What is the difference between the VT-5 and VT-5BD?
Depends on which VT-5 configuration you are referring to. This one has composite armor turret and base VT-5 hull. Also it lacks RCWS.
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By configuration, do you mean the “early” and “late” versions shown off by China?
From what I can tell the 2016 and 2017 models are a bit different, but the BD is based off the 2017 one except without the RCWS and ERA like you said.
I meant armor configuration
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The composite is the same as the Chinese one right?
You’re just referring to the lack of ERA which would make the total armor configuration a bit different?
This is 2017 VT-5
As you can see it clearly has a different turret
2016 VT-5. Slat armor and possibly RHA turret
VT-5BD most likely got its turret from 2019 VT-5
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I see, I was just wondering because the suggestion implied that there were some differences from the Chinese VT-5.
I mean you can consider the lack of RCWS and unique turret, hull configuration as unique variant or sub variant. Its also bit faster than the Zhuhai airshow VT-5s due to the lack of ERAs
Edit: I forgot to mention that the VT-5s seen at Zhuhai airshow have 5.8mm QJT-88 Coax machine gun but this one has 7.62mm Type 86 coax machine gun.
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Yeah, the differences are clear to me now.
Although for the record, the BD version wouldn’t even need any notable changes for me to support, as Bangladesh is of course the only actual operator of this tank, and so they seem like an obvious first candidate for implementation.
But thanks for clarification regardless.
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I can understand the C&P concern. But this is more unique than the C&P Leopard 2A4s.
Bangladesh recently started to manufacture tanks with the help of foreign partners and we possibly got the license for producing VT-5s locally. If thats the case then this configuration of VT-5 gets more justification to be a separate tank.
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That’s fair enough, indigenous production is usually a good sign for future domestic design anyways.
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+1. would love to see this ingame!
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Norinco is cooking.
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There is no such thing as early or late for VT-5, it depends on the money, if the customer needs something, China will give you VT-5XX
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Can’t wait to see this in-game
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Since the original ZTQ-15 discussion got passed already, i will post this here instead
Type 15 Lightweight Tanks in Training - Ministry of National Defense - chinese ministry of defense video of ZTQ-15
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Will there be 2 versions of VT-5 or is the armour package a modification?