For the 0.25-ton light-duty off-road vehicles, should be said that the armed forces of a country with the most basic, tactical objectives 0.25-ton light-duty off-road vehicles are equipped with 2 to 4 people and all of its weapons and equipment. Army in the late 1940s, during the civil war came into contact with the 0.25-ton SUVs Willis, found that a large number of extremely lightweight and flexible in use and testing process, after the founding basis of Willis on the Yangtze River automobile factory, full reverse imitation, and type the name of the Yangtze River 46 off-road vehicles. Due to the limited technology, lack of industrial equipment, only a few hundred cars manufactured after he hastily shut down.
In the mid-1950s to the 1960s, China’s 0.25-ton light-duty off-road vehicles in the dating stage, replaced by imported GAZ 69, early 60s of last century, China increasingly tense relations with the Soviet Union, hoarse Adams 69 series sport utility vehicle then stopped imports, after a certain reverse generic design experience and combine the two superpowers of existing products, China has successfully designed a 212 series in 1965, 0.25 tons light off-road vehicles, and gradually began to supply troops.
The car uses 2.5 liters carburetor engine, the maximum power of 75 horsepower, three matching speed manual transmission. Appearance, using four soft-top design, installation and removal can manually carport, off-road systems, in combination with manual splitter, not equipped with differential lock.
In the early 1970s, the General Staff and other relevant departments requirements, Beijing Automobile Works, to develop a version for a convertible with a split folding glass 212 , the car, the formula 75 is the famous 105 mm recoilless gun chassis, the car body in addition to the front windshield separable folded, the rear of the vehicle for some changes also.
By the mid-80s of last century later, with the army of mechanized and armored advance, the role models of the 212 series has become increasingly important, but for basic 0.25 ton off-road vehicles, seem as if no development, in addition to primary command vehicle armed forces and armed police, the 212-ton 0.25, gradually exposed the narrow range, unable to adapt to the shortcomings of modern combat requirements.
the early 2000s, with the country’s economic situation improves, the new generation of 0.5-ton SUV series, gradually replaced the 0.25-ton 212, has become the new army generation grassroots command vehicle. But 212 excellent durability and inexpensive simple features or loved by the majority of the troops, although the army said in a sequence, the 0.25-ton military possession of the share and role getting smaller and smaller, but for some of the Navy’s fleet of commuter and communication dock maintenance, this is the best military vehicles.
in future military development, the characteristics of our military development, it is foreseeable, 0.25-ton light-duty off-road vehicle was able to have some of its uses . 212 series models, up to now it has been around for 50 years, seriously, now the PLA did not completely exclude it appears the battle sequences, 0.25-ton light enough to see off-road vehicles, can still break a world of their own.
put aside our military aside, foreign armies, such as Han Jun, now there are still a lot of 0.25 tons km420 Kia sport utility vehicle, in some fast a lot of tactical units and logistics service. US forces, although out of the 0.25-ton military vehicle, but it still has some of the lighter, easier commute military vehicles in service, there is reasonable, with the continuous enhancement of our military strength, the country’s economy continues to improve, more and more portable better military vehicles, will replace the traditional 0.25-ton SUVs as the most basic of our military tactical vehicles, but the 0.25-ton military vehicle in the short term there may be some transformation and use of space.