Thailand buys Chinese VN1 BTR
Thailand continues to purchase Chinese armored vehicles, militaryhistorical portal "Wapspot" with reference to defense-blog.com. The Ministry of Defense of Thailand has signed a contract for the supply of 34-x armored personnel carrier VN1 and more than twelve thousand 30-mm shells for them.
According to the contract, the supply of armored vehicles and ammunition should be completed by 2020. The cost of one armored personnel carrier is estimated at $ 1,695 million. Most likely, new combat vehicles will go into service with the armored battalion, for which Thailand ordered Chinese last year. Tanks VT4.
The VN1 armored personnel carriers that Thailand buys will have turrets armed with 30-mm automatic cannons. The thaiarmedforce.com portal calls VN1 combat vehicles analogous to the Ukrainian armored personnel carriers BTR-3E1, which are purchased for the ground units of the Thai army (according to 2015, Thailand was supplied 180 units). Since part of the Ukrainian armored personnel carriers from the supply planned for the 2014 year, was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Thailand could change the supplier of armored vehicles for its army or buy the missing number of combat vehicles.
The 8 × 8 VN1 fighting vehicles were developed by NORINCO Corporation in 2006 year and since 2009 have been in service with the Chinese army under the symbol ZBL-09. The body of the vehicle has protection against medium-sized bullets, and frontal armor protects it against 12,7-mm armor-piercing bullets. On the highway, the VN1 reaches a speed of up to 100 km / h (the power reserve is 800 km) and is capable of forcing water obstacles afloat at a speed of up to 8 km / h.
According to the contract, the supply of armored vehicles and ammunition should be completed by 2020. The cost of one armored personnel carrier is estimated at $ 1,695 million. Most likely, new combat vehicles will go into service with the armored battalion, for which Thailand ordered Chinese last year. Tanks VT4.
The VN1 armored personnel carriers that Thailand buys will have turrets armed with 30-mm automatic cannons. The thaiarmedforce.com portal calls VN1 combat vehicles analogous to the Ukrainian armored personnel carriers BTR-3E1, which are purchased for the ground units of the Thai army (according to 2015, Thailand was supplied 180 units). Since part of the Ukrainian armored personnel carriers from the supply planned for the 2014 year, was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Thailand could change the supplier of armored vehicles for its army or buy the missing number of combat vehicles.
The 8 × 8 VN1 fighting vehicles were developed by NORINCO Corporation in 2006 year and since 2009 have been in service with the Chinese army under the symbol ZBL-09. The body of the vehicle has protection against medium-sized bullets, and frontal armor protects it against 12,7-mm armor-piercing bullets. On the highway, the VN1 reaches a speed of up to 100 km / h (the power reserve is 800 km) and is capable of forcing water obstacles afloat at a speed of up to 8 km / h.
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