Chinese ATGM discussion

why are there little fans in front of the soldiers, is that an alternative to aircon?

More interior shots of the tracked HJ-10 launch vehicle.

Allegedly a new infrared-guided ATGM, carried by the same used to launch HJ-9. The new missiles come in pack of four mounted on the port side of the telescoping launcher. The designation and specs of this new ATGM are unknown.

What exactly do they mean with infrared-guided ATGM?
Is it something like javelin with top attacking capability?

by78 said:

Allegedly a new infrared-guided ATGM, carried by the same

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used to launch HJ-9. The new missiles come in pack of four mounted on the port side of the telescoping launcher. The designation and specs of this new ATGM are unknown.

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That's interesting to me. I assumed they would be standardizing to HJ-10s as the main ATGM for their combined arms units, across the tracked and various wheeled chassis'.

If this is a new ImIR guided ATGM and meant to be internally carried inside the WZ550 chassis, I assume it must be quite a bit smaller than the HJ-10. I wonder if it has a fibre optic like HJ-10 or if it is without a fibre optic, if it's the latter presumably it is a fair bit shorter ranged.
Nothing wrong with that of course; an ImIR ATGM with shorter range (say, 2.5-5km) and lighter footprint has its role to complement the heavier HJ-10, but I wonder why they put it on the WZ550 chassis... I'm not even sure if the WZ500 is still in production

Does anyone have the source of this article?

by78 said:

Allegedly a new infrared-guided ATGM, carried by the same

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used to launch HJ-9. The new missiles come in pack of four mounted on the port side of the telescoping launcher. The designation and specs of this new ATGM are unknown.

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One minor correction. The original Weibo poser – who is very credible – was vague in his description. Upon further review of his short blurb about the image, I think it's entirely possible that each WZ550 packs eight ready-to-fire missiles (four on each side of the telescoping platform).

A Mengshi-III vehicle firing a ATGM. I cannot tell which ATGM this is.

A HJ-10 taking out a low-flying, low-speed UAV.





Earlier images showing details of the launcher truck and the operator console: