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ZBL 09

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In service
  
since 2009

Weight
  
15 to 20 t

Width
  
2.1 m (6.9 ft)

Manufacturer
  
NORINCO

Length
  
8 m (26 ft)


Place of origin
  
People's Republic of China

The ZBL-09 is a Chinese wheeled armored fighting vehicle.

Contents

It is a recent People's Republic of China produced family of 8x8 wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles. It's a modular design which claims to be able to field an APC model, an IFV model, an anti-tank gun model with an export variant, an Engineering model, a 122 mm self propelled howitzer model, a 155 mm self propelled howitzer model, an air defense model, a self-propelled mortar model, a recon model, a command vehicle model, and an export version dubbed the VN-1.

Variants

  • IFV - Original IFV variant with a 2A72 30mm turret
  • APC - APC variant with 12.7mm machine gun
  • ZTL-09 - 105mm assault gun variant
  • ST1 - 105mm assault gun export variant
  • PLZ-09 - 122mm or 155mm howitzer
  • PLL-09 - 120mm dual purpose mortar carrier
  • CS/SA5 - air defense variant with a 6-barrel Gatling gun
  • Air defense variant with a 35mm revolving autocannon
  • SWS2 - air defense variant with a 35 mm autocannon, capable of firing "smart" munitions, and four surface-to-air missiles
  • Reconnaissance
  • Engineering
  • Command
  • VN-1 - export variant
  • Current operators

  •  China: PLAGF
  •  Venezuela: Bolivarian Marine Infantry
  •  Argentina: Argentine Army
  •  Thailand: Royal Thai Army
  • References

    ZBL-09 Wikipedia