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Type 05 Amphibious Fighting Vehicle

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The Type 05 amphibious armored vehicle is a family of tracked amphibious fighting vehicles developed by Norinco for the People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps of China, entering service in 2005. It consists of two main combat variants, the ZBD-05 infantry fighting vehicle and the ZTD-05 assault vehicle, along with several support versions, and uses a hydroplane design described as making it the world's fastest amphibious combat vehicle. China is reported to be the only country producing this kind of high speed amphibious fighting vehicle. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
105mm 1
Caliber
30mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Tracked amphibious fighting vehicle 1
Introduced Year
2005 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicle
  • service-status
    service = 2005-present
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Infobox, service field
    Infobox service field: 2005-present
  • Introduction
    is a family of tracked amphibious fighting vehicles developed by Norinco
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Wikidata: Type 05 Amphibious Fighting Vehicle
Wikidata Q4053521, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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