Potential Chinese Ground Force Additions

Found some info about this:

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"This vehicle is a wheeled self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, the existence of which was revealed by China New Era Technology Co Ltd at the IDEX 2007 arms fair in the United Arab Emirates.

The new wheeled vehicle body was developed on the basis of the Type 90/92 wheeled armoured vehicle (WZ-551/WZ-551A), hence the name ‘WZ series wheeled bottom plate’. 60% of components are common to the WZ-551, but this is to reduce the risk of new development and utilise existing maintenance infrastructure for the WZ-551 The purpose is said to be to reduce the risk of new development and to make use of the existing maintenance infrastructure for the WZ-551. The engine, drive and manoeuvring parts are modular and can be combined according to specifications to produce a vehicle suitable for a variety of missions.

The vehicle structure consists of the pilot’s and captain’s seats and gearbox at the front, the power unit in the centre and the armament space at the rear. The vehicle height is relatively high because the power transmission mechanism is located at the bottom centre of the vehicle body. The large compartment at the rear of the vehicle body can be used to mount various types of armaments. In addition, a large hatch is provided at the rear of the vehicle body for boarding and disembarking, allowing ammunition and supplies to be loaded quickly and safely. The vehicle’s height can be varied freely by means of a centralised pneumatic control system, making it suitable for rail and air transport. The front and sides of the vehicle are made of 15 mm and 8 mm rolled bulletproof steel, respectively, and the front can defend against 25 mm armour-piercing bullets fired from 1000 m, while the sides can defend against 7.62 mm armour-piercing bullets fired from 100 m. All tyres are bulletproof. All tyres are bulletproof.

In addition to the 30 mm anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery gun, there are also 100 mm wheeled self-propelled anti-tank gun, 105 mm wheeled self-propelled anti-tank gun and 122 mm self-propelled howitzer as derivatives of the ‘WZ series wheeled baseplate’, which can be equipped with various anti-tank missiles and anti-aircraft missiles. When used as an armoured personnel carrier, it can carry 14 fully armed soldiers.

The main armament of the vehicle is a series of 30 mm machine guns mounted on both sides of the turret; the 30 mm machine guns have an initial muzzle velocity of 970 m/sec, an effective firing height of 3,000 m and an effective range of 100-4,000 m. The total rate of fire of the four guns is 3,900-5,000 rounds/min. However, due to the heating of the barrel and the number of rounds carried, it is thought that in practice the main focus will be on shorter bursts of fire. The turret can be turned all the way around and the gun has an elevation angle of -2° to 87°. The scatter field of the shells is 2mil x 2mil; the target kill rate with HE rounds is 60%.

A tracking radar is installed in the front of the turret and a search radar in the rear of the turret, enabling simultaneous search and tracking of targets. An electro-optical sight is also mounted on the top of the turret, but details are unknown. Continuous operational time is eight hours.

It is unclear whether this vehicle was developed for the Chinese military or for export. At present, there is no information that this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun has been deployed by the Chinese Army."

(From: https://seesaawiki.jp/w/namacha2/d/30mm���ؼ�������ˤ��WZ�����������ü���������#pagetop

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A couple pictures of Taiwan’s new 8x8 105mm AFV.

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It definitely looks a bit different than the previously seen one.

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like a CTCV105HP, with large size turret

That wz1224 looks like fun

My compilation of all the missing wheeled vehicles for China that I know of:

There are multiple Type 08 chassis vehicles missing from this compilation.
Additionally, I haven’t included the Type 19 (105mm and IFV) variant:

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Type 19 105

As there are no high-res images, since it has not been shown off.

And I haven’t included the TC-1L Antelope:

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As I just didn’t have space.

This is only the wheeled vehicles that I’m aware of.
This is how many mere wheeled vehicles China is missing.
You could make an entire tech tree out of only the wheeled vehicles that China has domestically produced, that still haven’t been added to the game.

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Add the WZ551 with PL-9 missiles

At the bottom left, there is a system like crotale, but I’m not sure what it is. The 6 wheeled one with a HMG sticking out in the front.

Then make the picture bigger for extra space? and list the name of each vehicle for who want to know further infos

The problem is that I would need to change the entire layout to add one vehicle. I can only add one whole column or one whole row without changing the entire arrangement. So I would need roughly ~4 more vehicles.

I’ve got the WZ551D and the Antelope. I just need two/three more.

Can’t you cut some images to change them in a better size? Or you forget/lost your source file?
When I making this kind of image, if I know I might change it in the future i will save it as a PSD file instead of export a PNG and turn off the software

I just use MSPaint. So it’s quite inflexible.
I think I’ll scour for some more wheeled vehicles.

The Type 19s and VE32A would be great to add to the list, but I’ve been unable to find high-resolution images. Or at least not blurry ones to upscale with AI.


and some vehicles which have suggestion already(i suggest you remake a image with Photoshop,Krita or any other software with layers, then add names cause it’s so hard to find if there’s a vehicle already in the image with only image)

links here, not all wheeled suggestion

30mm Wheeled SPAAG Weapon System, PGZ09 on a Wheeled Hull.
NORINCO 8x8 CS / VP4, Multi-purpose all-terrain vehicles
NORINCO 6x6 CS / VP16B, Multi-purpose all-terrain vehicles
Changan CS95 (CS/LK3) - It Would Be Really Funny...
CSK-131 (GAM-102) - I See You
EQ2050 MLRS - Fast And Furious
HRB-131/HN5C
Ld-2000 (ty90)
Type 40 recoilless rifle on a Mitsubishi C-25 scooter.
NJ211B (HJ-8) - Shoot And Scoot
NJ2046 (HJ-9A) - In And Out
PCL-09 - Modern Chinese FlakBus
SH2 - High-Mobility Howitzer At A High Price
SH5 - Completing The Family
SX2150K (PG87) - Competition Shooter

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HQ7? The wheeled ones for Bangladesh air force and army are slightly different, but both could be added, although no search radar sucks a bit. It is literally a crotale, so we know the lock should be no more than 16km as it is inferior to crotale NG aka ITOM 90M. It is a possible addition except it was originally developed for naval use.

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This seems like a very odd vehicle from my perspective as it does not have any support on the floor, yet carries weapons large enough to blow away the vehicle. Also where would the control be implemented, since it is pretty unlikely anyone would want to sit anywhere close to the missile or the gun when firing.

It seems well…

and in this video you could see it’s remoted, for in-game i think it will works like Chaparral which means crew won’t leave vehicle

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From what i’ve heard/talked with PLA watchers it seems to be the next gen MBT, not a light tank.


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Me and my tin foil hat thinks it is going to be the replacement for the ZTZ-96’s that make up the backbone of the army’s tanks. You figure they are very dated, the Army was dissatisfied with the mobility of them and only deemed them ‘sufficient’, and China still has the issue of having to be ready for a war in any theater. So it would be a good idea to replace the old 96’s while working on an even better armored one to replace the 99’s and act as a heavier tank force like they do now. I got no backing that this tank is that, just what I can speculate as an outside observer.

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Once this tank enters production ofc the 96s will be the first ones to go. The 99s are another topic, if we consider the A then it is pretty much a modern tank… the only couple of things it might need are APS, remotely controlled commander station and side-armor. The other 99s have a different chassis so they might have to sit there and be replaced after the 96s. Still, having lots of tanks in the inventory is not a bad thing at all… in the case of need a tin can is better than nothing.

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I mean the ZTZ99s with their similar design to Russian tanks will probably be used similarly as a break through tool, although the PLA will probably have more accurate airstrikes with missiles. I am just wondering, will the type 15 be limited to just fighting in the Tibet or will it be more common on the battlefield? It could be a similar ability to ZTZ96A, but is much more agile and modern.

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IIRC, the type 15 is already used in the Southern Theatre, replacing the Type 62 unit there.

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