HJ-8 MISSILE VS. TYPE 98 TANK

THE ULTIMATE TEST: Which would win?
A HJ-8 missile (one of the world's most advanced ATGMS), or the Type 98 (among the world's most advanced tanks)?

The HJ-8 is analyzed by experts to be able to defeat ALL known armored vehicles.

The Type 98 is analyzed to have the best armor.
REMEMBER, NO explosive reactive armor (ERA) was used.

WHICH WOULD WIN?

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[kireta21]

HJ-9E is pretty advanced piece of hardware. Still, killing modern MBT won't be easy for it, since 1400mm CE penetration is not enough to pierce turret of modern western MBT (statistically turret takes 90% hits during combat). But it can pierce trough frontal hull armor, so it's still threat for them. But if it works against ERA as good as Chinese claim, eastern MBTs with armor entirely based on ERA are pretty much screwed.

Type-98 is slightly weaker armored vs CE than basic M1A1 from 80's .

[segregator236]

Type 98 only use composite armor, right.

The Type 96G, Type 99/G/A1/A2/KM, and CSU-152 have cutting-edge armors.

[SS27topol]

at 0:19.... was that an American flag???

lol

[SilentEagles]

@segregator236

American BGM-71's Tripod + French MILAN's tracker-control unit + British Swingfire Missiles = Chinese HJ-8.

China got BGM-71 from Vietnam, French MILAN from Iran, and Swingfire from Sudan.

[Ome99]

@kireta21 stated penetration is behind ERA, so it's still useless.

[toro199999]

@kireta21 wow NICE info man thank you..if you dont mind me asking what do you work or do for living cause i wanted to work in the military industry field..i love jet engines, airplanes, tanks, guns, rockets, radars and robots..i'm just asking because u sound professional..i'm an undergraduate engineer by the way..greetings from Egypt :)

[kireta21]

@Ome99

Yeah, while modern tank are nearly untochable for such systems in head-on fight, their side armor provides protection only from autocannons and hand-held AT weapons (latter, only in vital spots). In Iraq many tanks was equpped with additional side armor protection, since in regular combat (like Desert Storm) thin side armor was never a concern.

M1A1 (no ERA) side turret is only up to 500mm vs CE, hull is ranging from 500mm (crew section) to 300mm (engine),

[JumpingonYubTub]

@Ome99 Correct my friend, exported Kornets did a number on the Abrams tanks it attacked. This is because they mainly targeted the side of the tanks. The Kornet teams put their launcher on the back of a pick-up truck and drove it around the tanks to hit their softer flanks.

The Kornet is definitely not a missile you want aimed at your vehicle, that's for sure.

[Ome99]

@kireta21 Well, the Kornet E can only penetrate 1000 to 1200mm RHA behind ERA, yet it still disabled Abrams in Iraq, and destroyed (that's not disabling) at least 2 Merkavas in the Lebanon war of 2006, which are arguably better protected than Abrams

[agadhahab1]

Yes, the tank did not explode. No, that's not how missiles work.

[vivek41176]

One more piece of junk...

[STALGRAD]

@SS27topol Yes, to raise morale. Think ....

[djkapalof]

@Kirilltraceur chinese i think 75%