| model | Type 89 PTZ-89 anti-tank self-propelled gun
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| Manufacturing country | China
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| Use country | China
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| Type | Tank destroyer
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| Place of origin | China
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| Service history |
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| In service | 1989 - 2015
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| Production history
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| Designed | 1982
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| Manufacturer | Norinco
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| Produced | 1989-1995
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| No. built | 100
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| Specifications |
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| Mass | 31 tons
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| Length | 5.6m
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| Width | 2.8m
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| Height | 3.12m
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| Crew | 4
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| Armor | 50 mm
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| Main armament | 120mm 50-caliber smoothbore gun
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| Secondary armament |
1 x 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun
1 x 7.62mm coaxial machine gun
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| Engine | WR4B-12V150LB diesel
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| power | 520 hp
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| Power/weight | 16-16.8 horsepower/ton
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| Suspension | torsion bar
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| Operational range | 450 km
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| Maximum speed | 55 km/h
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| Variants - Domestic |
A Chinese HJ-9 anti-tank missile system mounted on a WZ550 4x4 vehicle. On display at the "Our Troops Towards The Sky" exhibition in Beijing in 2007
Type 92A (ZSL-92A)
Type 90 - Original prototype.
NVG-1 - Original prototype with French GIAT 25-mm autocannon
Type 92 (WZ-551) - Mass production version
WZ-550 - 4x4 mass production version
WZ-550 AT - Four HJ-9 launchers, laser designator and thermal-tracking sight are mounted on WZ-550.
PTL-02 - Debut in 2001, a self-propelled assault gun on the WZ-551 chassis with the Type 86 100mm high velocity smoothbore cannon with muzzle brake.
PLL-05 - Debut in 2001, a self-propelled 120mm gun-mortar on the WZ-551
Type 92B (WZ-551B) - upgraded amphibious armored personnel carrier with improved firepower, maneuverability, and reliability.
Type 92 Yitian - Air defense upgrade with TY-90 anti-air missile launchers with radar and thermal-tracking sight. Chinese equivalent of American AN/TWQ-1 Avenger.
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| Variants - Export |
VN2 - Upgraded with 30mm cannon, either in a one-man turret or an UW4 30 mm remote weapons station. Two firing ports on each side for passengers
VN2C - is a mine-resistant variant with applique armors and higher ground clearance to achieve STANAG 4569 Level 3 in terms of both ballistic and mine blast protection.
CS/VN9 - Infantry combat vehicle with a 30 mm autocannon. Lacks armored shutters for its bulletproof windshields (and therefore the driver's and commander's stations have no periscopes), as well as three vision blocks and firing ports on each side for its passengers.
WMA301 Assaulter - derivative of PTL-02 with a 105 mm NATO-compatible gun
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