WS2400
{{Infobox weapon
| name = WS2400
| image = DF-11 TEL vehicle -1.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = A DF-11 TEL vehicle, based on the WS2400.
| origin = China
| type = 8×8 heavy strategic truck/transporter erector launcher
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| used_by = PLA Rocket Force
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| designer = Wanshan Special Vehicle
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| manufacturer = Wanshan Special Vehicle
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| weight = 19 t (empty)
| length = 11.44 m
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| width = 3.05 m
| height = 2.97 m
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| crew = 1+7
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| engine = Deutz diesel
| engine_power = {{convert|517|hp|abbr=on}}
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| payload_capacity = 22 tons
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| vehicle_range = {{convert|650|km|0|abbr=on}} loaded
| speed = {{convert|75|kph|0|abbr=on}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/206385/show-and-tel/|title=Show and TEL|website=www.armscontrolwonk.com}}{{Failed verification|date=December 2019|reason=Source does not say anything about MAZ-543 or this being reversed engineered from anywhere}}
Description
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.
Variants
See also
References
- [http://www.sinodefence.com/army/transport/ws2400.asp WS2400 Truck]
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Category:Military trucks of China
Category:Military vehicles of the People's Republic of China