Christopher Foss talks about the Norinco VN-18 Tracked Amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The ZBD-05 also called VN-18 for the export version is an amphibious Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) based on tracked armored using the chassis of the ZBD2000 family of tracked armored. The ZBD-05 uses the same chassis as the ZTD-05. The ZBD-05 has a crew of three, with the driver seated at front and the commander and gunner situated inside the 30mm cannon turret.
