Chinese infantry fighting vehicles

Temstar

Temstar

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by78 said:
A model of the VN20 from IDEX 2023. It has a different turret, with what appears to be a 100mm gun and a 30mm auto-cannon. Also note the new optical turret. Might it have some kind of laser countermeasure built in?

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According to Shilao this particular model of VN20 was designed to very specific customer requirements. The customer want:
  • excellent all round protection, the customer want to minimize casualty in combat
  • easy getting in/out with a big rear door, none of that
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  • the customer however loves BMP-3's turret with 100mm gun plus autocannon and want that kept
  • periscope sights in the back for all passengers
  • loads of remote operated machine guns, including one in the back
  • giant size of the vehicle not an issue
 
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supersnoop

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Temstar said:
According to Shilao this particular model of VN20 was designed to very specific customer requirements. The customer want:
  • excellent all round protection, the customer want to minimize casualty in combat
  • easy getting in/out with a big rear door, none of that
    Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
  • the customer however loves BMP-3's turret with 100mm gun plus autocannon and want that kept
  • periscope sights in the back for all passengers
  • loads of remote operated machine guns, including one in the back
  • giant size of the vehicle not an issue
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Isn’t this basically confirming that UAE or Kuwait will be buying it then?
 
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gelgoog

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UAE only buys the best of the best. They already have the BMP-3 so they want something better. Especially with them being in the conflict in Yemen.
 
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HighGround

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grulle said:
the Mengshi is really long. is that ideal? could it be a weakness?
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An increased size profile is indeed a possible "weakness." It's a bigger target. That's just life though, everything will come with trade-offs. Whether these trade-offs will significantly impact the intended use of the vehicle is a different matter.
 
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