VietDefense on its Facebook page published on August 23 photos recently leaked from an anonymous source which shows a new indigenous APC called the XTC-02 ; No details are available. This is the 3rd time the Vietnamese army unveils a new indigenous vehicle after the PTH-130 130mm self-propelled howitzer and the XCB-01 BMP-1 look alike.
The vehicle appears to be designed for a two-man crew (commander and driver) and a 10-soldier fighting crew. As it perfectly suits a country like Vietnam, crisscrossed by rivers and deltas in its long coastal line and in the south, the vehicle is amphibious without preparation but one cannot see whether propulsion relies on a propeller (most probable) or hydrojet(s).
The 4×4 chassis is not identifiable at first but it is most probably a pre-existing 4×4 Russian truck or armored vehicle. The wheel hubs look different from those of an old BRDM-2. Nor armament is visible on what might well simply be a prototype.