Chinese future tank devolpments...

Hi Utelore

I think if you are going to build a tank it should be the best protected and most lethal tank money can buy.

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That because your a tanker and feel for the guys in service. Sadly the cheques are signed by bloated Home Front Capitalists like me and we like to "buy em cheap and stack em high".

can anyone give me the prices of different world tanks like leclerc, chalenger 2, leopard, t-80, type 98...

MIGleader said:

can anyone give me the prices of different world tanks like leclerc, chalenger 2, leopard, t-80, type 98...

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UAE LeClerc is approximately about $9 million per unit
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not sure if this includes or does not include munitions, spares, etc. but over all rather steep.

Finland's used German Leopard 2A4 approximately $1.3 million per unit

Lava
31st December 2004, 07:13

The Challenger 2 MBT unit price was in the region of £4 million.


Lava
31st December 2004, 07:19

M1A2 Abrams MBT US$4.3 million

British Challenger 2s US$5.4 (47) although this figure also included logistical support.

WACHENR0DER
31st December 2004, 21:52

Japanese Type 90 MBT
according to Japanese sources on Tanknet, 806million Yen.
in American currency, $7.8 million per tank, expensive, but not as expensive as some people make it out to be, infact cheaper than some other western tanks.


Greek Leopard 2A6 variant

$10-12 million per tank, the latter being the current exchange rate.

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how much does a chinese tank cost. can someone give me a list from type-59 to type-98

Sanpan, Just remember....you get what you pay for. not just with tanks. if you are going to do somthing you should do it right. If you want a military and that military has the objective to defend you and your loved ones dont you think it should be the best? As far as MBTs go it is very very important that they are good. If your tank is hit by say a ATGW and the MBT is mission killed but the crew lives and learnes from its mistake as opposed to burning to death.....well I dont think you can put a price on that......cheers ute.

Well, it depends. The Abrams has quality, but yet still it has been destroyed, blown.

It depends. If quality does not make a battle difference, then I'll just go for quantity. Plus, if China should not make the type 96, what do you want them to make? Type 98s aren't THAT much better.

sumdude, I feel the PRC is taking baby steps in the right direction. the turret of the 96 and 98 is better protected than the T-72 or T-80. You are also seeing the incorperation of thermal sites on many of the PRC designs which is of most importance. A few more steps of a better protected hull and blast door for ammo storage would turn those baby steps into a good walk.....cheers ute.

no one is 100% sure what the inside of a type 98g features. it may have blast dooors and blow out panels. i hope it has controls like the leclerc.

Blast doors and blow out panels are one thing that are not speculated on the type 98G nor 96, unfortunately.

But those features, if I am right, protects only against HEAT and I have not hear about sabots going against it.

realy a mute point ref the blast doors for the Type-98 or any PRC tank with that type of auto loader, you just cant do it. the blast doors will prevent the ammo from cooking off and poping the top you see when the T-72 was hit. the cordite will blow through the top of the turrets blast pannels redirecting the fire from the cordite if you have blast doors........let me explain how it works on a abrams.....I will go through the whole fire procedure.
commander yells- gunner sabot tank
loader- will hit his knee switch opening the blast door and remove 1 sabot round placing it in the breach and throwing the safty up. The blast door will close when his knee lets off of the switch. he will yell "UP"
gunner-will yell Identified.....before he presses the trigger he will yell.."on the way". so the loader is out of the way of the recoil of the breach.
commander will yell- "target" if he hits if the tank......if it is a miss he will say overline or underline depending were the round went. or "negitive hit on target."