A Chinese looking T-72 The Type 80/88 was still superficially resembling the previous generation of the Type 59/69/79 betrayed by their cast turret. The Type 69/79 somewhat benefited from improvements from the T-62 but the series ended mostly as an export version. The 617 Factory (later First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory or NORINCO) designed and built the mass-produced Type 80 followed by ...