Thai Marine Corps have ordered 3 Chinese VN16 amphibious light tanks, for $12.83 million.
The VN16 which is the export version of the Chinese made ZTD-05, an amphibious light tank designed and manufactured in China by NORINCO, especially for naval infantry units.
The main armament of the VN16 consists of one a fully-stabilized 105mm rifled gun, similar to that found on the ZTS63A amphibious tank. The gun can fire the armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), high explosive (HE), and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds, and the Chinese indigenous 105mm gun-fired laser beam riding guidance anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) derived from the Russian 9M117 Bastion technology.
Thailand; Marines opt for Chinese VN16 105mm amphibious AFV