@Tihamah5 YOu are just a dumb person that believes on what the rest tells u to believe! u think a country like that won't have an army? are u really that retard?
@blingwithme you need some education son and urgently, japan is limited to have only 100.000 troops and they are not even allowed to call them an army, they call them a defence force, only 1% of the japanese budget is allowed to be dedicated to defence.
i think people like you missed the last 65 years and don't know that japan surrendered to the US, you are extremely ignorant.
@blingwithme you are truely not just ignorant but also dumb , son go look it up in google or any where you want, if you don't know the conditions forced on japan when they surrendered to the US, you are competely ignorant.
similar conditions is forced on germany too,it is not allowed to build missiles, no jet fighters and have navy limited to 30.000 only :)
get some education first then come argue with me, i warn you i'm an expert at this :)
Ein schöner Panzer...Mitsubishi kooperierte dabei mit Kraus Maffai u. Mak um diesen herzustellen...dennoch sehen für mich die westlichen Panzer irgendwie alle ähnlich aus, was zu Problemen in einem Konflikt führen könnte....alle Diskussionen darüber, welcher Panzer besser sein soll sind für mich Blödsinn.Ich denke nämlich daß sie alle gleichwertig stark sind!Es sind alles High Tech Panzer mit gut ausgebildeter Crew!
japanese are pretty cool people. in 2nd world war they got bad name but it was a time when asia was lot darker then modenly. now japanese are much more peacfull. its funny that japanese like to call them self monarcy even thou its only for show. they are more of repulic
There were incidents of friendly fire in Desert Storm where Apache-fired hellfire missiles flew to the abrams tank because the abrams tank was so much hotter than diesel engines of iraqis. The abrams actually DECOYED the heat-seeking missiles of apaches since it blows back nearly 1000 degrees F from it's back.
Hellfire is a laser-guided missile. Ambient heat has nothing to do with its guidance. Won't take much research to confirm such. That's common and open-sourced knowledge.
Why do some of them stop and shoot? That's old school. Shoot on the move.
Where is it's armor beside the basic armor? These have no slat armor, no reactive armor and not even smoke launchers. It also uses steel and ceramics which can be penetrated by any anti-tank weapon made from 1980 and up. So it was designed in 1976 and made in 1989, they should be upgrading it. Even the Leopard 2 is on its 5th upgrade.
@Germanyisthebest1 I suppose Germany also sold the design of type 74 tank as well? Let me remind you type 90 tank was rated better than Leopard2 tank at Calflex tank comparison.
Type 90 is a indigenous design by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
hey looks like to me they might on to something here it might be a goood tank t it look like it has a auto loader but im not sure ithough i wonder what kind armoer does it have
ehh actually just watched some more video and i don't think it looks that much like a Abrams any more haha, Either way Japan having a Army is Scary.. I love you japan but... Well at least Russia with it's T-90s is up north to keep them in line.
Well if it is based more on a Leopard tank then a Abrams then it is worse considering the Abrams is quite substantially better then a leopard. and Besides that a T-90 is still better...Russia is not the Soviet Union anymore so don't Hate the T-90, Or Russia for that matter, it's really a good tank better then any other.
Well I saw a documentary about russian army, a general said that if we have so many t-90 it's because they are cheap and not very powerful it's exactly like iin WW2 Russian needed 5 or even 6 tank to shot down the german tiger
lol where do you learn this stuff? i sure would like to see this mysterious documentary, Also Half way through Russians had better Tanks then the Germans in WW2 on top of that The T-90 is not the Strength in numbers Mentality it's State of the Art Technologically and Costs MORE then twice as much as the American, German and Japanese tanks... So i know for a Fact you made that up good job though Welcome to the internet... Do like a 5min Google search before you make up facts.. lol
Lol sry but u know nothing about tanks and you are lying since the beginning you are either brainwashed or ignorant. The most expansive tank is the japanese one plus the T90 is one of the cheapest it's why chinese buy them
Google isn't a Source lol. it's funny that the Japanese one is so Expensive though, i just looked that up, Expensive and not great ahh like allot of Japanese stuff haha, Plus The Chinese buy T-90 because it is cheap? haha there is cheaper tanks I'm pretty sure the Chinese buy it because it is good, the Chinese just make cheap crap themselves, Plus when you say a number like Million you don't pluralize it lol speak English much?
"Do like a 5min Google search before you make up facts" Google is a search engine that brings you to different sites lol do you have a brain the size of a peanut? lol it's still not a source haha
Besides all of this The M1 Abrams is a Amazing tank too, when compared to The Type 90 there isn't much of one not only is the Abrams more capable but about 300 type 90s have been built about 10,000 Abrams have been.
Well it is actually much more expensive to rent, Then the leopard, I remember that and am positive of it, honestly i just assumed it was more expensive to buy then as well. Well i should of looked it up too.... at least I'm honest....but i did check yours as well it still stands Google is not a source your numbers are still wrong and you still need to brush up on your English.
They told me americans are arrogant and unfortunately it's very true. You don't have arguments so you can only say "your english sucks" but apparently you understand but you still arguing about my english while we are talking about tanks. My numbers aren't wrong atleast you could give us some numbers instead of saying "you're wrong". All the numbers come from U.S Armor Magazine 2008
HAHA you just said you got the numbers off of Google.. I never lied at least haha i just made a dumbass out of myself saying that and not checking the prices, and your English is bad but it's ok you can improve don't take it personally... and you can get Unit prices off Wikipedia
"The JSDF numbered 239,430 with 147,737 in the Ground Self-Defense Force, 44,327 in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, 45,517 in the Air Self-Defense Force, and 1,849 in the Joint Staff Office. Reserves numbered 57,899" That's including Reserves too, Smaller then France and pretty under budgeted and undermanned especially since you do know all of Europe operates as the EU which has over a million soldiers and A budget of over 300billion vs Japan's $48.8 billion dollar budget
I am french and I can tell you France has not 250.000 soldiers look who write this in Wiki. Because you are aware that Wiki is made by ppl like me and you right?Go to the official french army website and you will see that they have only 150.000 soldiers including reserves!
Under budgeted?48.8 billions $ (fourth in the world) it's pretty high for a coutry which is supposed to have no army!
Lol now you are comparing all the EU with Japan It's really stupid from you.
oh not to mention the United States over 740billion dollar Military budget and over 1million soldiers all on our own. haha which of course we use to protect country's like Japan which do not have a army at all but a simple defense force...
Either way This video is about japan, Hopefully they never get a Real Army again, It's a Scary thought to have the Japanese in War again to many abuses in the past and a very warped way of looking at war. I love Japan and the Japanese but Culturally war is not something they can handle.
ROFL you are very funny just tell me one thing to see if you are brainwashed. What bad Japan did?
And BTW are you sure, you the american, can handle a war without abusing peopple and killing millions of innocent?
One last thing yes they have a REAL army just look at their budget and at type 89 rifle Type 10 XMBT and their marines. AND they have more soldiers that any countries in Europe (250.000 soldiers)
259,050 is the number of soldiers in France which i believe is in Europe plus The "JGSDF numbers around 147,000 soldiers." Direct quote Wikipedia lmao god i love you haha and im the one who doesn't know what they are talking about? Also, What bad ^did Japan ^do would be a more proper question and if you need to ask it you are the ignorant one.
you forgot to mention the Leopard2A1-4. The Type 90 of Japan clearly used the Leopard2 original turret as inspiration but is a bit weaker in terms of armor at the front and the back. However, the Type 90 uses an advanced autoloader to fire almost 15 shots per minute and weights 8 tons less than the Leopard2A1-4. Also, its height can be configurated.
The mobility of the Tiger is not very great. But when you got impermeable armor and the world's largest tank gun of the time, there is no need for good mobility.
You're right, but sadly it did show that good mobility was also needed. It is logical to assume that the Leopard family come from the Panther (a medium tank) but not from a Tiger (heavy tank).
Yes. The T-34, for example, didn't have a big gun and didn't have much armor, but it did have the GREATEST speed and GREATEST mobility of ANY WWII tank. That is what made it so advanced at that time.
Today, the reason the Chinese Type 99 and MBT-2000 tanks are the world's most advanced tanks is because of mainly mobility (as well as the weapons and the armor).
France's Leclerc is the fastest tank in the world.
Merkava MKIV has the best armor in the world.
It's currently a tie between Challenger 2, Leopard 2 A6,Panther for most powerful gun, though I got to lean more towards Leopard 2 because it uses the Panther principle of longer barrel for higher velocity, and it can fire all of the most potent NATO rounds.
The Leclerc's maximum speed is 71 km/hr. The Type 99's maximum speed is 80 km/hr.
The Merkava's armor is known to be defeated by handheld AT weapons. The Type 98 (without any ERA) is the ONLY tank that can withstand the HJ-8 missile.
The Type 99 can fire DU rounds, almost all known Chinese ATGMs, enhanced armor, better submerging capabilites, and MUCH more.
AND, TWO NEW UPGRADES OF THE TYPE 99 have been released:
The thing about the HJ8, well that's a Chinese made missile. Lots of people test their own missiles on their own tanks, so it doesn't say anything. The US Army tests all it's anti tank weapons against the M1A2 Abrams and the Heer (German Army) tests their missiles against their own Leopard 2s. That's not a very accurate claim for armor. Also there are many other tanks that can fire ATGMs, but it does not have better submerging capabilities then Leopard 2A6 or K2 Black Panther.
The HJ-8 is used by NINE countries WORLDWIDE. It is regarded as among the world's most formidable and potent Anti-tank weapons. It has been tested on battlefields GLOBALLY and it's analyzed to be able to defeat ALL KNOWN ARMORED VEHICLES. However, a test showed that it failed to penetrate the frontal armor of the Type 98.
The US tests their Hellfire ATGMs on their Abrams, yes, but the Norweigian Army proved something different with the SAME atgm.
I need to know where you're getting your info from because I've searched several sources now and found the only claim you've made so far to be true is the speed of the Type 99.
not sure wether the Merkava Mk4 has the best armor, but it's turret design is indeed a very good design to prevent direct-hits and so lower chance of penetration. But the Merkava Mk4 also weights too much at 65 tons! It could not traverse through soft terrain well and definetly a No-Go on many bridges. The heavier a tank, the worse it can be transported on trains and trucks too. That's why tanks like the K-2, Type 10 and Type99 are going to the new trend. All prevent to aproach the 60 tons mark.
Me neither, although the Type 99 and its newer variants sure are among the top ten MBTs now. The Type 99 has very good defensive capabilties and also high mobilty, but lacks in an bustle autoloader. Would be nice if newer variants include an autoloader that could fire at least 12 shots per minute instead of using the Russian style caroussel system that only fires 8 shots. But at least the gun has proven to be powerful and accurate enough.
based off the Leopard A2 with the same 120mm barrel and design as the Leopard A2, except the type 90 has ceramic armor which defeats kinetic rounds in which the Leopard does not. The Japanese are really good inovators and creators .
The common point is only a perpendicular gun turret design.
With the exception of the 120 mm smoothbore gun, which is made under licence from Rheinmetall of Germany, the Type 90 and its subsystems are all designed and built in Japan.
I heard this tank costs 10 million$ 15 years ago. Although it was not massively produced, why is it so expensive? I know cost of tank from America, Germany, France, and Korea is 50%~70% of type 90. Does it have snack bar in it?
Number 1 tank is french leclerc !!
Justinleblanc69 2 weeks ago
This guy makes good hentai 8)
aridchimp 2 months ago
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stevengenejin 4 months ago
The new leopards are better. Plus Germany uses their tanks in combat more so their crews are also more experianced
Goth2124 4 months ago
American can be in costant war but damn if they mess either with Japan or Russia they are so screwed xD
blingwithme 6 months ago
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Tihamah5 4 months ago
@Tihamah5 YOu are just a dumb person that believes on what the rest tells u to believe! u think a country like that won't have an army? are u really that retard?
blingwithme 4 months ago
@blingwithme you need some education son and urgently, japan is limited to have only 100.000 troops and they are not even allowed to call them an army, they call them a defence force, only 1% of the japanese budget is allowed to be dedicated to defence.
i think people like you missed the last 65 years and don't know that japan surrendered to the US, you are extremely ignorant.
Tihamah5 4 months ago
@Tihamah5 I think you missed the part when u got you're brain washed!
blingwithme 4 months ago
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Tihamah5 4 months ago
@blingwithme you are truely not just ignorant but also dumb , son go look it up in google or any where you want, if you don't know the conditions forced on japan when they surrendered to the US, you are competely ignorant.
similar conditions is forced on germany too,it is not allowed to build missiles, no jet fighters and have navy limited to 30.000 only :)
get some education first then come argue with me, i warn you i'm an expert at this :)
Tihamah5 4 months ago
I have no single doubt T90 is one of the strongest tank in the world today
EMIR72CC 6 months ago
...but the question is...will japan EVER get to use this tank in war?
SirHungryHippo 7 months ago
Ein schöner Panzer...Mitsubishi kooperierte dabei mit Kraus Maffai u. Mak um diesen herzustellen...dennoch sehen für mich die westlichen Panzer irgendwie alle ähnlich aus, was zu Problemen in einem Konflikt führen könnte....alle Diskussionen darüber, welcher Panzer besser sein soll sind für mich Blödsinn.Ich denke nämlich daß sie alle gleichwertig stark sind!Es sind alles High Tech Panzer mit gut ausgebildeter Crew!
Falke40lg 8 months ago
why do they have to stop after firing?
flanker271 10 months ago
@flanker271 Because,Stopping immidiately is the only way to avoid the enemy's bullets.
Rentaro0313 10 months ago
the Japanese weapons for me is the Best :)
USAmericanPatriotCA 1 year ago
The best char with the Leclerc!
Pefounet76 1 year ago
@TechnicTony the type 90 looks like a clone of the leopard 2 a4
vuur166 1 year ago
@vuur166
More like the Arjun
ZonTheDon 1 year ago
I like russian tanks.
TheBalabek 1 year ago
I like Type-90. What is the name of second music in this video?
phongrapee 1 year ago
japanese are pretty cool people. in 2nd world war they got bad name but it was a time when asia was lot darker then modenly. now japanese are much more peacfull. its funny that japanese like to call them self monarcy even thou its only for show. they are more of repulic
gooddarkjedi 1 year ago
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nice heat signature.
There were incidents of friendly fire in Desert Storm where Apache-fired hellfire missiles flew to the abrams tank because the abrams tank was so much hotter than diesel engines of iraqis. The abrams actually DECOYED the heat-seeking missiles of apaches since it blows back nearly 1000 degrees F from it's back.
patrikasLTL 2 years ago 3
@patrikasLTL True Abrams Engine is shit
750°C ...
Each Russian Pilot with Heatseeking Missile is Happy because this engine lol
Germanyisthebest1 1 year ago
@patrikasLTL
Hellfire is a laser-guided missile. Ambient heat has nothing to do with its guidance. Won't take much research to confirm such. That's common and open-sourced knowledge.
bendbadgersteve 1 year ago
Why do some of them stop and shoot? That's old school. Shoot on the move.
Where is it's armor beside the basic armor? These have no slat armor, no reactive armor and not even smoke launchers. It also uses steel and ceramics which can be penetrated by any anti-tank weapon made from 1980 and up. So it was designed in 1976 and made in 1989, they should be upgrading it. Even the Leopard 2 is on its 5th upgrade.
orlock20 2 years ago
This was 1996!! orlock20!
i7270 1 year ago
looks a lot like a leo 2a4
siderokefalos2 2 years ago
although it has some certain differences..
siderokefalos2 2 years ago
more advanced
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
@siderokefalos2 Yes because it is the Design of the Leopard2A4 Krauss Maffei Wegmann sell it to Japan
Germanyisthebest1 1 year ago
@Germanyisthebest1 I suppose Germany also sold the design of type 74 tank as well? Let me remind you type 90 tank was rated better than Leopard2 tank at Calflex tank comparison.
Type 90 is a indigenous design by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
chiesuto 1 year ago
@chiesuto It was rated better than Leopard2A4...But not then 2A5 or A6
And Krauss Maffei made to a BIG Part the Type 90,its just smaller than Leopard2A4,its something like the lil brother
Type 90=1990
Leopard2A4=1982
Germanyisthebest1 1 year ago
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haha "japan ground self-defence force"
its like the "Democratic republic of Kongo" or something
patrikasLTL 2 years ago
looks so much like a Leo
7SwitzerlandAustria7 2 years ago
hey looks like to me they might on to something here it might be a goood tank t it look like it has a auto loader but im not sure ithough i wonder what kind armoer does it have
digisage57 2 years ago
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japan is small islands comper to US
sherj69 2 years ago
it looks just like a Abrams did the japanese just "Asianize" a Abrams from us and give this name? or am i wrong?
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
ehh actually just watched some more video and i don't think it looks that much like a Abrams any more haha, Either way Japan having a Army is Scary.. I love you japan but... Well at least Russia with it's T-90s is up north to keep them in line.
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
ur wrong it's not the same thing at all,maybe just the look but it's different inside if you know what i mean.
supgladiateur72 2 years ago
totally wrong look at the specifications it's too different it's more like german leopard?Im not sure about the name
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
Well if it is based more on a Leopard tank then a Abrams then it is worse considering the Abrams is quite substantially better then a leopard. and Besides that a T-90 is still better...Russia is not the Soviet Union anymore so don't Hate the T-90, Or Russia for that matter, it's really a good tank better then any other.
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
You are saying that T-90 is number one?
Well I saw a documentary about russian army, a general said that if we have so many t-90 it's because they are cheap and not very powerful it's exactly like iin WW2 Russian needed 5 or even 6 tank to shot down the german tiger
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
lol where do you learn this stuff? i sure would like to see this mysterious documentary, Also Half way through Russians had better Tanks then the Germans in WW2 on top of that The T-90 is not the Strength in numbers Mentality it's State of the Art Technologically and Costs MORE then twice as much as the American, German and Japanese tanks... So i know for a Fact you made that up good job though Welcome to the internet... Do like a 5min Google search before you make up facts.. lol
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
Lol sry but u know nothing about tanks and you are lying since the beginning you are either brainwashed or ignorant. The most expansive tank is the japanese one plus the T90 is one of the cheapest it's why chinese buy them
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
Source from Google:
T-90:3 millions dollars
Leopard 2 A4: 5,3 millions
Leclerc: 8,6 millions
Type 90 Tank: 7,4 millions
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
Google isn't a Source lol. it's funny that the Japanese one is so Expensive though, i just looked that up, Expensive and not great ahh like allot of Japanese stuff haha, Plus The Chinese buy T-90 because it is cheap? haha there is cheaper tanks I'm pretty sure the Chinese buy it because it is good, the Chinese just make cheap crap themselves, Plus when you say a number like Million you don't pluralize it lol speak English much?
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
Google isn't a source?
"Do like a 5min Google search before you make up facts"
Type 90 tank not great?
About the type 90 tank. U.S. Army ARMOR Magazine 1999
—Tank Assessment Survey Ranks—
「The third-place finisher is a surprise, coming from a nation never known for its tank technology.
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
"Do like a 5min Google search before you make up facts" Google is a search engine that brings you to different sites lol do you have a brain the size of a peanut? lol it's still not a source haha
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
Besides all of this The M1 Abrams is a Amazing tank too, when compared to The Type 90 there isn't much of one not only is the Abrams more capable but about 300 type 90s have been built about 10,000 Abrams have been.
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
big non sense you just proved you know nothing about tanks. You said T90 is the most expensive while it's the cheapest.
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
Well it is actually much more expensive to rent, Then the leopard, I remember that and am positive of it, honestly i just assumed it was more expensive to buy then as well. Well i should of looked it up too.... at least I'm honest....but i did check yours as well it still stands Google is not a source your numbers are still wrong and you still need to brush up on your English.
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
They told me americans are arrogant and unfortunately it's very true. You don't have arguments so you can only say "your english sucks" but apparently you understand but you still arguing about my english while we are talking about tanks. My numbers aren't wrong atleast you could give us some numbers instead of saying "you're wrong". All the numbers come from U.S Armor Magazine 2008
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
HAHA you just said you got the numbers off of Google.. I never lied at least haha i just made a dumbass out of myself saying that and not checking the prices, and your English is bad but it's ok you can improve don't take it personally... and you can get Unit prices off Wikipedia
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
you are weird. You are aware that I found Armor magazine by google right?o_O
My english is better than ObamaDenLaden
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
"The JSDF numbered 239,430 with 147,737 in the Ground Self-Defense Force, 44,327 in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, 45,517 in the Air Self-Defense Force, and 1,849 in the Joint Staff Office. Reserves numbered 57,899" That's including Reserves too, Smaller then France and pretty under budgeted and undermanned especially since you do know all of Europe operates as the EU which has over a million soldiers and A budget of over 300billion vs Japan's $48.8 billion dollar budget
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
I am french and I can tell you France has not 250.000 soldiers look who write this in Wiki. Because you are aware that Wiki is made by ppl like me and you right?Go to the official french army website and you will see that they have only 150.000 soldiers including reserves!
Under budgeted?48.8 billions $ (fourth in the world) it's pretty high for a coutry which is supposed to have no army!
Lol now you are comparing all the EU with Japan It's really stupid from you.
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
oh not to mention the United States over 740billion dollar Military budget and over 1million soldiers all on our own. haha which of course we use to protect country's like Japan which do not have a army at all but a simple defense force...
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
You are realizing for the second time you were wrong first about the tanks and now with Japanese army.
After you compare like a kid Japan with Eu & USA tsss
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
I hate to say bad thing about US army but well you do the same with Japanese army.
So 740 billion dollar but still not able to find Osama. You got ass kicked out of Vietnam.
Plus look at your contradiction 'Japan....do not have a army at all but a simpple defense force' what is an army if it's not a defense fo_Orce?????
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
come on dude i was bored and i was having fun ANSWEEEEEEEER
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
"I never lied at least"
"i just made a dumbass out of myself saying that and not checking the prices,"
sure u a dumb
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
Either way This video is about japan, Hopefully they never get a Real Army again, It's a Scary thought to have the Japanese in War again to many abuses in the past and a very warped way of looking at war. I love Japan and the Japanese but Culturally war is not something they can handle.
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
ROFL you are very funny just tell me one thing to see if you are brainwashed. What bad Japan did?
And BTW are you sure, you the american, can handle a war without abusing peopple and killing millions of innocent?
One last thing yes they have a REAL army just look at their budget and at type 89 rifle Type 10 XMBT and their marines. AND they have more soldiers that any countries in Europe (250.000 soldiers)
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
259,050 is the number of soldiers in France which i believe is in Europe plus The "JGSDF numbers around 147,000 soldiers." Direct quote Wikipedia lmao god i love you haha and im the one who doesn't know what they are talking about? Also, What bad ^did Japan ^do would be a more proper question and if you need to ask it you are the ignorant one.
BlacKnightm93r 2 years ago
奴隶制(共产主义),奴隶主(共产党)拥有奴隶(人民)的制度。奴隶(人民)须为奴隶主(共产党)干活,无报酬,且无人身自由。法律确认奴隶为奴隶主的私有财产,共产主义跟奴隶制也一样,国家所有财产归共产党。人民跟本不可能享受自己生产所得的回报。奴隶主(共产党)对奴隶(人民)握有生杀予夺的权力,可随意奴役、杀害。奴隶(人民)没有独立的人格,没有任何自由和权利。
antisocialism 2 years ago
台湾に寄贈しよう。
hiroshi19801127 2 years ago
所以,如果你听到中国阿美族我什么科潘ajaj志,但我来自阿根廷,但远远
nahuelucho1 2 years ago
Unsuccessful parody on the M1 "Abrams". T90 devour it in two minutes. ;-)
stankomi 2 years ago
lol the type 90 tank is the third best tank in the world you need how much T90 to shot down just one tank heh?
fuUuckCCP 2 years ago
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Manasseh27 2 years ago
That is one of the best tanks the world.
After Т-90 certainly =))
Siberia90 3 years ago
its like a cross between a amx le clerc and a m1 abrams
Dolpsgrenadier 3 years ago
you forgot to mention the Leopard2A1-4. The Type 90 of Japan clearly used the Leopard2 original turret as inspiration but is a bit weaker in terms of armor at the front and the back. However, the Type 90 uses an advanced autoloader to fire almost 15 shots per minute and weights 8 tons less than the Leopard2A1-4. Also, its height can be configurated.
UtdRepsOfChina 3 years ago 2
made in Japan:)
edtaylor06 3 years ago
nearly resembles the tiger I
tucker1012 3 years ago
It does!
segregator236 3 years ago
Not the Tiger 1, the Leopard 2 !!
hatakashi1900 3 years ago
More the Tiger 1. The dash is flat.
segregator236 3 years ago
em ... I think it looks more like a Leopard 2, because in fact the Jap designers had a big influence from the Leo2 when they designed this.
hatakashi1900 3 years ago 2
Yes. But remember the Tiger became the inspiration of many new German tanks!
segregator236 3 years ago
NO sadly it's the Panthers, not Tigers. It's the sloping armour of the Panthers that inspired the 2nd gen tanks, like the Leopard.
hatakashi1900 3 years ago
Yes, true. But the Tiger showed what armor and a big gun can do.
segregator236 3 years ago
And it also shows what will happen if u compromise the mobility.
hatakashi1900 3 years ago
The mobility of the Tiger is not very great. But when you got impermeable armor and the world's largest tank gun of the time, there is no need for good mobility.
segregator236 3 years ago
You're right, but sadly it did show that good mobility was also needed. It is logical to assume that the Leopard family come from the Panther (a medium tank) but not from a Tiger (heavy tank).
hatakashi1900 3 years ago
Yes. The T-34, for example, didn't have a big gun and didn't have much armor, but it did have the GREATEST speed and GREATEST mobility of ANY WWII tank. That is what made it so advanced at that time.
Today, the reason the Chinese Type 99 and MBT-2000 tanks are the world's most advanced tanks is because of mainly mobility (as well as the weapons and the armor).
segregator236 3 years ago
I wouldn't go as far as claiming Chinse 99 is the most advanced tanks...=D
hatakashi1900 3 years ago 2
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Ahh...but I compared the capabilities!
The Type 99 is the world's fastest tank.
The Type 99 has the world's best armor.
The Type 99 has the world's largest & most powerful gun.
The Type 99 can fire DU rounds (only a few tanks can do so).
MUCH MUCH MORE.
And 2 newer versions of the Type 99 just came out.
segregator236 3 years ago
Wrong on all accounts except the DU rounds.
France's Leclerc is the fastest tank in the world.
Merkava MKIV has the best armor in the world.
It's currently a tie between Challenger 2, Leopard 2 A6,Panther for most powerful gun, though I got to lean more towards Leopard 2 because it uses the Panther principle of longer barrel for higher velocity, and it can fire all of the most potent NATO rounds.
longbowgold67 3 years ago
Wrong about that, buddy.
The Leclerc's maximum speed is 71 km/hr. The Type 99's maximum speed is 80 km/hr.
The Merkava's armor is known to be defeated by handheld AT weapons. The Type 98 (without any ERA) is the ONLY tank that can withstand the HJ-8 missile.
The Type 99 can fire DU rounds, almost all known Chinese ATGMs, enhanced armor, better submerging capabilites, and MUCH more.
AND, TWO NEW UPGRADES OF THE TYPE 99 have been released:
- Type 99G
- Type 99A2
segregator236 3 years ago
The thing about the HJ8, well that's a Chinese made missile. Lots of people test their own missiles on their own tanks, so it doesn't say anything. The US Army tests all it's anti tank weapons against the M1A2 Abrams and the Heer (German Army) tests their missiles against their own Leopard 2s. That's not a very accurate claim for armor. Also there are many other tanks that can fire ATGMs, but it does not have better submerging capabilities then Leopard 2A6 or K2 Black Panther.
longbowgold67 3 years ago
The HJ-8 is used by NINE countries WORLDWIDE. It is regarded as among the world's most formidable and potent Anti-tank weapons. It has been tested on battlefields GLOBALLY and it's analyzed to be able to defeat ALL KNOWN ARMORED VEHICLES. However, a test showed that it failed to penetrate the frontal armor of the Type 98.
The US tests their Hellfire ATGMs on their Abrams, yes, but the Norweigian Army proved something different with the SAME atgm.
The Type 99 can submerge up 5m underwater
segregator236 3 years ago
The Type 99 can submerge up to 5 meters underwater limitless time.
The K2 Black Panther can only submerge 4.1 meters.
The Leopard 2 can only submerge 4 meters.
segregator236 3 years ago
I need to know where you're getting your info from because I've searched several sources now and found the only claim you've made so far to be true is the speed of the Type 99.
longbowgold67 3 years ago
Buddy, I got mine from SinoDefence, FAS, GlobalSecurity, and many government sites.
And all of that is ALSO on Wikipedia.
I can give you the quotes if you want.
segregator236 3 years ago
not sure wether the Merkava Mk4 has the best armor, but it's turret design is indeed a very good design to prevent direct-hits and so lower chance of penetration. But the Merkava Mk4 also weights too much at 65 tons! It could not traverse through soft terrain well and definetly a No-Go on many bridges. The heavier a tank, the worse it can be transported on trains and trucks too. That's why tanks like the K-2, Type 10 and Type99 are going to the new trend. All prevent to aproach the 60 tons mark.
UtdRepsOfChina 3 years ago
Me neither, although the Type 99 and its newer variants sure are among the top ten MBTs now. The Type 99 has very good defensive capabilties and also high mobilty, but lacks in an bustle autoloader. Would be nice if newer variants include an autoloader that could fire at least 12 shots per minute instead of using the Russian style caroussel system that only fires 8 shots. But at least the gun has proven to be powerful and accurate enough.
UtdRepsOfChina 3 years ago
Tank with automatic loading system.
IgoRAZ12345 3 years ago
based off the Leopard A2 with the same 120mm barrel and design as the Leopard A2, except the type 90 has ceramic armor which defeats kinetic rounds in which the Leopard does not. The Japanese are really good inovators and creators .
utubeownage 4 years ago 2
The common point is only a perpendicular gun turret design.
With the exception of the 120 mm smoothbore gun, which is made under licence from Rheinmetall of Germany, the Type 90 and its subsystems are all designed and built in Japan.
hugaku36 4 years ago 7
I heard this tank costs 10 million$ 15 years ago. Although it was not massively produced, why is it so expensive? I know cost of tank from America, Germany, France, and Korea is 50%~70% of type 90. Does it have snack bar in it?
chamiri 4 years ago
what????
Type 90 tank has an approximate unit cost of 6.6 million.
Germany, France, and Korea tanks over 8 million.
hugaku36 4 years ago 2
US abrams only costs 4 million yet can do a better job.
drifterZ00 3 years ago
@hugaku36 lol... K2 is about 6.9mil while Type 90 is about 7.4mil.
You are joking, right?
havoc222222 1 year ago
Japanese has always been very good in making weapons. And they are developing robotic weaponry. Scary.
ChuckManiac 4 years ago 2