of Type 96 (around 1,000 units) as of December 2015. Tanzania People's Defence Force - at least one unit of the export variant VT-2. Sudanese Armed Forces - Since 2008. Gallery See also Related Development Type 99 tank, a Chinese third-generation main battle tank. Comparable ground systems T-64B T-72B3M Al-Khalid T-90 PT-91 Twardy Oplot M1 Abrams References Bibliography External links Ruptly news footage of the Type 96A in the 2014 tank biathlon Ruptly news footage of the Type 96A in the 2015 tank biathlon CNTV news footage of the 2015 tank biathlon (Chinese audio) Main battle tanks of China Post–Cold War main battle tanks Tanks of the People's Republic of China Tanks with autoloaders Military vehicles introduced in the 1990s