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The Battle of Sincouwaan [6] (traditional Chinese: 茜草灣之戰; simplified Chinese: 茜草湾之战; pinyin: Qiàncǎo Wān zhī Zhàn), also known as Battle of Veniaga Island (Portuguese: Batalha da Ilha da Veniaga), was a naval battle between the Ming dynasty coast guard and a Portuguese fleet led by Martim Afonso de Mello that occurred in 1522.
The Type 99 (Chinese: 99式主战坦克; pinyin: Jiǔjiǔshì Zhǔzhàn Tǎnkè) or ZTZ-99 is a Chinese third generation main battle tank (MBT). [6] The vehicle was a replacement for the aging Type 88 introduced in the late 1980s. The Type 99 MBT was China's first mass-produced third-generation main battle tank.
Main battle tanks Leopard 2A6 Germany: Main battle tank: 34: Initially 37 units acquired in 2008, together with 1 unit for training and 1 unit in version 2 A4 for parts supply. [43] [38] In March 2023, 3 units were transferred to Ukraine in order to support the defensive effort against the Russian invasion. [44] Armoured tracked vehicles M113A1/A2
The Type 59 (Chinese industrial designation: WZ120) main battle tank is a Chinese produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank, an improvement over the ubiquitous T-54/55. The Type 59 was the first Chinese tank ever built. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and it was accepted into service in 1959, with serial production beginning in 1963.
China eventually developed domestic powertrains, which led to the creation of the MBT-3000 program for export customers. MBT-3000 was the successor of the Type-90II (MBT-2000) export tank. [ 3 ] The MBT-3000 project later named as VT-4 began development in 2009 as a co-operation with the First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory and other companies.
Type 69-II (A) main battle tank (First production version released in 1982.) Type 69-II-B/C command tank; Type 79, also known as Type 69 III; Type 80 main battle tank; Type 85 main battle tank; Type 88 main battle tank; Type 90 / VT-1 (Type 90-IIM), exported as MBT-2000 / VT-4 as MBT-3000; Type 96 / VT-2 (Type 96A) main battle tank; Type 98 ...
China is building these ships fast while the US sunsets most of its aging cruisers. China's navy has a menacing new addition to its naval fleet: the Type 055 class guided missile destroyer.
The T-72 main battle tank was licensed-produced in the former Czechoslovakia but after its dissolution in the early 1990s, upgrade programs were developed both in Czechia and Slovakia to keep their fleets of T-72 MBTs operational and combat capable. M60 Phoenix: 2004 Jordan: 182 The M60 Phoenix is a Jordanian upgrade of the M60A3 main battle ...