Vietnam will Produce the XTC-03 Armored Personnel Carrier and the T-1 Amphibious Tank

Thedjancuk
September 29, 2025
29 September 2025

XTC-03 8x8 armored fighting vehicle (image: HHTQSVN)

Deputy Minister of National Defense Pham Hoai Nam asked the General Department of Defense Industry and related agencies and units to be proactive, focused, shorten the implementation time of tasks, and immediately complete the manufacture of XTC-03 armored fighting vehicles and T-1 amphibious tanks for immediate use.

On September 23, Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Deputy Minister of National Defense , collaborated with the General Department of Defense Industry and related units on research, design and manufacturing plans for the XTC-03 armored fighting vehicle and the T-1 amphibious tank.

Reporting at the meeting, Major General Pham Thanh Khiet, Deputy Director of the General Department of Defense Industry, said that in implementing the directive of the head of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Defense Industry assigned Factory Z179/GAET as the unit in charge of researching and producing the XTC-03 armored fighting vehicle and Factory Z125 as the unit in charge of researching and producing the T-1 amphibious tank.

Up to now, the General Department of Defense Industry has completed the explanation of the framework project of the national product armored fighting vehicle XTC-3, the proposal form for the tasks under the project and sent it to the Department of Military Science for implementing the next procedures.

T-1 amphibios tank could be based on the PT-76 tank owned by the Vietnam People's Army (image: MyHobbies)

For the T-1 amphibious tank product, the Ministry of Defense has completed the Ministry of Defense Science and Technology Program document "Research, design and manufacture of T-1 amphibious tank" and submitted it to the Ministry of Military Science.

In addition, the General Department of Defense Industry has commissioned Factory Z179/GAET to research and produce the prototype of the XTC-03 armored personnel carrier; and Factory Z125 to research and produce the prototype of the T-1 amphibious tank, which will be completed before March 31, 2026.

At the working session, Deputy Minister Pham Hoai Nam praised the General Department of Defense Industry and related agencies and units for being proactive in advising and proposing plans to research, design and produce the XTC-03 armored fighting vehicle and the T-1 amphibious tank.

Deputy Minister Pham Hoai Nam assessed that the XTC-03 armored personnel carrier and T-1 amphibious tank were identified as weapons of strategic significance. Therefore, the Department of Defense Industry and related agencies and units were asked to shorten the mission implementation time and immediately deploy these products.



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