Chinese firefighting tank

Chinese firefighting tank

Chinese firefighting tank is a fire fighting vehicle developed in China using a Type 69/79 tank chassis and used to fight hazardous fires and riot control.

The tank is built by Inner Mongolia Century Fire Fighting Technology Corporation and the Inner Mongolia No.1 Machinery Group and first appeared in 2001 and lately at a fireworks fire in Guangdong Province in 2008.

The tank is armoured and fire protected with an external water tank in the rear.

The tank has an electronically controlled gun with water and two foam retardant guns.

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