A series of videos and images circulating across social media platforms in December 2025 suggests that the Royal Thai Army is facing mounting technical issues with its Chinese-made VT-4 main battle tanks during activities near the Cambodian border. The material, later acknowledged by Thai military officials, shows at least one 125 millimeter smoothbore gun suffering a catastrophic barrel rupture, alongside separate reports of powerpack and engine-related failures during sustained operations, raising concerns beyond a single isolated malfunction. Read more.
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| Introduced into Thai service in 2017, the VT-4 was selected to replace aging U.S.-built M48 and M60 tanks, as well as to supplement the limited fleet of Ukrainian-origin T-84 Oplot-Ts (Picture source: X Account @TheDeadDistrict) |