Chinese Military Exports (Land Systems)
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Starting to get the impression that Calidus doesn't manufacture much, if anything themselves, but white labels kit produced by more experienced foreign companies, like NORINCO, for sales to the Emiratis and other countries and forces friendly to and/or subsidized by them.
The UAE defense company Calidus unveiled a new 8x8 light infantry fighting vehicle (LIFV) at IDEX in Abu Dhabi. The company also showed off a model of the production line (1st image below). Does it look familiar to you? It's the same production line model (for the VN22) shown by NORINCO at last year's Zhuhai Airshow (see 2nd image below). I think this LIFV is based on the NORINCO VN22 platform.
