Prototype based on Type 79 hull, with following improvements: Type 80 - the first Chinese second generation tank design.As a result, new tank development was commenced and a new family of tanks that included many sub-families was the result. However the Type 69 failed to satisfy PLA requirements, and was more of an export success (over 2,000 sold) than domestic use. The People's Liberation Army requested new tanks that could match the Soviets, which led to the development of Type 69 by 617 Factory (now Inner-Mongolia First Machinery Group Company Ltd ), incorporating some technologies from a captured Soviet T-62 tank. At the time, the best Chinese tanks were copies of Soviet T-54/55 MBTs (also known as the Type 59), hopelessly out-matched by new Soviet designs like the T-72. By 1970s, over 1.5 million troops from both sides were stationed along the Sino-Soviet border. After the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s, relations between China and the Soviet Union gradually worsened, leading to border clashes in 1969.
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