According to the Ministry of National Defense's Information Portal, Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Deputy Minister of National Defense, today worked with the General Department of Defense Industry and relevant agencies and units on the research, design and manufacturing plan for the XTC-03 armored combat vehicle and the T-1 amphibious tank.

Reporting at the meeting, Major General Pham Thanh Khiet, Deputy Head of the General Department of Defense Industry, said that, implementing the direction of the Head of the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Defense Industry assigned the Z179/GAET Factory to be the unit in charge of researching and manufacturing the XTC-03 armored combat vehicle and the Z125 Factory to be the unit in charge of researching and manufacturing the T-1 amphibious tank.

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Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam works on research, design and manufacturing plans for armored combat vehicles and swimming tanks. Photo: Ministry of National Defense Portal

Up to now, the General Department of Defense Industry has completed the framework project explanation of the national product XTC-03 armored combat vehicle, the proposal form for tasks under the project and sent it to the Department of Military Science to deploy the next procedures.

With the T-1 swimming tank product, the General Department of Defense Industry has completed the Ministry of Defense-level science and technology program dossier "Research, design and manufacture of T-1 swimming tank" and sent it to the Department of Military Science.

In order to be proactive in research and shorten the time to deploy tasks at the Ministry of National Defense level, the General Department of Defense Industry assigned Factory Z179/GAET to research and manufacture a prototype of the XTC-03 armored personnel carrier. The General Department also assigned Factory Z125 to research and manufacture a prototype of the T-1 amphibious tank, to be completed before March 31, 2026.

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam emphasized that the XTC-03 armored personnel carrier and the T-1 amphibious tank are identified as weapons and technical equipment products of strategic significance.

Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam requested the General Department of Defense Industry and relevant agencies and units to be proactive, focused, shorten the time to perform tasks, and soon have products put into use.

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