{
  "id": "vn-17",
  "name": "VN-17",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Infantry fighting vehicle",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 2017,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The VN-17 Chinese Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) is a heavy infantry fighting vehicle (HIFV) designed by China's North Industries Corporation (Norinco) to support main battle tanks (MBTs) in front line combat situations.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "NORINCO",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 3,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 7.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 3.2,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 2.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "combat_weight_t",
      "v": 30,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "FX0012",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 1000,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "road_range_km",
      "v": 500,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 70,
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording depth",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "1.1 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Computerized FCS",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Vehicle Commander",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes, panoramic sight",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Gunner",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes, panoramic sight",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Main Gun Stabilization",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Laser Range Finder",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thermal Image Channel",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "All-welded steel armor, which provides protection from small arms fire",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Turret Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "All-welded steel armor, which provides protection from small arms fire",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Applique Armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes, add-on armor plate over the glacis and Anti Mine Skirt",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Explosive reactive armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes, reactive bricks arranged in a row across the front.",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Active Protection System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Smoke Equipment",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes, Mounted on either side of the turret is a bank of electrically operated smoke-grenade launchers, which potentially could be coupled to laser detectors to provide the first element of an active protection system, providing that the rele",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "label": "Secondary armament",
      "v": "1 x 7.62mm General-Purpose Machine Gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Ammunition note",
      "text": "2 × turret-mounted Red Arrow 12 ATGM. The Red Arrow 12 ATGM is a fire-and-forget system fitted with a tandem HEAT warhead. It has a maximum range of 4,000 m against ground-based targets and helicopters. The missile uses an IR seeker and is stated to be capable of penetrating 1,100 mm of RHA behind E",
      "src": [
        "weg-vn-17"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "ifv",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/vn-17.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-vn-17": {
      "title": "VN-17 Chinese Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/VN-17_Chinese_Infantry_Fighting_Vehicle",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}