New 8x8 vehicles

Any new pics or news of the new 8x8 series vehicles, please post here.

So far, pics indicate there are three prototypes under test:

1) 8x8 IFV with 25/30mm gun turret
2) 122mm sp gun
3) 105mm anti-tank sp gun

If you look at the 6x6 vehicle released recently by Norinco for the export market, you'd notice this 8x8 is basically an enlarged version of 6x6, because it shares the same slim hull/body. The 6x6 vehicle I hear has quite good capabilities, and I guess you can expect the same from the 8x8. Probably PLA wanted 8x8 over 6x6, based on experience using WZ551 and coz it has more power/potential as a stable weapons platform.

This vehicle would be a true 'stryker' or LAV25 - class vehicle for the PLA. It seems more solid than WZ551 and better at cross country travel.

These are probably the same vehicles that used to have appeared on sinodefence (WZ 551) but was said to have rear engines.
This is what you are talking about right?

Yes.
Especially that IFV variant on the far left.

Amazing how fast Chinese wheeled AFVs are developing in the last decade. First the WZ551, then we saw a lot of other variants including 100mm AT gun.

Now this new family truly looks quite formidable.

好漂亮的新一代战车！支持解放军！:china:

A beautiful new IFV! Support the People's Liberation Army!

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seems every army is begning to realized the advantages of the wheeled armored platfoms

^^^Finally... but it would take a few more years to replace the current 'old' models. there is just too many of them.

well there are still some jobs where Treads are best. like on tanks ant heavy heavy gear although the south africans hace a wheeled 155mm hoitzer.

ZFB91式轮式装甲防暴车，装备驻港和驻澳部队，驻港部队枪塔上安装12.7mm机枪，驻澳部队则安装7.62mm机枪。上图中为7.62mm机枪型，据信该枪为80式通用机枪发展而来。


WZ551系列轮式装甲车是我国第一种大量装备的轮式装甲车

For the record: did the the PLA base this new APC on the Styker? And will it replace the WZ551?

I hightly doubt it's a Direct clone or even copie of the USARMY stryker. More likely it's just parrellel evolution that being that for the job of light fast armour an 8 wheeled hull is best. you see the same thing with Tanks though they were built by difrent goverments trying to out do the others they all pretty much look the same from WW2 to today.