WS2400

WS2400
A DF-11 TEL vehicle, based on the WS2400.
Type	8×8 heavy strategic truck/transporter erector launcher
Place of origin	China
Service history
Used by	PLA Rocket Force
Production history
Designer	Wanshan Special Vehicle
Manufacturer	Wanshan Special Vehicle
Specifications
Mass	19 t (empty)
Length	11.44 m
Width	3.05 m
Height	2.97 m
Crew	1+7
Engine	Deutz diesel 517 hp (386 kW)
Payload capacity	22 tons
Operational range	650 km (404 mi) loaded
Maximum speed	75 km/h (47 mph)

The WS2400 is a 8x8 special heavy-duty truck developed and built by Wanshan Special Vehicle and used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China as a transporter erector launcher (TEL) platform and is a reverse engineered version of the MAZ-543 missile Transporter erector launcher.^{[1][failed verification]}

Description

A TEL that is widely used by the PLA due to the sheer numbers of Chinese SRBM assets. The WS2400 is one of the principal mobile workhorse/platforms in mounting and firing China's short-range ballistic missiles.

Wanshan Special Vehicle (湖北三江航天万山特种车辆有限公司) is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Aerospace Sanjiang Space Co. Ltd (中国航天三江集团)], which is in turn a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC)]. The advantage of the WS2400 compared to the MAZ is that it utilizes a German diesel engine, transmission and hydraulics manufactured by Wanshan in China, built using technologies transferred from ZF Friedrichshafen and Allison Transmission.

The WS2400 has a maximum payload capacity of 22 tons, as such, it is used as the base for a number of conventional and ballistic missile systems the DF-11 SRBM and A-100 MRL platforms.

The much larger WS2500 and WS2600 is a more developed evolution of the WS2400 meant to carry MRBMs and IRBMs.

Variants

• WS2500
• WS2600

See also

• MAZ-7310
• HEMTT
• TA580/TAS5380
• MAN gl

References

1. "Show and TEL". www.armscontrolwonk.com.

• WS2400 Truck