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Type 90 AFV

Armoured personnel carrier

Type 90 AFV is a armoured personnel carrier originating in China. It was built by Norinco. Reported operators include Myanmar.

Origin: China
Manufacturer: Norinco

Length: 6.74m
Width: 3.15m
Mass: 14.5t
Speed: 65km/hMaximum
Range: 500kmOperational
Power: 235kW

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Technical data

Specifications

15 fields · 1 source · retrieved 1 Oct 2026

Dimensions & mass

Mass: 14.5 tonne¹
Length: 6.744 m¹

True scale

Size in context

Length: 6.74 m
Height: 2.38 m
Person: 1.75 m

Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.

Width

3.148 m¹

Height

2.376 m¹

Power/weight

16.21 kW/t¹

Performance

Crew: 2 (commander and driver) and 13 passengers¹
Operational range: 500 km¹
Maximum speed: 65 km/h¹

Systems & armament

Armor: Welded steel hull, resist rounds up to 12.7mm¹
Main armament: 1x Type 54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun¹
Engine: Deutz /KHD BF8L 413F 4-cycle air-cooled diesel 235 kW (320 hp)¹
Suspension: torsion bar¹

Programme

Designed: late 1980s¹
Produced: 1991¹
Reported operator · Myanmar: Myanmar¹

Sources & original excerpts1 reference

Type 90 AFV · Wikipedia revision 1362891341 ↗
Type
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Type
Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Place of origin
China
Designed
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Designed
late 1980s
Manufacturer
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Manufacturer
Norinco
Produced
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Produced
1991
Mass
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Mass
14.5 tonne
Length
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Length
6.744 m
Width
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Width
3.148 m
Height
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Height
2.376 m
Crew
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Crew
2 (commander and driver) and 13 passengers
Armor
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Armor
Welded steel hull, resist rounds up to 12.7mm
Main armament
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Main armament
1x Type 54 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun
Engine
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Engine
Deutz /KHD BF8L 413F 4-cycle air-cooled diesel 235 kW (320 hp)
Power/weight
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Power/weight
16.21 kW/t
Suspension
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Suspension
torsion bar
Operational range
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Operational range
500 km
Maximum speed
Infobox (Type 90 (YW535)) · Maximum speed
65 km/h
Reported operator · Myanmar
Operators · Operators
Myanmar - 250+ in service

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Operator countries

1 countries documented

Type 90 AFV equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.

Myanmar
55Reported holdingsType 90 AFV · reported variants · Myanmar ArmyEstimate · Period November 2025 IISS assessment · Single source
Count scope
Army holdings of the exact named ZSD-90 component, counted as equipment units: active, operational reserve and training equipment, excluding equipment in store. Service-scoped IISS observation, not a national total or combat-readiness figure. No parent, sibling, mounted-weapon or heading aggregate quantity inherited.

Additional operator references

Myanmar

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