China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft

Franklin

Captain
because we have seen no photos

have we seen a MBT inside a Y20?
Because it can't lift a MBT at the moment. The Y-20 with the WS-18/D-30K engines can only at max maybe able to lift 40 tons. The Type 99A is 50+ tons and even the Type 96 is more than 40 tons. For the Y-20 to lift 60 tons as designed it needs the WS-20 engines. Which at this point is still several years away.
 

by78

General
Y-9 medevac variant.

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asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
Because it can't lift a MBT at the moment. The Y-20 with the WS-18/D-30K engines can only at max maybe able to lift 40 tons. The Type 99A is 50+ tons and even the Type 96 is more than 40 tons. For the Y-20 to lift 60 tons as designed it needs the WS-20 engines. Which at this point is still several years away.


That is a good point

Therefore I doubt they carried a MBT which was my first point until indigenous engine becomes available
 
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