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Plus the light 120mm MBT's that have been fielded since the beginning of this year.
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You mean this (see attached)?
Speculation on what exactly it IS armed with is wavering between 125mm and 105mm.
It first showed up in 2011 on the boards, and even now; in Q2 2015; a lot is really unknown about it.
What really confuses things for China Watchers is the Chinese Military Industrial Complex's own indigenous development (on their own) of various vehicles for the export market.
For example, MBT-3000 (VT4) is basically an exportized ZTZ-99; and there are whole prototypes which get built to chase an export market; then die and go nowhere; like the old AAI RDF/LT light tank.