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 and armoured personnel carrier used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct fire, direct-fire suppo ...
manufactured by
Poly Technologies.
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)
Service
Twenty Type 07P, including one command and one recovery vehicle, have been delivered to
Cameroon
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. In service with
Cameroon Armed Forces Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion (''Bataillon Blindé de Reconnaissance''), they have seen combat during
Boko Haram insurgency. One of them destroyed a Boko Haram
Saurer 4K 4FA.
The Type 07PA is in service with
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
. Twelve guns were delivered in 2014.
See also
*
Type 08
References
Armoured fighting vehicles of the People's Republic of China
Wheeled armoured fighting vehicles
Eight-wheeled vehicles
Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles
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