WZ551
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The WZ-551 is a Chinese wheeled infantry fighting vehicle family. The name WZ-551 actually covers two families of vehicles with the official designations in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) – Type 90 and Type 92. Over 3,000 WZ-551s are in service with the PLA, where they are used by medium mechanized infantry units.
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Vinony's link graph records 449 inbound references to WZ551, and connects out to ZBL-08, China and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Vinony files it under Amphibious armoured personnel carriers, Armoured fighting vehicles of China and Armoured personnel carriers of the post–Cold War period.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- WZ-551
- Weapon.image
- PLA Hong Kong Garrison ZSL92B.JPG
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A ZSL-92B AFV showcased in PLA Hong Kong base
- Weapon.origin
- China
- Weapon.wars
- Boko Haram insurgencySomali Civil WarECOWAS military intervention in the GambiaAl-Shabaab Insurgency in Cabo DelgadoTigray WarMyanmar civil war (2021–present)
- Weapon.service
- 1990–present
- Weapon.type
- Armoured fighting vehicle
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.designer
- Jiang Hong [WZ-551B] at NORINCO Vehicle Research Institute; institute 201 (中国北方车辆研究所 China Vehicles Research Institute) and Institute 202
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Norinco, at Factory 256 (西南车辆制造厂Southwest Vehicles Factories)
- Weapon.crew
- 3 + 9 passengers
- Weapon.length
- 6.63 m
- Weapon.width
- 2.80 m
- Weapon.height
- 2.80 m
- Weapon.weight
- 12.5 to 15.8 tonnes
- Weapon.armour
- Welded steel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- armored personnel carrier
- Country of origin
- China
- Manufacturer
- China North Industries Group Corporation Limited
- Image
- PLA Hong Kong Garrison ZSL92B.JPG
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- Commons category
- Type 92 (WZ551)
- service entry
- 1995-01-01
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Early prototypes
- Type 90 and Type 92
- Further developments
- Design
- Chassis
- Armament
- Protection
- Mobility
- Operational history
- Myanmar
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Variants
- Domestic
- Export
- Ethiopia
- Operators
- See also
- References
- External links
The WZ-551 is a Chinese wheeled infantry fighting vehicle family. The name WZ-551 actually covers two families of vehicles with the official designations in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) – Type 90 and Type 92. Over 3,000 WZ-551s are in service with the PLA, where they are used by medium mechanized infantry units.
WZ-551s have been exported to Algeria, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, and Senegal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “WZ551” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.