Those are AFV/APC, China also had APS on such vehicles since years ago. For IFV this should be a first.
Chinese infantry fighting vehicles
- Thread starter Broccoli
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APS is a good Idea ,but added armor plating though , isn't that a weird direction to go with an airborne IFV ?
Is contact with other enemy IFV is expected ? Wasn't it already protection against Infantry small arms up to 12.7mm ?
At the very least Hungarian Lynxes already have APS. CV90035NL MLU are also apparently already operational.
(1)12.7 is a stretch for such light vehicles, I wonder if it's achievable even with visible ceramic panels. Reliable 7.62 is already a good call.
(2) The new IFV has an unmanned turret, which, together with the frontal engine(unlike Ru), makes them clearly superior infantry carriers.
(3)whole idea of air-droppable armored vehicles (a very questionable and controversial concept due to huuuge impact on carrying capacity) is to drop away from the objective and then rapidly seize it while mounted. Armor matters everything and then sone.
(4)China can finally afford larger airborne IFVs(more like Russian ones) due to Y-20.
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The difference between an IFV and AFV/APC are so minor that I don't think this is something worth touting this new vehicle for.
The fact this is the first PLAGF in service IFV with APS is noteworthy itself.