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ZBD05/ZLT05 Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles

Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0901-A

Martin Andrew, BA(hons), MA, PhD, RAAF(Retd)
  September 2009
Updated November, 2009
Updated April, 2012
© 2009, Martin Andrew




Excerpted from “How the PLA Fights: Weapons and Tactics of the People’s Liberation Army, Second Edition” published by the United States Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. Additions and updates by Dr Carlo Kopp and Dr Martin Andrew.


ZLT05 Tracked Amphibious Assault Gun




The ZLT05 Tracked amphibious assault gun uses a slightly modified turret from the Type 03P amphibious tank on the ZBD05 hull.  There is a co-axial Type 80 7.72 x 54mm machine gun and cupola mounted QJC-88 12.7 x 108mm heavy machine gun and eight 76mm smoke grenade dischargers.

The 105mm gun has an effective range  over 2,000m against armour, where presumably its HEAT round can penetrate between 460 and 500mm of steel armour plate or between 1 and 1.5m of steel reinforced concrete.   The turret face is claimed to stop a 25mm AP round of unknown type at 1,000m and the turret rear and hull glacis plate can stop a 12.7mm AP round at 100m and the entire vehicle hull is proof against 7.62mm AP rounds.  The turret roof can stop a 7.62mm ball round.















ZBD05 Tracked Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle




Previously known as the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) The vehicle is developed from the ZBD/Type 04 infantry fighting vehicle chassis but is now a completely separate vehicle.  The ZBD04 chassis has been extended slightly at the rear and an extended bow section similar to those on the Type 63C amphibious armoured personnel n extended bow section similar to those on the Type 63C amphibious armoured personnel carrier and the Type 86 amphibious infantry fighting vehicle.

The large bow wave plate is hinged and hydraulically extended when the AAAV is in the water.  When stowed it lays across the bow and glacis plate providing another layer of frontal protection.

The ZBD05 carries a two man turret with components from the Ukrainian Shkval turret.  The turret mounts a 30 x 165mm  automatic cannon, coaxial Type 80 7.62 x 54mmR machine gun, two Hong Jian-73C ATGM launchers, one on either side of the turret and eight 76mm smoke dischargers.


KBA-105 «SHKVAL»
Technical Characteristics
KBA-2 automatic gun (ZTM-1)
Caliber, mm
30
Rate of fire, rounds/min
330
Aimed fire range when firing at ground targets, m:
with AP-T shell
2,000
with AP-FRAG-T, HE-FRAG-I shells
4,000
Direct firing range for armor-piercing tracer shell, m
1,000
Magazine load, rounds 300
AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher
Caliber, mm 30
Shot type with fragmentation grenade
VOG-17
Rate of fire, rounds/min
50-400
Aimed fire range, m
1,700
Magazine load, rounds
116
KT-7.62 machine gun
Caliber, mm
7.62
Rate of fire, rounds/min
700-800
Effective rate of fire, rounds/min
250
Aimed fire range, m
2,000
Magazine load, rounds 2,000
Antitank missile system «Konkurs»
Aimed fire range, m
4,000
Magazine load, rounds 4
Smoke laying system
Number of launchers
6
Caliber, mm
81
Average fire range, m
200-300
«Karusel» armament stabilizer
two axis
Sighting and surveillance devices
«Cyclop» type optic-television system with the viewing field stabilization in vertical and horizontal planes
Aimed fire range, m, not less than:
in the day channel
4,000
at the night channel
700
Number of PZU-8 anti-aircraft periscope day sight, pieces
1
Number of TNPO-170 day periscope surveillance device, pieces
5
Source: ukrspetsexport.com



Ukrainian BTR-3U with KBA-105 Shkval weapons turret variant. Components from this turret design are used in the ZBD05 IFV variant (Ukrexport).





AAAV with bow wave plate deployed.



Above, below, turret with Shkval 30 mm gun.





AAAV launching a Hong Jian-73C ATGM.





PLA Marines practicing a beachhead assault through obstacles.



C3 variant of the AAAV hull.



Imagery Sources: Chinese Internet.
Layout / Line Artwork: © 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009 Carlo Kopp


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