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National Guard of Venezuela will receive more Chinese-made Norinco VN4 4x4 armoured vehicles 1203134.
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| Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 01:57 PM | |||
| National Guard of Venezuela will receive more Chinese-made Norinco VN4 4x4 armoured vehicles. | |||
The
National Guard of the Venezuelan army will receive a new batch of Chinese-made
VN4 4x4 armoured vehicles personnel carrier. A picture releases on Internet
shows dozen of these vehicles with the insignia of the Venezuelan National
Guard were observed some few days ago transported on a train in an unspecified
place in China. |
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 A picture releases on Internet shows dozen of VN4 somewhere in China with insignia of Venezuelan National Guard. |
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| In 2012, the Venezuelan National Guard has acquired 141 VN4 vehicles from the Chinese Company NORINCO (China North Industries Corp.), in different versions as armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicles. Last December, another batch was sent in Venezuela to be used as law enforcement and public order vehicle. The Chinese VN4 4x4 wheeled armoured vehicle which is especially designed to be used by fast reaction forces, armored troops, police force or also for peacekeeping and anti-terrorism missions. The VN4 can be armed
with a wide range of armament as 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun. |
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 Since 2012, the VN4 APC is in service with the Venezuelan National Guard. |
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