Gulf States continue to forge defence industry partnerships, boosting autonomy and economic diversification
Gulf states are shoring up their defence industrial bases and forging deeper partnerships with traditional Western primes.
The NORINCO VU-T10 tracked UGV was prominently displayed on the company's stand at IDEX 2023. (Photo: author)
Pride of place on the huge NORINCO stand at IDEX 2023 was its latest VU-T10 tracked UGV.
This has a gross vehicle weight of 11t and is fitted with a remote-controlled turret armed with a 30mm cannon and 7.62mm coaxial machine gun. The turret is also has banks of electrically operated smoke grenade launchers.
There is also the option of a pod of NORINCO Red Arrow 12 anti-tank guided weapons to enable targets to be engaged beyond the range of the cannon.
According to NORINCO, the VU-T10 has a maximum road speed of up to 60km/h and is electrically powered
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