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Armoured personnel carrier
Type 85 AFV is a armoured personnel carrier originating in China. It was built by Norinco. Reported operators include Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zimbabwe.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 6.125 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 6.125 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 6.125 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 6.125 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 6.125 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Armoured personnel carrier
China
2025 Cambodian-Thai conflict
1980s
Norinco
1990
13.6 tonne
6.125 m (20 ft 1.1 in)
3.060 m (10 ft 0.5 in)
2.590 m (8 ft 6.0 in)
2 (commander and driver), 13 passengers
Welded steel hull, resist rounds up to 12.7 mm
1x 30 mm remote weapons station 1x Type 54 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun
Deutz BF8L 413F 4-stroke air-cooled diesel 320 hp (240 kW)
torsion bar
500 km (310 mi)
65 km/h (40 mph)
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Nigeria
North Korea
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Zimbabwe
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Type 85 AFV equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BangladeshReported count for Type 85 AFV. Service scope: Bangladesh Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 50. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Myanmar
Nigeria
North Korea
Sri LankaReported count for Type 85 (YW-531H). Service scope: Sri Lanka Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 30. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
ThailandReported count for Type 85. Service scope: Royal Thai Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 396. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
ZimbabweReported count for VTT-323. Service scope: Zimbabwe National Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 22 in service. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2014), not the article revision. Cited source 2014-10-13. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zimbabwe
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