"Battle Fortress", VN2 heavy armored vehicle of PLA

"Battle Fortress" VN2 heavy armored vehicle of the People's Liberation Army

As one of the important products promoted by military enterprises in the world military trade market, VN2 heavy armored vehicle has gradually increased its appearance frequency in major defense exhibitions around the world.

moreover, this armored vehicle always appears with the VT-4 tank. As a heavy armored vehicle with a volume like a "battle fortress", VN2 has changed the development status of marine equipment to enhance its mobility in an all-round way, and has made unlimited progress in the direction of overlapping armor.

On the mobility, crawler-type heavy armored combat units are not as good as wheeled combat vehicles. The operational positioning of tanks is to suppress the main forces of the enemy at the field level. It is not an equipment that wins by maneuvering, but it started with defensive capabilities. The British concept of developing tanks is to highlight its defensive attributes.

VN2 is suitable for countries in open areas, and its unique defensive advantages can give play to its advantages of clustered steel torrent in plain areas.

The main operational function of Mark I tank is to serve as a shield for frontline troops to open up the battlefield, and to resist the attack of enemy light weapons while destroying enemy battlefield fortifications. Compared with its defensive ability, the firepower of Mark I tank is less important. The role of tanks is to highlight their defensive attributes, including heavy tracked armored vehicles that cooperate with tanks.

some countries have developed other ultra-light tanks that fully highlight the maneuverability by leaning on the sword, but without exception, these tanks that are purely for highlighting the maneuverability have been proved to be out of line with the operational needs of the armies of various countries, such as the Type 94 tanks, that is, the small bean tanks, which are installed in large quantities in Japan.

both tanks and heavy armored vehicles are developing towards enhancing their defense capabilities, while maintaining certain operational mobility.

as the "ancestor" of the main battle tank, Mark I tank, with its defensive advantages and extraordinary firepower, became an indestructible "mobile fortress" of the German army in its main position, laying the foundation for the British army to win over Germany in the famous Battle of the Somme.

Israel has proved the importance of this operational idea by developing the "tigress" heavy armored vehicle, because the "tigress" heavy armored vehicle can give full protection to Israeli frontline fighters and become a "solid shield" for frontline soldiers. Therefore, after the war, Israel can maintain a long-term battle against the surrounding Arab Coalition forces with less casualties.

Military powers have also seen it. For example, in Russia, the newly launched T-15 armored vehicle gave up the shape inheritance of the Soviet BMP series armored vehicle in one fell swoop, and its main feature was to highlight the defensive ability of the armored vehicle in the battlefield, which also reached the level of the main battle tank. VN2 heavy armored vehicles launched by our military enterprises are no exception.

The equipment of the Israeli Army has highlighted a development route that focuses on heavy defense. This kind of "iron wall shield defense" equipment effectively protects the life safety of the first-line fighters in Israel and reduces the casualties of Israeli soldiers.

VN2 armored vehicle is made of VT-4 tank chassis. Generally speaking, this armored vehicle inherits the defensive advantages of VT-4 tank. In order to enhance its combat capability, VN2 has also strengthened its defensive capability. The front of VN2 car body adopts additional armor heavier than VT4 tank, and the defensive capability of VN2 heavy armored vehicle has reached the standard of NATO STANAG45696.

armor class of VN2 is higher than armor class of main battle tanks in many countries. As an auxiliary equipment, VN2' s firepower can't match that of main battle tanks. One of the main operational functions of heavy armored vehicles is to provide protection for frontline soldiers. It only needs light armored units that can effectively counter enemy soldiers and anti-infantry.

unlike 4A series armored vehicles, the side armor of VN2 armored vehicle is also very heavy, and its structure is similar to that of T-15 heavy armored vehicle.

a 3 mm caliber machine gun has significantly suppressed the main enemy of VN2. Our troops have special needs to improve the firepower of VN2 heavy armored vehicles, and our military enterprises can also provide a 4 mm caliber countersunk gun system. Besides, the turret of VN2, like the T-14 tank, is an unmanned intelligent turret, and the strike accuracy will be higher.

VN2 armored vehicle can represent the future development direction of heavy armored vehicles to some extent. As a kind of equipment to protect front-line soldiers, heavy armored vehicles in active service in various military powers have the problem of weak protection ability, and VN2 can make up for the weaknesses of traditional armored vehicles in a targeted manner, which may provide structural reference for the next generation of heavy armored vehicles in our army.