Aren't the Japanese the most technically advanced and the Chinese have the best resources in the region? Why, then, the Japanese design a cardboard sub-tank, and the Chinese just modify the most terrible platform possible - T-72?
Why did the Koreans manage to design the most capable MBT in East Asia?
>Japan
Tanks have always had tertiary importance to them. You need ships and planes to defend Japan.
>China
Communism lmao
>Korea
Most likely to be involved in conventional land war.
Simple as.
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japanese tanks need to be paper to get across the islands, chinks are retarded and are using tanks based off soviet tank designs, and korea doesn’t have those restrictions so they can make the best shit they want
>Korea
>Most likely to be involved in conventional land war.
Don't forget that Korea's first domestic tank, the K1, was basically a heavily modified Abram's built in cooperation with Chrysler. So when designed the K2 they were already working off the back of their K1 experience.
Where does the myth about Type 10 being cardboard come from? So far we know it was made to be resistant against it's own 120mm APFSDS from 2km to turret. For the same the hull requires an additional armor package, which they apparently still haven't shown to media.
Japan is still working with the mideset of never selling their military equipment overseas, thus advertising is out of the schedule. Might take a decade before we get to know more about their new ERA and APS, both of which could be effective against APFSDS.
Japan has a self defence force, the clue is in the name, so tanks arent a top priority. Especially since its only now china is starting to look like a proper threat, and even noe japan is still an island.
Korea on the other hand is staring down the collective gun barrels of one of the worlds largest armys. Sure its horribly equipped and led, but its still a threat to be taken seriously.
Also some reports have saud the chinese t72 variants are the best ones. They have two whole reverse gears! (100% more than any russian variant)
>Why did the Koreans manage to design the most capable MBT in East Asia?
They didn't.
Retard here, what makes the K2 any better than an Abrams or a Leo?
It's a meme toy with all the cool gadgets crammed inside unless proven in the fields otherwisem
It's cheap
>and the Chinese just modify the most terrible platform possible - T-72
you're retarded. ztz -99 isn't a T72.
you're dumb. deal with it (or don't).
Why did the Koreans manage to design the most capable MBT in East Asia?
Koreans didn't design the Type 10.
>Type 10
Litarally origami trash.
>Koreans didn't design the Type 10.
And Japan didn't design the ZTZ-99A2 Pro Ultra MaxV, the actual Asian Beast.
>T-72 bodykit
>dumb fuck talking about shit he doesn't understand
stfu, gtfo, kys
If it has a carousel autoloader its a T-64/72 derivative.
Go ahead and explain then
The only non-sovietshit about that tank is the good reverse speed
Japan should export equipment. The Swiss sell guns so its not a war action to just sell stuff.
t. Toyota driver and fan of Japanese QC
>Korea
Tanks need to fight against an adversary that can reach them by land. Tanks are useful for breakthrough operations against fortified opposition. Koreans will actually use tanks in a conflict so they better have the best ones they can make. Also Samsung or whatever chaebol is getting a hefty paycheck for building it.
>Japan
It's an island. Ships, jets, and missiles are more important.
>China
A clusterfuck of needs and research culture. Communism means defense contractors are state owned and have no competition. Everything is handled by effectively 1-chain of command. No competition means you get some outlandish designs at expos, but god knows if they're effective because the Chinese don't actually fight wars.
The Chinese also have a variety of needs. The invasion of Taiwan is their top near-time priority. This means an emphasis on naval and jet tech (which isn't cheap and extremely difficult). And god help them, contested amphibious landing tech. Their tank needs are also a bit all over the place. They want a MBT, because everyone has a MBT, but they also want light tanks for a possible war in the Kashmir region against India. Heavy tanks sink and get stuck in the snow/mud (the same conditions they'll find in Kasmir), so they're trying to develop a tank light enough to not bury itself but also capable of delivering firepower support in high altitudes.
...why not an IFV with drones support?
Light enough to run on all terrain while strong enough to threaten infantry and fortified positions
Or you know, spam artillery and rockets
That's not a Type 10
soviet dreams and hopes
I will never forgive the fucking mountain oil garden gnome Norwegians for choosing the Leo2 A7 over this.
K2 beat the Leopard in the trial they held as well, beat it fair and square and they still chose the German shit. Fucking Germans. Yes I'm sneeding
cope
Their navies are better, that's what will matter in a likely east asian conflict (read: Taiwan)
SK only does this crap to trick slavs into signing contracts and to keep their direct hostile neighbor up north at bay