Speculative at the moment, but given Russian Kurganets has 8 Bulat thermobarics missile + 4 kornet, I say it is possible. If you fit 4 Hj12 I don't see the whole launcher to be wider than 600mm too.
Chinese infantry fighting vehicles
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I wonder why they didn't go with 40mm cannon like this one instead of 2A42 that it designed in 1970s.
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Does anyone know why there is a significant step between the front hull and the rear hull? If the goal is to increase rear hull volume, wouldn't a smoother transition like in many other examples (i.e. Patria AMV, Piranha V, etc) be considered better?
Maybe the low front was to give better center of gravity ? Some wheeled IFV got problem with roll over like the Stryker and LAV III.
Is it such a big difference though? I think putting a turret will affect the CoG way more than step vs smooth transition. OTOH, step vs smooth transition might affect the armor effectiveness quite a bit more.
If anything, Norinco already released the ST3A 8x8 TD/Assault gun on Zhuhai 2022 and I really dig the hull design. Photos below.
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If you concentrate the armor of that 1 foot smooth gradient on a lower front, you gain better center of gravity and better protection.
Or the rear is for troop transport variant and a IFV model with turret would have a flat rear ?
Would need to talk to the designers to find the true answer...
all that china defense blog have on the new ifv, there are some photos has been published in this forum, but still, I'd figure it's a good summary to look at
ps: from the first link, this isn't the new ifv is it? it looks like the old 08 ifv
this is what we know how the new assault gun looks like from rear end
and how type 08 assault gun looks like for comparison
Probably unnecessary? Or too expensive.