Chinese manufacturing giant Norinco may have gotten the tank formula right with the Type 99 and it’s derivative, the Type 99A. It might even be able to hold its own against an M1 Abrams—but ...

The Type 99 and T-90 both can fire anti-tank missiles from the gun tube, while the Abrams cannot. (The Type 99 uses AT-11 Refleks missiles licensed from Russia).

In August, a model of a Chinese Type 99-A main battle tank was spotted in the U.S. About a month later, a remote-controlled target tank resembling the American M1A2 Abrams tank surfaced at an arms ...

Type 15s were still active in Tibet as recently as Sunday. China’s heavier Type 99 tanks also are in the region. India has positioned its own T-90MS and T-72M1 tanks near the Line of Actual Control.

While the Type 96 and Type 99 are MBTs, the Type 15 is one of the few light tanks developed this century. China's Type 99 (ZTZ-99) tank during an event at the 2017 Army Games in Russia, July 29, 2017.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin watched, modernized Russian T-90 main battle tanks rumbled into position, staging an assault with the support of Chinese Type 99 tanks.

Aside from China's Type 99 heavy tank, the nation's secondary Type 15 tank occupies an interesting and unique slot in the arsenal of the Chinese military.

While Chinese Type 15s have yet to see combat, Russian T-90s have fought in Syria, with at least one being badly damaged by a U.S.-made TOW anti-tank missile fired by Syrian rebels.