Chinese Type-96A Main Battle Tanks Drill

Chinese Type-96A Main Battle Tanks  drill

The main armament of the Type-96A is composed with a smoothbore 125 mm gun with autoloader of Russian 2A46M design. Auxiliary weapons include one 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, with a maximum fire-range of 1,800 m and a fire rate of 250 rounds/min.

A 12.7-mm/50-calibre anti-aircraft machine gun is mounted on the command cupola, with a maximum fire-range of 2,000 m.

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To complete its armament, the Type-96A is equipped with six smoke grenade launchers, mounted on each side of the turret.

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