This new IFV appears to be sporting a BMP-3 turret mod.
Monday, June 06, 2011
A new Chinese tracked vehicle family emerges
Little is known about this new IFV but thus far it seems to have developed a complete family of variants in various stages of testing or field deployments. Some unconfirmed claims pointing to a heavy Type 89/ZSD89/YW534 mod, but without a closer inspection or an official acknowledgement from Norinco, they are still speculations.
At any rate, the PLA is long over due for a modern tracked vehicle, this is especially true consider the weak armor protection the old Type89 and 86 families have to offer.
Engineering variantAPC variant from the official Xinhua NewsCommand variantRecon variantSP 120mm turreted mortar variant
Photo from the PLAdaily
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These IFVs photos have been floating around for a while and still no name, weird.
This is the Type 97 IFV recently upgraded to the Type 97G standard, also called Type 502G in some circles.
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