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| | Type 96 / Type 88C |
 | | The Type 96 incorporates significant improvements over the Type 85, including significant improvements in the three key areas of MBT design: armor, mobility, and firepower. |
 | | Production of the Type 96 tank continues, though the rate of increase seems to have declined as US Department of Defense estimates have been lowered in recent years. |
 | | The annual report on the Chinese military issued by the Department of Defense in 2002 stated that the total number of Type 96s deployed would reach 1,800 by 2005 but this estimate was decreased to 1,500 in 2003 report, without an explanation for the revision. |
| www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/china/type-96.htm (334 words) |
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