving the speed of the light tank thanks to better automotive technology.
In the modern world there is no major speed advantage to a light tank vs a MBT.
 
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