How advanced is the 99A tank loaded with a laser countermeasure system?Can it compare to the American M1A2 main battle tank?
The ranking of China's 99a main battle tank is on the Chinese Internet, that is called a variety, there are first and ninth, and there is after South Korea's K2, so what is the strength of 99a?
Here is a quote from the evaluation of two foreign magazines, the American magazine "National Interest" regarded the Chinese 99A main battle tank as the most threatening new equipment for the army. Germany's "Focus" directly came to a ranking, and German ** experts believe that the strength of the 99A main battle tank ranks behind the German Leopard 2, second only to the American M1A2. I have to say that the Germans do have some talent in machinery, but this ranking they are doing is to put gold on their faces, and by the way, they take a picture of the Americans' ass, after all, there are still American troops stationed on the German soil.
In recent years, the country has gradually liberalized the secrecy of the 99A main battle tank, and reporters can even run into the cockpit with a camera, and some official ** have also begun to introduce the characteristics of the 99A main battle tank. Many people think that the 99A main battle tank is an improvement from the Type 96 tank, but in fact, it is not, the 99A is a new tank compared to the Type 96.
A 150BHV 12-cylinder diesel engine with 1,500 hp was installed on the 99A, while the 99A weighed 55 tonnes, which translates to 28 hp per tonne. This powerful power allows the highway speed to reach 99a80 km/h, off-road speed can also be on50 km/h, which is faster than the M1A2 in the United States.
In terms of firepower, the caliber of the gun of the 99A main battle tank is 125 mm, this gun uses hydraulic self-tightening technology, and the barrel has a thick layer of chromium inside, which makes the life of the 99A barrel reach more than 1000 rounds. This 125mm tank gun is extremely powerful, firing armor-piercing shells with 30% higher muzzle kinetic energy than the German Leopard 2's 120mm smoothbore gun, and firing armor-piercing shells can penetrate 1000mm of homogeneous steel armor.
The 99A main battle tank is also equipped with a laser calibrator on the barrel, and there is no need to manually calibrate the barrel, as long as the commander is in the cockpit, the laser calibration equipment can be turned on, and the deformation data of the gun barrel will be automatically input into the fire control system.
In terms of fire control system, the 99A main battle tank uses an upward trans aiming method, and the scope of the commander's position isLaser-white light-thermal imaging three-dimensional integrationWith this sight, the 99a can fight both day and night. The automatic sighting equipment of the 99A main battle tank can automatically lock on to the enemy tank, even if the tank swings around in the moving hull, its muzzle can still stably point at the target, this double-vertical structure, only a few countries in the world have the ability to manufacture.
The most amazing thing about the 99A main battle tank is its laser countermeasure system, which is unique, only the 99A has it in all the main battle tanks in the world. When the enemy's sighting device fires a laser at 99A, the laser countermeasure system can immediately detect it, and then find the enemy's position according to the path of the enemy's laser.
After discovering the target, the laser countermeasure system will fire a high-power laser, which can instantly penetrate the observation equipment of the opposing tank, making the opponent's tank "blind". What's more, this laser countermeasure system can also shine on the eyes of the opposing commander, turning him blind as well. This countermeasure system has left a deep impression on Russian officers and soldiers during Sino-Russian joint military exercises, and Russia's ** comment that the combat capability of China's 99A main battle tank has surpassed that of the American Abrams M1A2 main battle tank.
To tell the truth, the Americans are okay with airplanes, but their strength in developing tanks is not strong, and tank technology still depends on Germany and Russia.
In 1972, the United States fooled Germany to develop a main battle tank together, with the Americans paying for it and the Germans contributing the technology. The name of this tank is MBT-70, and Lao Mei chose to fly solo after the technology was acquired, and then it was launchedM1A1 tank
In 1992, the United States and the German company Rheinmetall upgraded the M1A1, installed a lot of electronic equipment, and the digital combat capability reached the standard of the FBCB2 system. In addition to this, computer-cooled air conditioning was added, and the improved tank was called the M1A2 by the US military.
The M1A2 is mounted on a 120mm 44x caliber tank gun, a masterpiece of the German company Rheinmetall that performs exactly like the Leopard 2's 120mm gun. However, it is not as powerful as the 125mm tank gun on the 99A main battle tank, after all, our tubes are thicker than them.
The United States uses depleted uranium armor-piercing shells regardless of the health of its soldiers, but our 99A uses tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells, which have the same performance as the US military's and are more environmentally friendly.
The M1A2 is also proud of the U.S. military, that is, it uses a gas turbine, which can reach 1,500 horsepower, which is on par with our 99A. However, the weight of the M1A2 is 71 tons, which makes its ultimate speed only 69 kilometers per hour, which is a large slowdown in speed.
Why is it so heavy?Because neither the United States nor Germany has unmanned loading technology, and our country also learned it from Russia, the shells of the M1A2 tank still need to be loaded manually. The turret is bulky and requires more protective armor to keep the gunner safe.
In addition, the M1A1 does not have the ability to distinguish friend or foe, and the Challenger tank of the British participating troops in the Gulf War was once "scooped" by the friendly American M1A1, and this problem is still retained on the M1A2. And our 99A does not have this concern, it comes with a friend or foe identification system, you can rest assured when fighting**.
In fact, the M1A2 tanks are the same as the F22 fighters of the US military, not that they are not advanced enough, but that they are too old, and in the face of the challenge of the new 99A and T14, the American M1A2 is no longer powerless.