20世纪末期,军事领域的许多专家学者预测第四代坦克将在21世纪初问世。现在即将进入21世纪的第二个十年,成型的第四代坦克仍然没有问世。而技术并无重大变化的第三代坦克仍然保持着强劲的发展势头。为了适应时代的运用要求,第三代坦克在多个方面进行了现代化改进。 In the late twentieth century, many experts and scholars in the field of military predicted that the fourth generation of tanks will come out in the early 21st century. Now entering the second decade of the 21st century, the fourth-generation tank formed still has not come out. The third-generation tanks, which have seen no major changes in technology, still maintain a strong momentum of development. In order to meet the requirements of the times, the third-generation tanks have been modernized in many aspects.