Chinese infantry fighting vehicles

[WaterbDoge]

Another drone, I'd suggest.

It is.

 

[WaterbDoge]

Good point, looks like that box can open up
Question about this for everyone.

1) I assume that's the heat dissipation vents. That is huge. Have we seen the tank with a similarly large vent? It'd be curious just to think about how much heat it is giving off to require such a large vent or maybe this just allows better air circulation and natural cooling.
2) What are those tubes?
3) That's a lot of sensors looking at the back. makes me wonder just what type of usage they plan to require that much situation awareness to the rear.

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1) Yes, but on tank you can't see them from most angle because of the turret.
2) Upward smoke grenades launcher to cover the top of the vehicle. You can find the same thing on the tank (additional to normal smoke grenades launcher).
3) I guess these are IR/UV detector, kind of MAWS that included in the APS.

 

[no_name]

There's an identical box on the other side at the back. An identical drone? Or something else?

The other box is just the retracted state. But I wonder if these are detachable modules that can be swapped according to mission needs.

 

[no_name]

More high-resolution images of the new PLAGF IFV.

Scratch marks on the drone holding plate and also around edges of the panel forward. Tells me maybe they've done quite a few tests/runs and those might even be already in service prior to attending parade.

The ones with radiator metal cover may be new units, they also seems to not have scratches.

Also looks like the drone container covers slides to the sides rather than opening up like a flap. Also looks like they needed to be opened manually by soldiers rather than auto-operated via a switch, which is fine, solutions don't need to be fancy, just good enough to do the job. (could be wrong though and they do open automatically)

Btw what are the chances that the rear exit hatch holds fuels like the BMP does (or maybe extra batteries for the vehicle) With never technology they could be much less likely to explode when damaged.

Newer batteries may not explode when damaged but could still release a lot of smoke, maybe the new beefed up ventilation system is also designed with these types of scenarios in mind?

 

[amchan]

Scratch marks on the drone holding plate and also around edges of the panel forward. Tells me maybe they've done quite a few tests/runs and those might even be already in service prior to attending parade.

The ones with radiator metal cover may be new units, they also seems to not have scratches.

Also looks like the drone container covers slides to the sides rather than opening up like a flap. Also looks like they needed to be opened manually by soldiers rather than auto-operated via a switch, which is fine, solutions don't need to be fancy, just good enough to do the job. (could be wrong though and they do open automatically)

Btw what are the chances that the rear exit hatch holds fuels like the BMP does (or maybe extra batteries for the vehicle) With never technology they could be much less likely to explode when damaged.

Newer batteries may not explode when damaged but could still release a lot of smoke, maybe the new beefed up ventilation system is also designed with these types of scenarios in mind?

Don't see enough hosing for a fuel tank. The BMP has a pretty obvious fuel line on the inside. A bit of a stupid question given there are images of it open. You seem to be imagining a lot of things with regards to the drone hatch, since it lacks any sort of handle and its perfectly possible to make a powered sliding mechanism that's not exposed to the outside.

 

[serse]

Waiting for meng and takom to release the 1/34th plastic model