Key Points and Summary - Video footage of a mysterious new main battle tank in China has analysts speculating that Beijing is developing a "budget" alternative to Russia's T-90. -The tank appears to ...

The Type 96 and 99 are, like most current Russian tanks, further upgrades of the successful T-72 design. By adding better engines and other mechanical and electronic components, improved armored ...

China would have built more Type 99s were the tank not so expensive ($3-4 million each). That is why so many of the cheaper (less than $2 million each) 43-ton Type 96 tanks remain in service. In ...