I heard that it was improper procedure. When they tried firing the round it failed to fire, so the gun operator ejected it. The round exploded inside the turret as a result.
Chinese Military Exports (Land Systems)
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Self-proclaimed OSINT experts on X will still tell you the VT4 is worse because of one engine failure in an East Asian jungle (Because thats the first time ever that that’s happened…).
Why can’t people accept that high performance weapons aren’t perfect and are prone to malfunctions?
"The company emphasized that export models follow the same production standards as those supplied to the PLA, ruling out material or manufacturing issues"
Because professional armchair generals can only compare equipment in a vacuum and expect a tank to be as comfortable as a family car and as reliable as a Swiss watch.
I guess it's because people are brainwashed. Somehow they ended doing what the German did near the end of WW2 which to heavily invest in wunderwaffe that ends up breaking like the Tiger tanks instead of investing more into attritions rates weapons. The CAF is equipped with the TAPVs that are famous for breaking and falling over.
It will be China's fault somehow. They're already blaming the earthquake on China
I've heard that it was due to a no-fire. Guessing delayed combustion of the propellant that went off just when they were removing the round from the breech.
Being a tanker we were taught to wait for at least half an hour before attempting to remove the round just to be sure. And even then it was still risky.
Honestly this is another good argument for unmanned turret. If this thing happened to Armata or ZTZ-100 the crews probably still alive.