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Please identify this WZ-501 variant

This is a discussion on Please identify this WZ-501 variant within the Army forums, part of the China Defense & Military category; http://www.anyboard.net/gov/mil/anyb...dfblogooo5.jpg Can anyone identify this WZ501/BMP-1 variant and its purpose? Also, is this a Chinese IS-2/IS-3 copy? http://www.anyboard.net/gov/mil/anyb...%294_18446.jpg...

  1. 08-22-2006, 12:23 PM #1
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    Please identify this WZ-501 variant

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    Can anyone identify this WZ501/BMP-1 variant and its purpose?



    Also, is this a Chinese IS-2/IS-3 copy?
    http://www.anyboard.net/gov/mil/anyb...%294_18446.jpg
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  2. 08-23-2006, 03:23 AM #2
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    Re: Please identify this WZ-501 variant

    The WZ-501/BMP looks like a FIST vehicle for artillery obsevers, as it has optronics mounted up front. The NBC recon variant is different.
    The other one is a Type 122 tank prototype that was copied from the T-62, a few examples of which were captured by the Chinese in border clashes with the USSR. It never entered production.
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