China’s tank industry is relatively young compared to its U.S. and Soviet-Russian counterparts. Yet the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has launched major efforts in prior decades to not only keep pace ...

The ZTZ-96 could be considered China’s first modern main battle tank. It grew out of a program to modernize the older ZTZ-88 tank, which was a stopgap design between the older Type 59s for the 1980s.

Japan has selected Patria's Armoured Modular Vehicle (pictured above) to replace the JGSDF's existing Type 96 APCs. (Patria) The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected Finnish company Patria ...