ZTZ-96 (Type 96 MBT) China PLA Chinese Main Battle Tank 1 player ver

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Author: Pyo

Last revision: 24 Nov, 2022 at 19:34 UTC

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Description:
What’s this?

This is a vehicle referencing Chinese ZTZ-96(Type 96 tank) Main Battle Tank
ZTZ-96 is a Chinese second generation main battle tank (MBT).
wiki page here [en.wikipedia.org]

How is this working?

Specifications or Features :

  • 140% scaled.
  • War thunder Style movement controlling.
  • 1 player controlling the whole vehicle.
  • 8 physical parts. Kind of performance friendly.
  • Max Speed is around 117 Kph. 3 auto gears.
  • 1900 liters diesel stock can last tens of kilometers.
  • 360 degree free rotating turret. -12~+20 degrees range in vertical. (Stuck in some directions you know that’s not my fault.)
  • Auto loading Battle Cannon (max 17 rpm) with 33 HE shells and 35 AP shells. Switch easily.
  • Light Auto Cannon as Machine gun with 400 rounds.
  • Decent front hull armor when facing to enemy.
  • Dual plane stabilizing.
  • Radar based fire aiming assistant system with Drop and lead calculating and tracing.
  • Auto Chaff Launching System to prevent the damage from radar guided missiles.
  • Aiming status buzzer and radar alert buzzer.
  • Auto Extinguisher system.
  • Tactical Data Link System which provide friendly position sharing and target position sharing.
  • Aim at GPS coordinate you marked or shared by ally via Tactical Data Link.
How to play?

Key binding:

  1. Lock = Lock the target point at when Radar ON .
  2. Switch Weapon = Switch weapon between Auto loading Battle Cannon and Light Auto Cannon.
  3. Chaff = Launch a chaff manually.
  4. Slow Aim = Slow the aiming speed when using arrow keys.
  5. Radar = Switch the Radar to on or off.
  6. Stab = Switch the Stabilizer to on or off.

Player Interface:

Enjoy it step by step.


Press "Engine" button to start engine, and enjoy Warthunder style movement controlling.


Press "5" key to turn the Radar on. Arrow keys to turn turret. "4"key to turn slower.
"1" key to lock whatever you want to.


Press "2" key to switch weapon and "space" key to fire weapon. Drop and lead is automatic calculated.


Tap the upper and lower half of scope screen can zoom in and out scope.


Press "1" key again to unlock. Arrow keys to turn turret and "1" key to lock whatever you want to.


Press "6" key to turn Stabilizer on.


Press "Extinguisher" button to have a shower. It really helps when you are on fire.


This vehicle can detect incoming missiles when facing at them. And able to launch chaff automatically.


This vehicle is able to link to other vehicles which has same Tactical Data Link System.
With the same Radio Key set, Friendly vehicle will be marked on your scope and map monitor.


The target you are pointing at (which is marked in red color on map monitor ) will be shared to other friendly vehicles.
You can aim at shared target by touching "AIM" button on map monitor. Shared target is marked in red on map monitor, or red "X" on scope.)
More Tactical Data Link tutorial


Known Issue
  1. Gun barrel stuck at some directions you all know why.
  2. Radar aiming assistant system fail easily when radar signal near the edge of radar’s FOV.
  3. Radar aiming assistant system sometimes sucks when multiplayer game you all know why.
  4. In some situations the auto aiming is not willing to aim at the red circle. You can press 1 key to exit auto aiming and press 1 key again to turn on auto aiming again. (slow PID setting leads lazy turning )
  5. ↑Especially the GPS aiming..

Thank you!

That’s almost all. If you have any suggestions or found any bugs, tell me please.
Hope you all enjoy it.