The government of Australia’s request to buy 75 Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 MBTs and associated vehicles through the US’ Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme was approved by the US State Department in April 2021.
The delivery of all the tanks under the contract is expected to be completed in June 2028. The first delivery order was valued at $406m. In December 2020, General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded a $4.6bn fixed-price incentive contract to produce Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 MBTs for the US Army. General Dynamics Land Systems received a $714m delivery order from the US Army to upgrade an additional 174 M1A1 MBTs to M1A2 SEPv3 standard in January 2019. The US Army placed an order with General Dynamics for the upgrade of 100 M1A1 MBTs to M1A2 SEPv3 in July 2018. The updated Type 90-II featured a 125mm smoothbore cannon with an autoloader.General Dynamics Land Systems also received a $270m contract from the US Army Tank Automotive Command to manufacture 45 Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks in October 2017. Chinese engineers based many of the tank’s designs and structure on the Soviet T-72 MBT. Later in that decade, Beijing turned its attention to developing a homegrown third-generation tank to coincide with the People’s Republic of China’s eighth five-year plan. The Type 99 MBT is derived from China’s older Type 88 MBT first introduced in the late 1980s. China’s MBT is considered on par with near-peers like Russia’s T-14 Armata and South Korea’s K2 Black Panther, and it could be a tough competitor for America’s own M1 Abrams family of tanks if put head-to-head on the battlefield. In addition to modern armor, the vehicle is fitted with enhanced fire control systems, advanced communications features, and a more lethal gun. While the country’s aerial progress over the last 20 years has been noted, less known is that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has also created a formidable main battle tank.īeijing’s Type 99, also known as ZTZ-99, is a third-generation battle tank. air superiority, China created its own fifth-generation fighter jet, the Chengdu J-20. Meet the Type 99: Over the last two decades, Beijing has worked tirelessly to design and develop homegrown counters to America’s formidable airframes.
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