WS2500
WS2500 with DF-16
Type	10×10 heavy strategic truck/transporter erector launcher
Place of origin	China
Service history
Used by	PLA Rocket Force
Production history
Designer	Wanshan Special Vehicle
Manufacturer	Wanshan Special Vehicle
Specifications
Mass	20 t (empty)
Length	15.5 m
Width	3.05 m
Height	2.97 m
Crew	1+7
Engine	Deutz diesel 517 hp (386 kW)
Payload capacity	23-25 tons
Operational range	650 km (404 mi) loaded
Maximum speed	75 km/h (47 mph)

The WS2500 is a 20-ton 10x10 special heavy duty truck used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the principal mobility platforms in mounting China's medium-range ballistic missiles and other conventional missile assets.

It is a general purpose heavy duty truck/transported developed from the original WS2400 and is built by Wanshan Special Vehicle.

Description

As a more developed variant of the WS2400, the WS2500 was introduced in 2000 ^[1] and is capable of mounting more advance and sophisticated MRBMs such as the DF-16s, rather than the much older DF-11 SRBM system. Due to the much larger missile payload - 1,000–1,500 kg more than previous models - the WS2500 is generally much larger and heavier than the older WS2400, in order to better accommodate a stable platform for the DF-16.

On the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, a heavily modified variant of the WS2500 was seen carrying the DF-17 ballistic missile, armed with the DF-ZF Hypersonic Glide Vehicle.^[2]

The much larger WS2600 carries the larger DF-21C MRBMs.

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Variants

• WS2400
• WS2600
• WS2300