Chinese Tanks
Once largely reliant on Soviet designs, the Chinese have slowly but surely developed a viable tank industry in recent decades.
There are a total of 22 Chinese Military Tanks in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below by initial year of service. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
2014
The MBT-3000 is a 3rd Generation Main Battle Tank (MBT) currently in the development stages for both export customers and the...
2006
The massive expansion programs of the Chinese military in recent decades has added a new, all-modern amphibious tracked vehic...
1998
The Type 99 is a considerable and formidable addition to the armor line up of the People's Liberation Army of China. The Type...
1997
With decades of experience in owning and operating Soviet/Russian combat tanks, it was only natural for the Chinese military ...
1985
The NORINCO-produced Type-85-II is a further development of the Type 80 main battle tank but offers up a host of improvements...
1980
The NORINCO Type 80 is based on the Type 69 main battle tank albeit with an entirely new hull design making the Type 80 an en...
1976
The T-80 of the Russian Army was born in the era of the Soviet Empire during the Cold War. The type was a further evolution o...
1969
The NORINCO-produced Type 69 is a further indigenous development based on previous Soviet hardware purchases. The Type 69 is ...
1966
The Soviet military was first major military power to widely adopt the concept of an "armored fighting infantry carrier" thro...
1963
Yet another in the long line of NORINCO designs inspired by Soviet-era purchases, the Type 62 (classified as a "light tank") ...
1963
The Chinese NORINCO-built Type 63 is in many ways a relative to the Soviet-designed and built PT-76 troop carrier. The weapon...
1959
The NORINCO-produced Type 59 was actually based on the purchase and subsequent local licensed production of the Soviet T-54 m...
1958
The T-55 was a further improved version of the T-54 Main Battle Tank series of 1949 intended to counter the new American M60 ...
1952
The PT-76 was developed shortly after Second World War. The weapon system is designated as a "Light Amphibious Tank" featurin...
1945
The IS-3 (also "Joseph Stalin" or "Iosef Stalin" IS3) heavy tank was a continuation of the successful series of tanks fielded...
1943
The T-34/85 was essentially categorized as an "up-gunned" version of the successful base T-34 medium tank designed and built ...
1943
The Soviet Army need for ever-more formidable tracked firepower came to the forefront after losses of much territory to the i...
1942
The M4 Sherman series of medium tanks proved an invaluable asset to Allied operations North Africa, Europe and the Pacific th...
1940
To Red Army authorities, it was becoming painfully clear that the BT series of "fast tanks" was not the long term answer for ...
1936
The Type 95 "Ha-Go" was a light tank design primarily utilized by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War 2. She wa...
1935
The L3 series of tankettes primarily served the Italian Army in the years leading up to World War 2. By this time in history,...
1933
The BT series of Soviet "Fast Tanks" was born out of a John Walter Christie design in the early 1930s featuring an American s...
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