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Type 99 tank
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Tanks · People's Republic of China · 1999
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Type 99 tank
Type 99 tank Photo: Tyg728 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
* Absolute score — assessed within category · no era adjustment
Firepower
65
Protection
70
Mobility
68
Technology
60
Reliability
70
Crew Survivability
65
Operational Range
70
Logistics
75
Historical Performance
60
Strategic Impact
55
Origin People's Republic of China
ManufacturerInner-Mongolia First Machine Group Company Limited
CategoryTanks
EraPost-Cold War
In service1999–2011
Operators1 countries
Quantity1,300
Data Quality82%
MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
66
Tanks MASS Rating
11/35
Post-Cold War
66/563
All-Time
Tanks · 10 axes scored
Firepower
65
Protection
70
Mobility
68
Technology
60
Reliability
70
Crew Survivability
65
Operational Range
70
Logistics
75
Historical Performance
60
Strategic Impact
55
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the tanks category.
01 / Overview
Type 99 tank
Category
Production
1999–2011
Quantity
1,300
Unit Price (current)
$3.0M↗ 19% inflation · 2021→2025
Original Price
$2.5M (2021)
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
TANKS · POST-COLD WAR
11
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
70
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$3.0M
Original: $2.5M (2021)
Inflation: +%19
66
tanks category
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the tanks category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎General5MOD.5
◈Firepower9MOD.9
▣Protection5MOD.5
◇Mobility8MOD.8
  • Engine Power1,500 hp
  • Power-to-Weight Ratio27.78 hp/t
  • Fuel TypeDiesel
  • Transmission TypeHydromechanical
  • Suspension TypeTorsion Bar
  • Max Road Speed76 km/h
  • Max Off-Road Speed54 km/h
  • Operational Range (Road)600 km
◆Dimensions4MOD.4
  • Length (Hull)7.6 m
  • Length (Overall, Gun Forward)11 m
  • Width3.7 m
  • Height2.35 m
▲Production & Service3MOD.3
  • Years in Production10 year
  • Current Service StatusActive Service
  • Notable Variants Count3
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
  1. 1999Production started
  2. 2011Production ended
27
years in service
12
years in production
1,300
units produced
1
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it.
04 / Operators
Operator Countries1country
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE21terms
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot: a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition.
Active Protection System. A defensive system that detects and intercepts anti-tank threats.
Anti-Tank Guided Missile: a missile designed to destroy tanks.
Automated loading system for tank guns, reducing crew workload.
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.
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.
Hydromechanical transmission combines hydraulic fluid power with mechanical gear components to transmit engine power to a tank's tracks.
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.
Reactive composite armor is a tank armor type that combines layers of composite material with embedded reactive elements that detonate on impact to disrupt incoming projectiles.
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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