Tanks

VT4 Haider (Pakistan)

Programme Background Pakistan appears to have commenced its programme to acquire a new military off-the-shelf MBT in 2015, when several MBT designs were tested under ...

Tanks

VT4 (Nigeria)

Programme Background Nigeria currently operates a mix of MBTs that have been procured in small numbers from several suppliers. Asides from more than 100 Vickers ...

Tanks

Pakistan Modernised T-55 MBTs

The modernised T-55s that Yugoimport are delivering to Pakistan are understood to be surplus vehicles that were withdrawn from Serbian Army service during the early ...

Tanks

Al-Khalid-II

Programme Background Pakistan operates a vast fleet of Chinese and Ukrainian MBTs primarily aimed at deterring regional rivals such as India. In order to build ...

APCs/IFVs - 8x8

ST1 (Nigeria)

Programme Background The Nigerian Army operates a mix of armoured vehicles armed with large calibre guns, including MBTs from the Soviet Union and the UK, ...

Tanks

VT5 (Bangladesh - Contracted)

Programme Background The Bangladesh MoD issued an RfI for a new light tank and a related ARV in September 2017. This will be easier to ...

Tanks

VT5 (Bangladesh - Forecast)

Programme Background The Bangladesh MoD issued an RfI for a new light tank and a related ARV in September 2017. This will be easier to ...

Tanks

VT4 (Contracted - Thailand)

Programme Background Thailand became the first export customer for the VT4, when it signed a US$137 million contract with Norinco for an initial batch of ...

Tanks

Al-Khalid-I

Programme Background Pakistan operates a vast fleet of Chinese and Ukrainian MBTs primarily aimed at deterring regional rivals such as India. In order to build ...

APCs/IFVs - tracked

VP1/Type 89 (Nigeria)

Programme Background The Nigerian Army has an ongoing need for new armoured vehicles to replace losses incurred in its conflict with extremist organisations operating within ...

Tanks

Peru T-55 MBT Replacement

Programme Background Peru received 280 T-55 MBTs from the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Despite their age, these tanks continue to see service, alongside even ...

Tanks

VT4 (MBT-3000)

The 125mm-armed VT4, also known as the MBT-3000, is the latest MBT developed and manufactured by Norinco. Displayed internationally for the first time at Eurosatory in ...

Trapper VT4

A militarised version of the commercial Ford Everest 4x4 sports utility vehicle, the Trapper VT4 light all-terrain vehicle has been selected as the French Army's ...

Tanks

ST1

The ST1 Wheeled Tank Destroying Vehicle is a 105mm-armed 8x8 mobile gun system developed by Norinco for the export market. It is a derivative of ...

Land: Integrated Defensive Systems

GL5

The GL5 is an active protection system (APS), designed to be mounted on MBTs, such as Norinco’s VT4. The APS consists of four radar detector ...

Self-propelled guns

SH5

The Norinco SH5 artillery system is an evolution of the company's SH2 wheeled SPH. Based on the same 6x6 chassis as its predecessor, the SH5 ...

Self-propelled guns

SH2

The SH2 wheeled SPH was unveiled by Norinco in 2007. Based on a 6x6 chassis, it is armed with a turntable-mounted 122 mm Type 96 ...

Tanks

M41

The M41 light tank, known colloquially as the 'Walker Bulldog' in American service, was designed to replace the Second World War-era M24 Chaffee light tank.  Lightly ...

Tanks

T-54/T-55

The T-54/T-55 series is the most-produced MBT design in the world, with more than 80,000 of all variants built in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland ...