Chinese SUV Passes Military Acceptance Trials

The Chinese second generation Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) “Yongshi (Warrior)” will soon be delivered to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

The “Yongshi (Warrior)” SUV, commissioned in 2007, has passed the acceptance inspection in early November.

The new “Yongshi (Warrior)” SUV finally took shape after six rounds of prototype manufacture and a test mileage of about 1.2 million kilometers, China Military Online reported today.

The new “Yongshi (Warrior)” has an all-metal enclosed body and the synthetic materials are used in its engine to enable a lower noise level. Further, all joints are sealed in a more complete structure for more reliability.

The interior noise of the SUV at high speed is significantly reduced with the use of a number of new materials including damping rubber, soundproof cotton and cavity foam.

Li Qinnan, a researcher of the vehicle, introduced that new “Yongshi (Warrior)”. The SUV uses supercharging electrically controlled common rail diesel engine system suitable for plateau environment. The engine system can effectively enhance the power and acceleration performance of the vehicle, even in snow-covered plateau areas.

The new “Yongshi (Warrior)” is also loaded with the vehicle fault diagnostic system which can increase the vehicle Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) to 60 per cent, Li added.

The developing needs of military and civilian equipment integration were fully taken into consideration before the design and production of the new “Yongshi (Warrior)” vehicle.

The research, development and production of the military type “Yongshi (Warrior)” were in synchronous operation with the civilian type of “Yongshi”, which has improved the level of military and civilian components' compatibilities and effectively extended the support chain of the new “Yongshi (Warrior)” SUV.