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WZ-551 Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier

Specifications
BuilderChina North Industries Corporation (NORINCO)
Creation time 1986
Chassis type wheeled
Number of tire wheels three pairs
Combat Weight15 tons [15.3 tons WZ-551]
Max Road Speed50 mph
PowerplantWZ-551 = 256 hp Deutz B
Length6.65 meters
Width2.8 meters
Height to hull top1.95 meters
Height incl turret2.89 meters
Ground Clearance0.41 meters
Track2.44 meters
Wheelbase1.9 + 1.9 meters
Max Speed (Road)85 km/h
Max Speed (Water)7 km/h
Max Range (Road)600 km
Armament
  • The WZ-523 Armored Personnel Carrier machine equipped with a 12.7 mm gun .
  • The WZ-551 IFV multifunctional infantry vehicle turret is equipped with a 25mm cannon and a 7.62mm machine gun.
  • The infantry fighting vehicle uses the WZ 501 infantry fighting vehicle turret (similar to the Russian BMP-1).
  • The NGV-1 IFV is equipped with the Draga turret of the Ground Weapons Industry Group.
  • The anti-tank (4×4) vehicle is equipped with the Red Arrow 9 anti-tank guided weapon.
Crew2 +9
Sales [as of 2020]
  1. Algeria has purchased WZ551 series;
  2. Angola purchased 10 WMA301 and 5 WZ551;
  3. Argentina bought 4 WZ551;
  4. Burundi bought 15 WZ551;
  5. Bosnia and Herzegovina purchased 10 WZ551 series;
  6. Myanmar purchased 100 WMA301 and 76 Type 92, but the evaluation of Type 92 was not favorable
  7. Cameroon bought 12 WMA301;
  8. Chad bought 42 WMA301;
  9. Republic of Congo purchased the WZ551 series;
  10. Djibouti purchased 1 WMA301;
  11. Ethiopia bought WZ551.
  12. Gabon purchased the WZ551 series;
  13. Guinea purchased the WZ551 series;
  14. Iran bought the WZ551 series;
  15. Kenya purchased 35 WZ551, 92B infantry fighting vehicles, armored rescue vehicles and armored ambulances;
  16. Laos purchased the "Yitian" self-propelled air defense missile system; Appeared at a military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Lao People's Armed Forces.
  17. Nepal bought 5 WZ551;
  18. Niger bought 2 WZ551;
  19. Oman purchased 50 WZ551, command vehicles and armored ambulances;
  20. Pakistan bought the WZ551 series;
  21. Papua New Guinea purchased 16 WZ551 series;
  22. Senegal purchased 12 WMA301 and 1 command vehicle;
  23. South Sudan purchased WZ551 and 92B;
  24. Sri Lanka purchased 190 WMA301 and WZ551;
  25. Sudan purchased 50 WZ551, called "Shateef-2";
  26. Tajikistan purchased the WZ551 series;
  27. Tanzania purchased 10 WZ551;
  28. Zambia bought 5 WZ551B;



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