Type 09 SPAAA

Type 09 SPAAA
A Type 09 SPAAA at Theme Exhibition of the 90th Anniversary of Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Type	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Place of origin	China
Service history
In service	2009-present
Production history
Designer	Northwest Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Manufacturer	Norinco
Produced	2007-present
Specifications
Weight	35 tons
Length	6.7 m (20 ft)
Width	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Height	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) (radar down) 4.82 m (15 ft 10 in) (radar up)
Crew	3
Main armament	2 × 35 mm autocannon; 4 × SAM
Engine	8V150 diesel 800 hp (597 kW)
Power/weight	22.85 hp/tonne
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	450 km (280 mi)
Speed	55 km/h (34 mph)

The Type 09 (PLA military designation: PGZ09 – Chinese: 09式自行高射炮; pinyin: 09 shì zì háng gāoshèpào, "Type 09 self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery") is a Chinese self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle manufactured by Norinco. It is armed with two 35 millimeter cannons and optionally two fire-and-forget infrared homing missiles. It starts to gradually replace the predecessor Type 95. Some military analysts designated the vehicle as Type 07, however the official designation was confirmed as Type 09 on the Theme Exhibition of the 90th Anniversary of Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Description

In 1987, China imported Oerlikon GDF with manufacture licences, which designated Type 90 twin 35 mm anti-aircraft gun systems in China. Type 90 is mainly designed to engage low-flying target such as CAS aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and cruise missiles. Type 09 is the self-propelled version of Type 90. Type 09 utilizes a chassis similar to PLZ-05. It's equipped with computer-controlled targeting system with laser range finder and thermal-tracking sight. A digital fire control system and auto-loader is situated in the rare of the vehicle. The vehicle can choose five types of ammunition before engagement including HEI (High Explosive Incendiary) with tracer variant, SAPHEI (Semi-armor-piercing high-explosive incendiary) with tracer variant, Air burst and Target Practice Tracer.^[1][2]

The turret has two separate loading mechanism for each barrel. The tracking radar is mounted in front of the turret with digital fire control system above. An emergency daylight optics is situated on top of the turret with a surveillance radar (Doppler radar) located at the rare of the turret roof which has a reported range of 20 kilometers with identification friend or foe capability. Other standard equipment for Type 09 includes air-conditioning for crew and computers, heating and ventilation, NBC system that provide protection against the effects of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Type 09 also has an automatic fire detection and suppression system, data-link and external communications system with other vehicles in the battalion.

Operators

 People's Republic of China

• Standard air defenses vehicle for PLA Ground Force mechanized infantry division.

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