The Hanyang HY4330 is a large model of military tractor trucks developed and produced by the Hanyang Special Purpose Vehicle Institute, which in turn is used by the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. These trucks behave essentially like conventional transporter erector launchers and as such, are used primarily to offer Beijing

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nuclear capabilities; bolstering China's ballistic missile capabilities. Likewise, its smaller sibling truck, the Hanyang HY4260, carries the versatile

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intermediate range ballistic missiles, which has an anti-ship ballistic missile capabilities.

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Unlike the HY4260, the Hanyang HY4330 is a much larger 8x8 tractor vehicle. This increased size allows the HY4330 to tow the much larger

DF-31A The Dong Feng 31 (; NATO reporting name CSS-10) is a third-generation long-range, road-mobile, three stage, solid-fuel rocket intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the Dongfeng missile series developed by the People's Republic of China. ...

road-mobile

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. Due to this, the Hanyang Special Purpose Vehicle Institute developed this truck specifically for this role. It became a successor to an older Hanyang HY4301 which towed the more conventional DF-31 base-ICBM model. The HY4330 became operational in 2007 and is implemented specifically to the Second Artillery Corps of the

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. Despite its payload capabilities and operational history, the HY4330 has not been produced in any significant quantities. As the HY4330 and the smaller HY4260 is powered by the Deutz BF12L513C turbocharged diesel engine, the HY4330 could carry a maximum payload of 60 tons whilst maintaining a higher speed with a maximum travel range of 1000km, vastly improving its mobility and complicating detection.

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