In the 1970s, wheeled armored personnel carriers became new equipment developed by major military powers, and the Soviet Union developed the BTR-60 wheeled armored personnel carrier as early as the end of the 1950s, which has excellent mobility, travels very fast on the road, and the cost is much cheaper than the traditional tracked armored personnel carrier. In the 1980s, China also began to develop wheeled armored personnel carriers. In 1982, China introduced the German Mercedes-Benz 2026 off-road vehicle technology, on the basis of which we developed several wheeled armored personnel carriers, but the performance was not very satisfactory, and there was no formal equipment. After several years of improvement, in 1991 the new wheeled armored vehicle was tested by the military and officially finalized as the Type 92 armored personnel carrier.
The Type 92 armored personnel carrier adopts a 6×6 chassis design, the chassis technology of this type of armored vehicle comes from the Mercedes-Benz 2026 type off-road vehicle, the chassis has two cross-wall independent suspension, with strong off-road and high mobility. The Type 92 armored personnel carrier adopts the structural layout of the front cockpit, the middle combat cabin and the rear crew compartment, and its layout structure is reasonable and the overall space is large. The armor of the Type 92 armored personnel carrier is relatively weak, its armor can only effectively resist the fragmentation of 7.62mm rifle bullets and shells, and the wheeled armored personnel carrier generally focuses more on mobility, and after the design is tilted to mobility, other performance will naturally have certain compromises. The Type 92 armored personnel carrier has three periscopes in the cockpit, and the driver's periscope has night vision. The Crew of the Type 92 armored personnel carrier has a total of 3 drivers, commanders and gunners, and its crew compartment can carry 7 heavily armed soldiers. The layout of the Door of the Type 92 Armored Personnel Carrier is very similar to that of the Soviet BTR Armored Personnel Carrier, with two small doors on either side of the hull and a large door at the rear.
The Type 92 armored personnel carrier has a full three-defense device and an automatic fire extinguishing system, and its defensive capabilities are not inferior to the same type of equipment. The hull of the Type 92 infantry fighting vehicle adopts a fully enclosed floating shell structure, so the equipment can maneuver in the water. The Type 92 armored personnel carrier had a single turret, the main weapon was a ZPT90 25mm machine gun, and the secondary weapon was a Type 86 side-by-side machine gun. ZPT90 type 25mm machine gun the maximum rate of fire at about 200 rounds per minute, the type of machine gun using electric shock design, the overall automation design is also relatively good, switch shooting mode and rate of fire, etc., can be adjusted by the electronic control button. ZPT90 type 25mm machine gun can be single shot, 3 consecutive shots, 5 consecutive shots, continuous fire and other shooting modes, its armor piercing ability can also cause effective blows to some light armored targets, while this machine gun can also be used as an anti-aircraft weapon, but the ZPT90 type 25mm machine gun is mainly aimed at infantry units without armor protection, providing effective fire support to mechanized infantry in the course of combat. The Type 92 armored personnel carrier is also equipped with a simple fire control system that can effectively assist the ZPT90 25mm machine gun.
Type 92 armored personnel carrier is equipped with a Deutz 8 cylinder air-cooled diesel engine, China's Type 89 armored personnel carrier also uses this excellent engine, Deutz 8 cylinder air-cooled diesel engine horsepower up to 320 horses, which has many advantages, such as the engine has a supercharging device, can ensure a stable output power in the plateau area, China has a lot of plateau areas, of which the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau high altitude hypoxia natural conditions for any armored vehicle is a very severe test, The Type 92 armored personnel carrier can also operate reliably in this area. Moreover, the Deutz air-cooled diesel engine adopts an air-cooled design, do not add water or antifreeze, etc., and the maintenance in low temperature areas is relatively simple. The Type 92 armored personnel carrier also uses explosion-proof tires, which can still travel about 100 kilometers at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour after being punctured by small arms.
The production cost of the Type 92 armored personnel carrier is very low, far less expensive than the traditional tracked armored vehicle, and most of the Type 92 armored personnel carriers equipped by our army are rapid reaction troops. The Type 92 armored personnel carrier travels quickly on the road and consumes less fuel, making it suitable for long-distance maneuvers. The sales volume of the Type 92 armored personnel carrier in the international market is very good, Pakistan, Myanmar, Argentina, Tanzania and other countries have introduced this equipment, and Sudan has also purchased the production authorization of the Type 92 armored personnel carrier from China to assemble the Type 92 armored personnel carrier in the country.