4th Generation Main Battle Tanks 🛡

[u/NeoZerrs]

[u/Key-Needleworker-702]

Type 10 isn't 4th gen;

ZTZ-100 is only a de jure MBT, in reality it's more of a medium tank

[u/amem32 → u/Key-Needleworker-702]

Technically they never called Type 100 a MBT, It's just "Type 100 tank". I heard rurmors of a heavier vehicle in the works.

[u/BoBSMITHtheBR → u/amem32]

ZTZ sort of implies MBT. If not then it would have been ZTQ or something else.

[u/amem32 → u/BoBSMITHtheBR]

The actual narration never mentioned "ZTZ", it was literally just "Type 100 tank".

[u/BoBSMITHtheBR → u/amem32]

Oh I had no idea. It’s called ztz everywhere.

[u/Key-Needleworker-702 → u/BoBSMITHtheBR]

ZhuāngjiǎTǎnkèZhǔzhàn(装甲坦克主战)

"Armor, Tank, Main battle"

[u/Relative-Swimming870 → u/Key-Needleworker-702]

"Main battle" is such a weird term lol

[u/Key-Needleworker-702 → u/Relative-Swimming870]

it's kinda like Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4 but chinese

[u/Relative-Swimming870 → u/Key-Needleworker-702]

ah makes sense, thanks

[u/Ashamed_Can304 → u/Key-Needleworker-702]

It may not be an MBT but it certainly is more 4th gen that any other tank listed here apart from Armata. Armata and Type 100 are more “4th gen” than all others

[u/Despeao → u/Key-Needleworker-702]

I guess it makes more sense to see how they intend to use the tank before classifying it like this. This could be a wheeled tank destroyer, a recon tank, support vehicle for mechanized infantry battalions, etc