New Chinese

thetourist · Post by **thetourist** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:44 am

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?

Fulcrum · Post by **Fulcrum** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:37 am

Just the paint job...... In the pictures they appear the same to me as well.

Post by **GHQ** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:35 pm

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.

GHQ

thetourist · Post by **thetourist** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:42 am

does that mean that the WZ551 is the same model as the french VAB 6x6?

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:57 pm

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.

Best greetings,
Ben

Post by **GHQ** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:10 am

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.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:17 am

The WZ 501 looks very nice. I was fortunate to see it and some other models at Historicon 2006.