WS2400 | |
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Type | 8×8 heavy strategic truck/transporter erector launcher |
Place of origin | China |
Service history | |
Used by | PLA Rocket Force |
Production history | |
Designer | Wanshan Special Vehicle |
Manufacturer | Wanshan Special Vehicle |
Specifications | |
Mass | 19 t (empty) |
Length | 11.44 m |
Width | 3.05 m |
Height | 2.97 m |
Crew | 1+7 |
Engine | Deutz diesel 517 hp (386 kW) |
Payload capacity | 22 tons |
Operational range | 650 km (404 mi) loaded |
Maximum speed | 75 km/h (47 mph) |
The WS2400 is a 8x8 special heavy-duty truck developed and built by Wanshan Special Vehicle and used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China as a transporter erector launcher (TEL) platform and is a reverse engineered version of the MAZ-543 missile Transporter erector launcher.[1][failed verification]
Description[edit]
A TEL that is widely used by the PLA due to the sheer numbers of Chinese SRBM assets. The WS2400 is one of the principal mobile workhorse/platforms in mounting and firing China's short-range ballistic missiles.
Wanshan Special Vehicle (湖北三江航天万山特种车辆有限公司) is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Aerospace Sanjiang Space Co. Ltd (中国航天三江集团)], which is in turn a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC)]. The advantage of the WS2400 compared to the MAZ is that it utilizes a German diesel engine, transmission and hydraulics manufactured by Wanshan in China, built using technologies transferred from ZF Friedrichshafen and Allison Transmission.
The WS2400 has a maximum payload capacity of 22 tons, as such, it is used as the base for a number of conventional and ballistic missile systems the DF-11 SRBM and A-100 MRL platforms.
The much larger WS2500 and WS2600 is a more developed evolution of the WS2400 meant to carry MRBMs and IRBMs.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Show and TEL". www.armscontrolwonk.com.
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