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Chinese infantry fighting vehicles
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Oh wait yeah, looks like the airborne one
by78
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This is from a reliable leaker on Weibo. A new amphibious vehicle is being developed. The hull is made of welded titanium alloy.
An earlier image from the same Weibo poster that shows titanium alloy tow hooks for a new IFV, although he didn't specify which IFV they are for:
An unknown IFV prototype. The body is made of titanium alloy. Not sure if this is an official program or a private effort.
An excerpt from an academic paper on the titanium hull seen before. The hull a prototype made using a trial production process which, despite it being slower/less efficient (by 40%) than the process for fabricating aluminum halls, is still deemed sufficient. I'm not certain if this has to do with the new amphibious IFV.
Found the article that has that figure named:An excerpt from an academic paper on the titanium hull seen before. The hull a prototype made using a trial production process which, despite it being slower/less efficient (by 40%) than the process for fabricating aluminum halls, is still deemed sufficient. I'm not certain if this has to do with the new amphibious IFV.
钛合金在两栖装甲车辆车体上的应用性能研究
Translation: Research on application performance of titanium alloy in amphibious armored vehicle body
The research is published in 2022.
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by78
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Note it has a hull no. 002, the amphibious IFV has a hull no. 003.