the 25mm gun of ZSL92 can fire APDS shells with penetration comparable to bradley
being a SPAA would make it useless.
It is extremely difficult to hit an aircraft without radar, so it cannot effectively defend against the air. 6.7BR will begin encountering jet fighters.
the 63mm armor piercing bullet will make it almost impossible to deal with ground targets, and even unable to penetrate the side of the vehicle.
In the end, it will only become: difficult to deal with aerial targets+difficult to deal with ground targets. It looks beautiful, but it’s actually useless
so adding APDS and using it as LT can make it better
It can still serve as a part-time SPAA
I suggest re planning the classification of ZSL92 as LT
just like the Type 87 , BTR80 , Fox
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for the filling of SPAA in China TT, WZ554 and obj301 are more suitable
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obj301 (type62 chassis+37mm gun x2)
WZ554 （23mm gun x2）
there is also an early version of PGZ88 ，without radar（37mm gun x2）
The WZ551 chassis is perfectly okay.
I would wager that it’s a better chassis than the BTR (albeit the BTR is horrible garbage), although much worse than the Japanese IFV or the Fox.
this is a paradox, as a SPAA would make it even more useless.
It is extremely difficult to hit an aircraft without radar, so it cannot effectively defend against air. and the 6.7 BR will start encountering jet fighters.
and weaker armor piercing shells will make it difficult to deal with ground targets.
so adding APDS and using it as LT can make it better
and it can still work part-time as a SPAA
The chassis is huge and so badly armored that it actually gets overpressured by basic HEAT, the only thing it has going for it is the open space that simply has nothing to damage in it, really it’s quite similar to BTR but without high hardness armor
If you can’t hit a plane without radar doing 90% of the work for you that’s just a skill issue. What I do think is wrong here is that the ZSD63 PG87 exists and it is very effective against early jets, doesn’t seem like the ZSL will do much better but at least the belts are bigger.
63mm pen even unable to penetrate the side of ww2 tanks，as a light tank, it can at least obtain reconnaissance capabilities. and it can still shoot at aerial targets
the amx10p only has one 20mm cannon, which means it can only be used as a SPAA.different from ZSL92
that sounds like skill issue to me, as it is now it is a pretty decent spaag at 6.7, i would personally put it a bit lower but it should still be effective.
Well it is decently fast, and the only reason you might ever want to play PTL02 (which is overall a terrible vehicle). You speed into some corner and shoot unaware people in the side. M8 LAC is better at this by the way
The ZSL92 should indeed be classified as a light tank. While it could potentially be included in the SPAA tree, it must primarily be designated as a light tank.
Currently, in comparison to the ZSD63/PG87, the ZSL92 only boasts advantages in terms of speed and a very thin top armor (unable to withstand even 12.7AP). However, its firepower, reload speed, etc., all pale in comparison to the ZSD63. The ZSD63 features a firepower of 2*600 rounds/minute, surpassing that of the ZSL92, and its turret and hull are separately armored, making it more resilient to damage. In contrast, the ZSL92 is easily destroyed once penetrated. Additionally, while speed is crucial for a light tank, it is less significant for SPAA, which typically does not require such swiftness.
Therefore, I believe it would be more appropriate to classify the ZSL92 as a light tank, serving as a counterpart to the BTR80A. I have heard that the Chinese 25mm gun possesses an effective APDS round with similar penetration capabilities to 30mm APDS rounds.
