Pictures are being discussed online, made on one of the highways in China. We are talking about a unit of wheeled armored vehicles in camouflage colors of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, captured on a mobile phone camera. The author of the photographs writes about, that this is an "unknown" Chinese-made infantry fighting vehicle.
On the one hand, the armored vehicle resembles an amphibious armored personnel carrier of the Chinese Marine Corps – ZTL-11. This armored vehicle is equipped with a 105-mm cannon and is considered as a means for the transfer of troops and at the same time for artillery support of landing operations in the coastal zone..
However, the armored car, which was transported on a car platform, even a lot of visual differences from the ZTL-11. In particular, in ZTL-11, for each of the pairs of wheels, its own “space” is created in the lateral projection. This is achieved by a special case shape., when wheel spaces in the upper part are organized by structures in the form of volumetric armored prisms.
The photo shows, what are armored prisms (“wings”) hulls separate only the front wheel group.
A photo, used on the Chinese portal Sina:
Also modification, captured on camera, differs from the classic version of the ZTL-11 in the presence of special add-ons on the tower. It is assumed, that one of them represents the design of a remote weapon station, which includes a machine gun.
The one – classical – version ZTL-11 – without combat module:
CCTV footage:
As seen, differences in the shape of the tower.
