The WS2400 is a 8x8 special heavy-duty

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developed and built by Wanshan Special Vehicle and used by the

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of the

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as a

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(TEL) platform and is a

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version of the MAZ-543 missile

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 ...

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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

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(CASIC)]. The advantage of the WS2400 compared to the MAZ is that it utilizes a Germany, German

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, transmission and hydraulics manufactured by Wanshan in China, built using technologies transferred from

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and

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. The WS2400 has a maximum payload capacity of 22 tons, as such, it is used as the base for a number of conventional and

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systems the

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SRBM and A-100 MRL platforms. 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

WS2600 The WS2600 is a 22.5 ton 10x10 transporter erector launcher (TEL) used by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force of the People's Republic of China. It is, along with the smaller WS2500, one of the principal mobility platforms in mounting Chin ...

is a more developed evolution of the WS2400 meant to carry MRBMs and IRBMs.

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