![]() ![]() The VN-17 is also well protected, with reactive armor on the lower front hull, and significant side-skirt armor alongside its tracks. ![]() It has an unmanned (read: remotely controlled) turret with two large, multi-lens electro-optical and infrared sensors (one each for the gunner and commander). Those sensors come in handy when the system needs to use its 35mm cannon, 7.62mm machine gun, or medium-range HJ-12 anti-tank missiles. The new VN-17 infantry-fighting vehicle (IFV) uses a heavily modified version of the 33-ton VT-5 light tank’s chassis. It also boasts next-generation imaging sensors for the commander and gunner-as well as room for seven passengers. It weighs about 30 tons, with heavy all-around armor, a 35mm autocannon, and twin HJ-12 anti-tank guided missiles. The VN-17 is China’s latest export infantry-fighting vehicle. ![]() Quick Kill and Israeli Iron Fist and Trophy systems in terms of coverage, range, and fire volume. As the GL-5 is an export-only version, the Chinese military is likely to field a more advanced version to protect its tanks, which could be comparable to the U.S. The radars pick up incoming enemy rockets, missiles, and shells, causing the computer to select a munition and fire it. Each munition is capable of destroying incoming munitions at a range of 33-39 feet. The use of fixed-launcher, radar-guided munitions in an APS mirrors the hard-kill portion of the Afghanit APS on the Russian T-14 Armata tank. The GL-5 system consists of four radars and fixed projectile launchers, which are attached to a tank turret for 360 degree coverage (each launcher covers a quadrant). The star attraction was the GL-5 hard-kill active protection system (APS), which destroyed a guided missile attacking a tank in a live fire exercise. The GL-5 hard-kill active protection system consists of four munition launchers, four multipurpose, millimeter-wave radars, and a control computer. ![]()
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