What is the direct firing range of Chinese tanks in actual combat? This cannot be quantitatively evaluated, so it is not conclusive, but it can be seen in the two world military competitions of tanks held in Russia every year. As early as 2014, the Russian side found that the shooting accuracy of Chinese active tanks was far superior to that of Russian tanks. The Shooting Results of chinese tank soldiers in both tank competitions are superior, and the average performance far exceeds that of the Russian army.
At that time, China participated in two military competitions of tanks with 96A main battle tanks, the targets were lying down, and then suddenly one was randomly erected, and the tank had to find, identify aiming, and shoot in a few seconds, which was very practical. The target set in the competition, the height of the target plate is 2.37 meters, the width is 3.42 meters, and the competition requires each tank to shoot at three distances of 1600 meters, 1700 meters and 1800 meters. The tank gun of the 96A is constantly searching left and right, and the search ability and accuracy of the tank fire control system are quite demanding. Completely crushing russian tanks that required a short pause.
For example, the "People's Liberation Army Daily" once reported that before our army went to Russia to compete, it was first trained at home, and it was a target used at a distance of 2200 meters, which was much farther than the competition in Russia. It has also been reported that after the training and selection of the two tank competition units of a certain unit of the Central Theater to Russia, the tank soldiers also used the remaining ammunition that had not been completed to organize an extra race, and then increased the target plate distance from the specified 2200 meters to 600 meters, and the 96B main battle tanks participating in the extra round still achieved very accurate shooting at a distance of 2800 meters, and each gun accurately hit the target. This distance is about the limit of the direct firing distance of the main gun of the 96B tank. This seriously shows that the sophisticated guns and precision fire control of the domestically produced 96B tanks have excellent accuracy and advancedness.
In addition to the 96A tank, our 99A tank is also very powerful. "People's Liberation Army Daily" also reported on the 99A tank, the famous "Iron Armor Soldier King" non-commissioned officer Jia Yuanyou. In the early years, when it was still equipped with Type 99 tanks, Jia Yuanyou drove a Type 99 main battle tank to accurately hit a retired Type 59 tank that served as a target at a distance of 2500 meters. After the troops were equipped with the latest 99A tanks, he could also accurately fire at a limit of 3,000 meters.
The advanced fire control of the 99A main battle tank, with a direct firing distance of 2000 meters, can accurately hit small targets of 0.2 meters x 0.2 meters at a distance of 1500 meters. In many Sino-Russian joint exercises in recent years, the armored column of our army equipped with 99A tanks and 04A infantry fighting vehicles can attack at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour and can accurately fire artillery at high speed, which has stunned and greatly shocked the Russian counterparts. Because, even the best improved Russian army active main force T-72B3M tank, can only fire at a speed of less than 20 km / h in the travel, their tanks can not be fired fast, really inaccurate.
You know, during the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War, the long-range shooting distance of the US M1A1 and M1A2 tanks was more than 2,000 meters, and the effective shooting hit record of more than 3,000 meters could be on the TV news.
Whether it is a Chinese tank, or a European and American tank, in the operation of direct fire, its effective firing distance is mostly between 1000 and 2000 meters, a small number between 2000 and 3000 meters. After the 1991 Gulf War, some American netizens pretended to be veterans of the Gulf War on social media, bragging online that they could directly kill an Iraqi tank with a random shot at a distance of 5,000 meters.
So, immediately, real American veterans came up and punched these netizens, how do you aim at a distance of 5,000 meters? Have you touched the tank gun commander's scope?
It turned out that the maximum limit distance of the American M1A1 main battle tank in direct fire was only 4000 meters, and the sure shots were all within 3000 meters. If the distance exceeds 4000 meters, the fire control system cannot operate normally, and the sight does not display data. Only by relying on the auxiliary scope of the gun commander to estimate, and then with the help of the comrades in the front through the radio to report the impact point to correct, through several test shots, can barely achieve a 5000-meter distance of ultra-long-range shooting.
In recent years, the mainland has sent 96A and 96B main battle tanks to participate, 125 mm smoothbore gun is a typical direct-fire gun, but the continental tanks are equipped with a very accurate image-stabilizing fire control system, its commonly used direct combat distance between 1000 meters and 2000 meters, the effective firing distance on the battlefield is much farther than the Russian tank.
The Russian T-72's fire control is relatively slaggy, and its ability to strike running or stationary targets during travel is low. A short stop or a slow down is required before shooting. The Russian-made T-72B1 tank was modified to carry out the so-called moving static anti-armor piercing shell. All T-72B1 tanks were slowed down to less than 5 km/h in the side-aim firing section, which was ridiculed as the "creeping fire of the T-72".
Even arrogant Russian experts admit that the Chinese Type 96 tank has a static-to-static shooting rate of almost 100%, and the hit rate of motion-to-static and motion-to-motion is far stronger than that of the T-72B3, which is often considered to have an absolute advantage in the game. Moreover, the Russians found that the long-range shooting capability of the Chinese 96A tank was also outstanding. The domestic training of the 96A tank is a target used at a distance of 2200 meters, much farther than in russia, at which the T-72 tank can hit almost nothing.
However, some people say that the slag fire control of russian tanks also has advantages in actual combat, if we fight with our 96A, the sudden setback of the T-72 tank is short-term, which will cause the 96A tank fire control to recalculate the aiming point, extend the stable aiming time, and the T-72 can live for a few more seconds........
Of course, due to home field advantage, unpredictable rule changes, and "impartial" referees, the first must be Russia, unless the game is held in a different place.