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Armoured vehicles1992–present
Infantry fighting vehicle
Type 86 (infantry fighting vehicle) is a infantry fighting vehicle originating in China.
ChinaType 86 (infantry fighting vehicle)
Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedInfantry fighting vehicle
China
1992–present
1000 (estimate)
13.3 t (14.7 short tons ; 13.1 long tons )
6.74 m (22 ft 1 in )
2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
3
8
Welded steel
Type 86: 73 mm gun Type 86G: 30 mm autocannon
7.62 mm coaxial machine gun HJ-73 anti-tank missiles
diesel 298 hp
Torsion bar
500 km (310 mi)
65 km/h (40 mph) (road) 8 km/h (5.0 mph; 4.3 kn) (water)
生产商 江麓机械厂 （627厂）
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.74 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.74 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.74 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.74 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.74 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.74 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Type 86 (infantry fighting vehicle) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ChinaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZBD-86. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for ZBD-86A / ZBD-86. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Ground Force; does not replace a national total. 2 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: 650 / quantity: 600. 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.