2018 Zhuhai Show Land Systems

SinoSoldier

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
That was a 8x8. I am looking for tracked.

Less a drive for it. The main reason to telescope auto cannons rounds is size. I mean the South Korean K21 And CV9040 both use Bufors rounds they pack a punch but they trade off ready ammo. The British/French 40 CTA round being cases telescoped for more ammo in the turret.
30mm rounds though don't have such a need. You could do it but why when you have plentiful ammo supply and can fit a good number in already?
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Wouldn't they merely adapt the turret to the tracked chassis?

And plus we've seen a similar tracked vehicle prototype:
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Blitzo

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
But the lower image is the question mark I have is this just the 30mm? Or will they finally break the mold and show something exciting? I mean this year's AUSA brought out a 50mm chain gun. The South Koreans have fielded a 40mm cannon in there IFV, the British and French are working to field 40mm guns in there IFVs. The Russians are working to field a 57mm gun and well a number of nations already had 35mm IFVs.
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As Sinosoldier said, they already have a 40mm telescoped turret offered for export on a wheeled platform. If a customer really demanded it there would obviously be no limitation to installing the turret on a tracked platform, so if it's developments in new turrets you're interested in I'm not sure why the platform really matters considering how relatively easy it is to fit new guns for new platforms.

In that specific photo you're referring to, I'm 99% confident it is the VN-17 that was shown last year which uses an unmanned 30mm turret.


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TerraN_EmpirE

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Look, we saw it once.
Same for the mystery vehicle. Once in a distance shot.
I am just hoping they actually show the mystery vehicle in the show floor or if they have that turret as a drop in option show it on a tracked vehicle.
 
Blitzo

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
Look, we saw it once.
Same for the mystery vehicle. Once in a distance shot.
I am just hoping they actually show the mystery vehicle in the show floor or if they have that turret as a drop in option show it on a tracked vehicle.
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Once? Norinco put up the VN-17 on a demo field for quite a few minutes last year to promote it and we had quite a few photos of it... I would be surprised if the vehicle under the tarp was not VN-17 considering all the visible details align perfectly with VN17


What mystery vehicle? Are you talking about the vehicle in the first photo that you quoted in post #7?

That "mystery vehicle" is clearly just an export model ZBD04A/08...
 
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TerraN_EmpirE said:
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I see.

Err I don't think we've seen either of those vehicles in other photos before, I'd be interested to know which distance shot you're talking about.

We might've seen the chasis of the green vehicle in a previous photo but certainly not with the turret.
 
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