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The South Africans have a dual use direct fire and indirect fire 105mm gun they've been touting as having near 155mm range for indirect fire and direct fire pen ability very close to what 120mm smoothbore guns can do. It sounds kinda like it might be BS but it's been in the works literally since the 80s as part of the Class 3 Bismarck, which was a program to make a proper 8x8 MBT. The Chinese could be using this as a catch all 105mm gun as it's very much looking like this thing will be somewhat of a medium tank+ rather than a heavier MBT. I think they are indeed reviving the light/medium/heavy classes. Type 15 for light mountain dutys, this new thing as a catch all that goes for most roles and a ZTZ99 successor for heavy mainline MBT duty.