ZBL-09

ZBL-09 Snow Leopard

Place of origin	People's Republic of China
Service history
In service	since 2009
Production history
Manufacturer	NORINCO
Specifications
Weight	15 to 20 t
Length	8 m (26 ft)
Width	2.1 m (6.9 ft)
Height	3 m (9.8 ft)
Crew	3
Passengers	7 to 10

Main armament	105 mm L7 cannon (Anti tank variant) with ST1 export variant 122 mm howitzer (SPH variant) 155 mm howitzer (SPH variant) 120 mm mortars (self propelled mortar variant) 12.7 mm gun (APC variant) 30 mm AO-18K Gatling gun (air defense variant) UW4 30 mm remote weapons station or 30 mm cannon (IFV variant) 35 mm KDG revolver autocannon (anti-aircraft variant)^[1] 30 mm gun (VN-1)
Secondary armament	HJ-73 Anti-Tank Guided Missile 7.62 mm machine gun
Engine	Deutz BF6M1015C diesel 440 hp
Suspension	8x8
Operational range	800 km
Speed	100 km/h

The ZBL-09 is a Chinese wheeled armored fighting vehicle.

It is a recent People's Republic of China produced family of 8x8 wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles.^[2] It's a modular design which claims to be able to field an APC model, an IFV model, an anti-tank gun model with an export variant, an Engineering model, a 122 mm self propelled howitzer model, a 155 mm self propelled howitzer model, an air defense model, a self-propelled mortar model, a recon model, a command vehicle model, and an export version dubbed the VN-1.

Variants

IFV - Original IFV variant with a 2A72 30mm turret
APC - APC variant with 12.7mm machine gun
ZTL-09 - 105mm assault gun variant
ST1 - 105mm assault gun export variant
PLZ-09 - 122mm or 155mm howitzer
PLL-09 - 120mm dual purpose mortar carrier
CS/SA5 - air defense variant with a 6-barrel Gatling gun
Air defense variant with a 35mm revolving autocannon
SWS2 - air defense variant with a 35 mm autocannon, capable of firing "smart" munitions, and four surface-to-air missiles ^[3]
Reconnaissance
Engineering
Command
VN-1 - export variant

Operators

Map of ZBL08 operators in blue

Current operators

References

External links

"ZBL-09 Assault gun variant unveiled". China Defense Blog. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

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Chinese modern AFVs

Main battle tanks	Gongchen (modified Type 97 Chi-Ha)^x T-34^x IS-2^x Type 59 Type 59G Type 62^x Type 62G Type 69/79^x Type 88^x Type 96/A Type 99 Type 99A

Export MBTs	Type 85^x Type 90^x MBT2000 VT1A VT2 VT4

amphibious tanks	Type 63 Type 63A ZTD-05 VN16

Infantry fighting vehicles	YW307 Type 91 ZBD-97 ZBD-04 ZBD-05 ZBD-04A ZBL08 VN1 VN18 VN11 VN12

APCs	Type 63 Type 77 ZSD-85 ZSD-89 ZSD-90 ZSL-92 VN2 ZFB-05 ZBL09 ZBD-08

SPGs	Type 85 PLZ07A PLZ07B PLL-05 Type 83 SPH ZBL09 SPH ZBL09 Mortar PLZ-45 PLZ-89 PLZ-52 PLZ-05 PLZ-04

Tank destroyer	PTZ-89 ZBL09 tank destroyer ST1

MRLs	Type 63 Type 81 Type 82 Type 83 Type 90 Type 90A Type 90B WM-40 WM-80 SR-4 PR50 AR3 A100 A200 A300 WS-1 WS-2 WS-3 WS-6 WS-15 WS-22 WS-32 WS-33 WS-35 WS-43 WS-63 SR-5 SY300 SY400 Weishi

SPAAG	LD2000 PGZ-95 PGZ-04A CS/SA5 SWS2

Wheeled assault guns	ZBL09 assault gun ST1

Prototypes	WZ-111 Type 98 WZ-132 WZ-122 59-16 Type 80

Note: ^x = retired from service or has ceased development

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