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Chinese Type 90 tanks
Photo: NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE MILITARY IMAGE COLLECTION · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Tanks · People's Republic of China · 1991
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Chinese Type 90 tanks
Chinese Type 90 tanks Photo: NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE MILITARY IMAGE COLLECTION · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
* Absolute score — assessed within category · no era adjustment
Firepower
60
Protection
50
Mobility
40
Technology
55
Reliability
65
Crew Survivability
45
Operational Range
50
Logistics
60
Historical Performance
40
Strategic Impact
35
Origin People's Republic of China
CategoryTanks
EraCold War
In service1991
Data Quality81%
MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
51
Tanks MASS Rating
48/89
Cold War
172/563
All-Time
Tanks · 10 axes scored
Firepower
60
Protection
50
Mobility
40
Technology
55
Reliability
65
Crew Survivability
45
Operational Range
50
Logistics
60
Historical Performance
40
Strategic Impact
35
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the tanks category.
01 / Overview
Chinese Type 90 tanks
Category
Production
1991–
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
TANKS · COLD WAR
48
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
70
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
—
51
tanks category
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the tanks category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎General3MOD.3
◈Firepower6MOD.6
▣Protection5MOD.5
◇Mobility5MOD.5
⬢Production & Service1MOD.1
  • Current Service StatusActive Service
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANRetired
  1. 1991Production started
35
years in service
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE20terms
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot: a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition.
Anti-Tank Guided Missile: a missile designed to destroy tanks.
Automated loading system for tank guns, reducing crew workload.
Automatic: a tank transmission that changes gear ratios without direct driver input, using hydraulic, electric, or mechanical systems to select gears automatically.
A Battle Management System (BMS) is a command‑and‑control software suite that gathers, processes, and shares battlefield data to provide situational awareness and coordinate the actions of military units.
Armour made from multiple materials, such as metals and ceramics, to increase effectiveness.
Type of internal combustion engine fuel, refined from crude oil.
Fire control systems using digital data buses to link components, enabling sensor fusion and integration with battlefield networks.
Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA): Modular armor system that detonates upon impact to disrupt incoming warheads, reducing penetration of shaped charges and kinetic energy projectiles.
High-Explosive Fragmentation: ammunition that explodes on impact, releasing fragments.
High-Explosive Anti-Tank: a type of projectile that uses a shaped charge to penetrate armor.
Optical device that uses laser pulses to measure the distance to a target with high precision.
A main battle tank is a heavily armored vehicle with a large caliber gun, used for front-line combat.
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical protection for tank crews.
Enhanced low-light visibility through specialized optics or sensors.
Handheld or vehicle-mounted devices that release dense smoke to obscure vision, conceal movements, or screen friendly forces from enemy observation.
A smoothbore gun is a firearm with an unrifled barrel, allowing projectiles to travel without spin; it is commonly used in modern tank main guns for firing fin‑stabilized ammunition.
Thermal sights are infrared imaging devices mounted on a tank's gunner station that detect heat emitted by objects, enabling target identification and aiming in low‑visibility conditions.
A torsion bar is a steel rod that resists twisting and serves as a spring in tank suspensions, with one end fixed to the hull and the other connected to a lever arm moving the road wheel.
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