WS2400
title: "WS2400" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["military-trucks-of-china", "military-vehicles-of-china", "military-vehicles-of-pakistan", "wanshan-special-vehicle-vehicles"] topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS2400" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | WS2400 |
| image | DF-11 TEL vehicle -1.jpg |
| image_size | 300 |
| caption | A DF-11 TEL vehicle, based on the WS2400. |
| origin | China |
| type | 8×8 heavy strategic truck/transporter erector launcher |
| is_vehicle | yes |
| used_by | PLA Rocket Force |
| designer | Wanshan Special Vehicle |
| manufacturer | Wanshan Special Vehicle |
| weight | 19 t (empty) |
| length | 11.44 m |
| width | 3.05 m |
| height | 2.97 m |
| crew | 1+7 |
| engine | Deutz diesel |
| engine_power | 517 hp |
| payload_capacity | 22 tons |
| vehicle_range | 650 km loaded |
| speed | 75 kph |
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| name = WS2400 | image = DF-11 TEL vehicle -1.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = A DF-11 TEL vehicle, based on the WS2400. | origin = China | type = 8×8 heavy strategic truck/transporter erector launcher | is_vehicle = yes | service = |title = | used_by = PLA Rocket Force | wars = | designer = Wanshan Special Vehicle | design_date = | manufacturer = Wanshan Special Vehicle | unit_cost = | production_date = | number = | variants = | spec_label = | weight = 19 t (empty) | length = 11.44 m | part_length = | width = 3.05 m | height = 2.97 m | diameter = | crew = 1+7 | armour = | primary_armament = | secondary_armament = | engine = Deutz diesel | engine_power = 517 hp | pw_ratio = | transmission = | payload_capacity = 22 tons | suspension = | clearance = | fuel_capacity = | vehicle_range = 650 km loaded | speed = 75 kph | guidance = | steering =
The WS2400 is a 8x8 special heavy-duty truck developed and built by Wanshan Special Vehicle and used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China as a transporter erector launcher (TEL) platform and is a reverse engineered version of the MAZ-543 missile Transporter erector launcher.
Description
A TEL that is widely used by the PLA due to the sheer numbers of Chinese SRBM assets. The WS2400 is one of the principal mobile workhorse/platforms in mounting and firing China's short-range ballistic missiles.
Wanshan Special Vehicle (湖北三江航天万山特种车辆有限公司) is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Aerospace Sanjiang Space Co. Ltd (中国航天三江集团)], which is in turn a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC)]. The advantage of the WS2400 compared to the MAZ is that it utilizes a German diesel engine, transmission and hydraulics manufactured by Wanshan in China, built using technologies transferred from ZF Friedrichshafen and Allison Transmission.
The WS2400 has a maximum payload capacity of 22 tons, as such, it is used as the base for a number of conventional and ballistic missile systems the DF-11 SRBM and A-100 MRL platforms.
The much larger WS2500 and WS2600 is a more developed evolution of the WS2400 meant to carry MRBMs and IRBMs.
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