The Type 07P is a Chinese

infantry fighting vehicle An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forc ...

manufactured by

Poly Technologies The Poly Technologies (), sometimes abbreviated as PolyTech, a subsidiary of China Poly Group Corporation, is a trade company with headquarters in Beijing, China. The company deals with missiles and other military products. The company was fou ...

Variants

* Standard version * Command post vehicle * Recovery vehicle * YLGA01 internal security vehicle * Type 07PA self-propelled howitzer, also designated CS/SM2, (using the turret of the

PLL-05 The PLL-05 is a Chinese self-propelled gun-mortar in use by Chinese mechanised infantry formations. Conceptually it is similar to the Russian 2S23 "Nona-SVK" (the turret and weapon system of the 2S9 Nona mounted on a BTR-80 chassis) three of whi ...

)

Service

Twenty Type 07P, including one command and one recovery vehicle, have been delivered to

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. In service with

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Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion (''Bataillon Blindé de Reconnaissance''), they have seen combat during

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. One of them destroyed a Boko Haram

Saurer 4K 4FA The Saurer 4K 4FA is an Austrian armoured personnel carrier with caterpillar tracks. It was later replaced by the Steyr 4K 7FA G 127. It went into production in 1961. History In 1956, the contractor Osterreichische Saurer-Werke from Vienna (whic ...

. The Type 07PA is in service with

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. Twelve guns were delivered in 2014.

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