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Main battle tank
Type 99 tank is a main battle tank originating in China. It was built by Baotou Tank Plant.
ChinaTechnical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Main battle tank
China
2001 (Type 99) 2011–present (Type 99A)
See Operators
201st Research Institute
Baotou Tank Plant
$2.5 million
1998–2001 (Type 98) 2001–2011 (Type 99) 2007–present (Type 99A)
~1,300
51 tonnes (Type 98) 55 tonnes (Type 99A)
Hull: 7.6 metres (25 ft) Gun forward: 11 metres (36 ft)
Hull: 3.7 metres (12 ft)
Hull: 2.35 metres (7.7 ft)
3 (commander, driver, gunner)
Classified. Anticipated to be welded turret with applique and modular composite/ reactive armor
125mm ZPT-98 smoothbore gun (42 Rounds; autoloader)
QJC-88 heavy machine gun Type 86 coaxial machine gun
150HB liquid-cooled V12 twin-turbo diesel 33.9 litre 1,500 hp (1,119 kW)
27.78 hp/tonne
Torsion bar suspension
600 kilometres (370 mi)–650 kilometres (400 mi)
Road: 76 kilometres per hour (47 mph) (Type 99A) Off-road: 54 kilometres per hour (34 mph)
China
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Type 99 tank equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ChinaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZTZ-99. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / MBT. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Lower-bound count for Type 99. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Ground Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 1,370+. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.