Type 63 (armoured personnel carrier) through 360 degrees and can be elevated to an angle of 90 degrees. Two roof hatches and a large rear door provide access to the troop compartment. The vehicle is amphibious, a folding trim board stowed at the front of the hull needs to be raised, and the vehicle can then propel itself in the water using its tracks. Type 63 (armoured personnel carrier) The Type 63 (industrial designation YW531) is a Chinese armoured personnel carrier that entered service in the late 1960s. It was the first armoured vehicle designed in China without Soviet assistance. The design is simple and
Type 90 Kyū-maru to the left of the main gun. The profile of the Type 90 is similar to the German Leopard 2A4 and it uses modular ceramic and steel composite armor, common in contemporary tank designs. The adoption of modular composite armor design facilitates the upgrading and exchange of the armor, and its frontal turret armor is rated at 380mm of effective thickness against kinetic energy penetrators, while the upper frontal hull armor is rated at 320mm of effective thickness against kinetic penetrators. The Type 90 is smaller than most main battle tanks with a height of , a width of ,