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thetourist
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: New Chinese |
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| HAving seen GHQ's new WZ501 Chinese IFV. I can't see a difference between it and thier BMP-1 model......Can someone please enlighten? |
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Fulcrum
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Just the paint job...... In the pictures they appear the same to me as well.
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GHQ
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:35 am Post subject: |
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They are the same model. We did this because some people had inquired in the past and didn't know that they were the same. We aren't trying to pull a fast one, as Fulcrum noted, the paint job is the only difference.
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thetourist
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| does that mean that the WZ551 is the same model as the french VAB 6x6? |
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Ben
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | does that mean that the WZ551 is the same model as the french VAB 6x6? |
No, the vehicles may look similar (in fact they share the basic layout) to some people but if you look closer you will find out the difference between them.
The Chinese WZ551 isn't a license built VAB 6x6 or so, it is a Chinese design with lots of variants.
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GHQ
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| Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| thetourist wrote: | | does that mean that the WZ551 is the same model as the french VAB 6x6? |
No, it is not the same model. The only models that are the same are the WZ501 and BMP-1.
Last edited by GHQ on Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:50 am; edited 1 time in total |
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chrisswim
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| The WZ 501 looks very nice. I was fortunate to see it and some other models at Historicon 2006. |
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