Author: Rainbow Kursk
In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, people are generally more concerned about some of the weapons and equipment of the Russian offensive forces, especially those abandoned Russian tanks and armored vehicles. However, there seems to be little attention paid to the equipment of the Ukrainian army, and the only famous ones are the T-64BV main battle tank and the TB-2 drone.
But what is interesting is that there is also a domestic military vehicle in the Ukrainian army, and its prototype is actually a Chinese civilian pickup truck!
Photo: Ukrainian Bogdan 2351 pickup truck carrying AN/TPQ-48 anti-mortar radar.
This small military vehicle is the Bogdan 2351 light military vehicle.
Interestingly, the prototype of the car is China's Great Wall "Fengjun" 5 commercial pickup truck. Ukraine introduced China's civilian automobile production technology, developed the Bogdan 2351 tactical pickup truck and the Bogdan 2251 field ambulance, and the response was good after being delivered to the Ukrainian army.
Photo: Great Wall "Fengjun" 5 commercial pickup truck.
This time it was photographed of the Bogdan 2351 tactical pickup, which was loaded with something like a bucket behind the body. This is a U.S.-made AN/TPQ-48 light anti-mortar radar, originally developed by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command to counter enemy mortar and other inter-fire attacks and protect the safety of theater combatants. The biggest feature of this radar is that it has omnidirectional 360° detection.
With this radar, the Ukrainian army can react at the first time to a Russian mortar attack.
Image: This is the small radar on the back of the pickup truck.
In addition, there is also a kind of equipment for the Ukrainian army is the Bogdan 2251 field ambulance.
The rear of the vehicle has a medical cabin that can carry 4 stretchers and can carry 4 seriously injured soldiers and 1 medical staff. If the seat is modified without a stretcher, more lightly injured soldiers can be taken.
Photo: Ukrainian Army Bogdan 2251 Field Ambulance.