Meet the Type 99: Over the last two decades, Beijing has worked tirelessly to design and develop homegrown counters to America’s formidable airframes. In order to challenge U.S. air superiority, ...

Key point: China has finally fielded a first-class main battle tank. China has a lot of tanks. Like, eight to nine thousand of them. Who else would bother to maintain such a ridiculous number? The ...

The Type 99 tank is China’s most advanced armored vehicle, designed to rival the world’s best. Built by Norinco and introduced in 2001, it represents decades of military development. The latest model, ...

August 27, 2007: China is in the final stages of testing a new version of its Type 99 tank, the Type 99A2. There is improved reactive armor, as well as fixes to the engine, electronics and mechanical ...

New Chinese Type 99 tank. Actually, it should just be called the Type 98I, as there is a new Chinese amphibious light tank also called the Type 99.

Nearly all of China's armored vehicles and tanks are built by the state-owned Corporation, China North Industries, also called Norinco, which is one of the largest arms producers in the world. The ...