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Tanks · People's Republic of China · 2017
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VT-4
VT-4 Photo: Mztourist · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
* Absolute score — assessed within category · no era adjustment
Firepower
78
Protection
70
Mobility
75
Technology
80
Reliability
65
Crew Survivability
72
Operational Range
68
Logistics
60
Historical Performance
50
Strategic Impact
55
Origin People's Republic of China
ManufacturerChina North Industries Group Corporation Limited
CategoryTanks
EraModern Era
In service2017
Operators3 countries
Data Quality85%
MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)
70
Tanks MASS Rating
10/24
Modern Era
49/563
All-Time
Tanks · 10 axes scored
Firepower
78
Protection
70
Mobility
75
Technology
80
Reliability
65
Crew Survivability
72
Operational Range
68
Logistics
60
Historical Performance
50
Strategic Impact
55
ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the tanks category.
01 / Overview
VT-4
Category
Production
2017–
Unit Price (current)
$4.9M
Operators
Conflicts
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
TANKS · MODERN ERA
10
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
75
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$4.9M
Inflation: +%0
70
tanks category
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the tanks category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎General5MOD.5
◈Firepower8MOD.8
▣Protection5MOD.5
◇Mobility7MOD.7
  • Engine Power1,200 hp
  • Power-to-Weight Ratio23 hp/t
  • Fuel TypeDiesel
  • Transmission TypeHydromechanical
  • Suspension TypeTorsion Bar
  • Max Road Speed70 km/h
  • Operational Range (Road)500 km
◆Dimensions4MOD.4
  • Length (Hull)10.1 m
  • Width3.44 m
  • Height2.4 m
  • Ground Clearance0.43 m
▲Production & Service1MOD.1
  • Current Service StatusActive Service
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
  1. 2009First deployment: Boko Haram insurgency
  2. 2017Production started
9
years in service
3
countries operating
04 / Conflicts
VT-4 · CONFLICTS SERVED IN0% win
Total Conflicts
1
Victories
0
Ongoing
0
Losses
0
ⓘ Shown only from conflicts recorded in our database.
05 / Variants
▚ WEAPON FAMILY
VT-4 2017
// DERIVATIVES
Haider 2024
06 / Operators
Operator Inventory2country · 236units
236active
VT-4SALES4records
YearBuyerQuantityAmountPresent Value (2025)
—Thailand———
—Nigeria———
—Pakistan———
—Bangladesh———
ⓘ "Present Value" is an estimated amount adjusted for inflation.
📖 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.
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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