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Chinese marine corps equipped with the ZTL-11 8x8 amphibious 105mm assault gun vehicle 11501174.
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Defence & Security News - China
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Chinese marine corps equipped with the ZTL-11 8x8 amphibious 105mm assault gun vehicle.
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Pictures released on Chinese Internet forum show new NORINCO ZTL-11 wheeled amphibious 105mm anti-tank vehicle painted in Chinese marine corps camouflage. The release of these pictures could sugest taht the ZTL-11 is now in services with the Chinese Navy Forces.
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 Picture released on Internet showing a ZBL-11 painted in Chinese marine corps camouflage. |
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The ZTL-11 is already in service with the Chinese armed forces, and was first showed to the public in September 2015 during a military parade in Beijing to commemorate the end of the World War II in Asia.
According military sources, the ZTL-11 is based on the ZBD-09 using an 8x8 military chassis. The vehicle is also referred as ZTL-09, a fire support vehicle which is fitted with a two man turret armed with a 105mm cannon. It has a crew of four, including commander, driver, gunner and loader. This vehicle is made on a welded steel armor hull with add-on ceramic armor modules. Chinese sources claim that the hull and turret of the vehicle provides protection against weapons firing 25 mm armor-piercing rounds at the front and 12.7 mm armor-piercing ammunition all-around the vehicle. The ZTL-11 is fully amphibious and propelled in the water thanks two waterjets mounted at the rear of the chassis. |
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 Chinese army ZTL-11 amphibious 105mm assault gun at rehearsal for military parade in Beijing, China. |
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