Perhaps it's an assult gun concept, or maybe this "uber" tank is more for export than anything else.
I can see the advertising #:-)
"Now you can own a tank BIGGER than that of the running American dog agressor.
Send 2 million USD plus box tops from UN aid packages to :

Uber Tank Offer
Central Peoples Ministry for Tank Offers
Bejing, China"

Saddam would have loved something like this... remember his fairly useless but massive super gun? #:-)

So, what is the future for armor? Looks like the big gun concept is out.. What about missles or maybe an auto gun like the warthog uses?
What would your dream MBT have?

Re. a possible Red Chinese invasion of NJ, one of China's problems is the lack of amphibious warfare capablity. It would also have to construct a new generation of tank-landing craft to move the new "Super-Tank"........jim

Let China field its 'uber' tank - when it comes to a shooting war I'll take a motivated American crew and their M1A2 any day. Oh, and by the way how do you say Warthog in Chinese?m:-)

Gee. . . How does one say "MAUS "oder "E-100" in Chinese?? Without a crack crew and realistic training, it's just another museum piece, or something for the unenlightened citizenry to cheer at May Day Parades.

Re:autoloaders, IIRC the current Merkava IV uses an autoloader system.

There was rumor/talk that the Merkava IV was supposed to have a 140mm gun. They actually have 120mm.

If the Abrams were to be further developed (e.g. M1A3), it could/might have a 140mm gun (which gun I think is in development). That, plus SEP or perhaps SEPII tech, electro-armor (i.e. an 'electric field' is created around the armor which would protect it from HEAT - but not APFDS - type ammunition, IIRC), stealth paint, and a laser-dazzler mounted either in the loader's hatch (replacing the 7.62mm MG) or beside the .50-calibre on the CIWS. Add crew training... i.e. if Congress and the Army would like to have such a tank.
FCS is still under development, and last I heard it's really a whole system of equipment (wheeled and tracked AFVs, infantry, artillery, etc.) and not one single MBT.

On the Chinese uber-panzer, if I were Russia, I'd be nervous. North is where that monster will be pointed. As Sabot already mentioned, the PLA(N) doesn't have enough sealift capability to carry the PLA to Taiwan. Perhaps south towards Vietnam or India? Nah, jungles in Vietnam, mountains in India. North is Siberia - nice, rich land. Anyone read Clancy's "The Bear and the Dragon"?

BTW, it's not China that's first to develop a modern (not WW2 era) tank with 150mm or similar calibre weapon. The Swedes - if allowed - would already have an uber-panzer running around carrying with it a 152mm gun, 20mm co-axial (or was it 75mm?), heavy armor, up to 100 tons I guess. IIRC it was called MBT2000 I think, not sure. Wooden mock-ups were built, but it was scrapped in favor of a smaller machine - the Strv122.

Unlightened citizen, what the heck you mean by that? you think we all chinese is like still in 19th century or something? For cry out loud.

Unlightened citizen, what the heck you mean by that? you think we all chinese is like still in 19th century or something? For cry out loud.

By the way, you enlighted CHinese expert, Chinese don't hold May Parade, only Oct. 1st parade and it's once in every 5 years. Check your books before you shoot off your mouth, would ya?

I would perhaps suggest that those new "Inert" or concrete weapons could make a serious dent in the Über-tank. These new weapons are going to make some of the high-explosive weapons somewhat unnecessary. Imagine 50 kilos of laser/satelite-guided concrete bomb coming thru the turret armor.......very messy....... (++)