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WZ551

Armoured personnel carrier · Land · China North Industries Group Corporation Limited · China

Wikidata: type of infantry fighting vehicle / armored personnel carrier

Operators among the 24
3
Active, across the 24
2,104
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1995

Catalogue entry

Designation
WZ551
First flight or launch
–
In service
1995
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited
Also seen as
Infantry fighting vehicle
Wikidata classes
combat vehicle model
Identifiers
Q2299034 · factbase.org/sys/H3HZY3DQ14 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
China2,100PTL-02
Argentina4
IndonesiaheldWZ551 WMZ-551NB APC

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

2002: 1202003: 502005: 52006: 1202007: 322008: 52010: 62011: 102012: 1112014: 122016: 92017: 12018: 262021: 242022: 162023: 82024: 14200220132024max 120
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of WZ551 by year

Recipients: Sri Lanka (190), Myanmar (76), Oman (50), Sudan (50), Kenya (32), Equatorial Guinea (26), Mali (22), Ethiopia (20), Ivory Coast (16), Burundi (15), Mozambique (12), Burkina Faso (12), Tanzania (10), Zimbabwe (8), Nepal (5), Zambia (5), Angola (5), Argentina (4), Senegal (4), Guinea (2), Uganda (2), Republic of the Congo (2), Papua New Guinea (1).

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