Maybe they are testing the new turret's suitability for coastal amphibious operations by using the older Type 63A hull before retrofitting them to the ZTD-05s in active service.
Chinese infantry fighting vehicles
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If the issue is waterborne performance, it would make more sense to test it on a ZTD-05 hull itself imo.
Personally I suspect they just took some old vehicle hulls as a testbed for the turret for generic turret testing purposes.
Interesting photo in that it gave the coordinate, I've searched it up and this highway toll point is in Chongqing outskirts:
Also note, the left side rear indicator on the last vehicle was installed wrong way around, the 3rd vehicle in line may also have the same issue.
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They said its suppose to offer as much protection as tracked AFV like ZBD-04A which means 14.5mm all around and 30mm frontal.
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The latest high-resolution images. I see laser warning receivers and external cameras along the topside of the hull. No frontal view of the box underneath the cannon though, so I can't tell for certain whether it houses the gunner's sight or something else. That small yellow protrusion (located above the second road wheel and with a star in the middle and) might be a safety reflector.
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Similar to Boxer. So pretty well protected.
