Chinese 96-A

12th Armored Brigade. 21GA, Lanzhou MR

Broccoli said:

So you are saying that after several weeks of training the driver didn't know how to use brakes? I don't buy that.

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Well I can't confirm it myself for obvious reason but it does add up. Let me explain. When the Armata 'broke down' the engine was still running and a recovery vehicle was dispatched but failed to tow it away.. Why can't the recovery vehicle tow a 'broken down' tank?.. Perhaps the brakes were indeed applied. 15 minutes later upon realising the situation, they released the brakes and continued on driving.

It's not that uncommon to make silly mistakes after all.

Best explanation is that there is something faulty at the tank or perhaps Russian tank crew training program is not on par with other countries and they don't teach their crews basics of their tanks.

That would not be the best explanation at all.. To say 'there is something faulty to the tank' or 'Russian tank crew training program' isn't on par with other countries isn't very logical step finding out why the tank stalled regarding this particular incident. .

This 'break down' incident only happened to one Armata and not to multiple Armatas. Therefore can't necessarily be reflected upon the whole fleet to say 'there is something faulty to the tank' or that particular tank. Especially when it did not break down at all.

As of the weak tank crew training as a best explanation on why the tank stalled, I would not think that since there is no evidence or statistics of where multiple tank crews of the Russian armored division fails to perform duty..

Instead of jumping to the bigger picture straight away, It is better to start at the smaller picture. Take a look at the particular driver himself first on why he doesn't know about the brakes, and also the whole tank crew themselves.

So far in my view this incident appears to be an isolated case of a driver failing to know his vehicle's function.

Guys we have a thread for the Biathlon, and this is the thread for the Type 96 not the Armada tank. If you want to discus the Armada tank we have a MBT and Russian news thread in the World military forum.

(note the Russian officer on the left)

It will be interesting to see how much the PLA modified their type 96A with lessons learned from last year. I expect, at the very least, they will refit the tanks with more powerful engine.

lcloo said:

It will be interesting to see how much the PLA modified their type 96A with lessons learned from last year. I expect, at the very least, they will refit the tanks with more powerful engine.

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And who's building the engines for the PLA? Maybe Russia since Putin and Xi are such great buddies now.

Blackstone said:

And who's building the engines for the PLA? Maybe Russia since Putin and Xi are such great buddies now.

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Why would they want to when they can get German technology for their diesel engines?

It seems like China is going against India and Armenia during the first round.