The TAIAN TA5450/TAS5450 is a 25 ton

transporter erector launcher A transporter erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to a firing position and launch one or more rockets or missiles. History Such vehicles exist for both surface-to-air missiles ...

that primarily carries

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s. However, it is also able to carry other weapon systems such as rockets and conventional missiles. Despite sometimes being called the TA5450, the actual official designation of the vehicle is the TAS5450. The TA5450 is actually the designation of the vehicle's base chassis, while the TAS5450 refers to the vehicle itself.

Description

The TA5450/TAS5450 is an 8x8 TEL configuration. As it is around the same size as its cousin, the TA580/TAS5380 and the

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, the relatively small size of the TA5450/TAS5450 means that it could only carry a maximum payload equal to the curb weight of the vehicle itself. Contrast this to the much larger

WS2500 The WS2500 is a 20-ton 10x10 special heavy-duty truck used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the principal mobility platforms in mounting China's medium-range ballistic missiles and other conventional ...

and the

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, which could mount far heavier payloads due to the larger size of the TELs. Because of its payload, the TA5450/TAS5450 primarily carries the DF-15B and the DF-15C short range ballistic missiles. However, it is just as possible for the TA5450/TAS5450 to carry the A200,

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and the WS-2 rocket systems. It has also been reported that

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has acquired the TA5450/TAS5450 TEL systems.

Variants

*TA5450B - carries

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missiles and LD-3000 close-in weapon system. *TA5350 - carries

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air defense missiles *TA4360 - tank transporter with 6x6 configuration *TA4410 - longer version of the TA4360 with an added axle, exported to

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*TA5570 - special wheeled chassis with 10x10 configuration that carries ballistic missiles *TA5690 - special wheeled chassis with 12x12 configuration that carries MRBMs and IRBMs *TA5801 - special wheeled chassis with 14x14 configuration that carries IRBMs and ICBMs *TA5920 - special wheeled chassis with 16x16 configuration that carries ICBMs

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