Taking stock of the review cars of ten different countries, North Korea loves Mercedes Benz, and Bel

Mondo International Updated on 2024-02-07

Most of the countries in the world, in some special festivals or some kind of anniversaries, will hold military parades of different sizes, in the parade, there will be leaders or generals, personally ride the parade car, through the various parade phalanx for the ceremony, for the use of the parade car model and brand, each country is also different, then this article to take stock, the world's ten different countries of the parade car.

1. Russia.

Russia is one of the countries with the most frequent military parades in the world, basically every year there is a grand military parade on Red Square, and at the same time the parade vehicles are constantly changing, Russia in the early 21st century military parades, mainly using the former Soviet Union produced in the eighties of the last century Gil-41044 convertible car, the car is equipped with a displacement of 7The 6-liter V8 engine, also equipped with a three-speed automatic transmission, can reach a maximum output of 315 horsepower, although this is a product of the 80s of the last century, and it has long been outdated in the 21st century, but it is still very ceremonial in military parades.

In Russia's military parade after 2009, the parade car in which its leaders rode began to use the Gil-41041 AMG model, which is basically hand-built, and the shape still retains the general outline of the previous Gil-41044 convertible, with the characteristics of square, retro and low, but the Gil-41041 AMG uses the chassis of the American AMG Sierra pickup truck, and is equipped with a V8 engine, which is not only powerful, but also has an excellent suspension system.

In recent years, Russia has begun to use its own domestic luxury sedan Aurus, which is also known as the "Rolls-Royce of Russia" because of its close appearance to Da Lao and the same level, and the car has 44 liters v8 and 66-liter V12 two engines, at the same time the body has the ability to protect, with its own armor, but also equipped with bulletproof glass and bulletproof tires, the body can resist the attack of large-caliber machine gun ammunition, with the ability to protect the Orus sedan, the weight of the body has also reached more than 7 tons, but in the parade, the generals are in the open-top version of the Orus, and they do not have the ability to protect.

2. North Korea.

North Korea is also one of the countries with the most frequent military parades in the world, no matter what the situation, there will be at least one grand military parade in Pyongyang every year, in the early years of the military parade, North Korea has always paid attention to the Mercedes-Benz series of luxury cars, but as for how these German-made Mercedes-Benz cars came about, it is estimated that people who understand can also think of it, and there is not much to say here.

In the North Korean military parade, the most common is the Mercedes-Benz S600 series or the higher-end Mai **, in order to facilitate the review ceremony, the body has also been modified, the back half of the roof has been changed to a convertible, and the microphone has been added in the front, of course, the Mercedes-Benz series of luxury cars are not limited to North Korea's large and small military parades, sometimes as a leader's car, or North Korea's state guest car, it can be said that North Korea has a soft spot for Mercedes-Benz cars.

In recent Chinese New Year's Eve, North Korea began to adopt a modern 4x4 wheeled armored vehicle, similar to Japan's Komatsu L** light armored car, but the specific parameters and name of the vehicle are unknown.

3. India.

India's military parades are also very frequent, in India's National Day and Independence Day, these two festivals, will hold a grand military parade, for other small and military-related festivals, there will also be small and medium-scale military parades, India uses a relatively slow replacement of parade vehicles, in most of the military parades, mainly use India's domestic Maruti 4x4 off-road vehicles.

In fact, except for the shell, which is produced in India, the rest of the core components such as the engine, chassis and gearbox are all from the technology of the Suzuki Jimny SJ40 off-road vehicle.

4. Japan.

Although the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are not an army on the surface, they are essentially an army, they will hold a medium-sized military parade every three years, and need three self-defense forces on land, sea and air to participate together, but Japan's parade car is not so particular, did not choose too high-end sedans, but directly selected the high-end 12th generation Toyota Crown convertible version of the sedan as a parade car.

5. South Korea.

South Korea's military parades are not frequent, generally every ten years to hold a large military parade, the parade car used has always been South Korea's local production of the Yacos convertible version of the high-end sedan, which is more high-end than the Japanese crown, Yacos belongs to the D class car, and the A series belongs to the same class of models.

6. France. France rarely holds military parades under normal circumstances, and even if there is, they are small-scale, and there is no special review vehicle, which is directly used as a review vehicle for the French combat vehicle, the most common is the VLRA series 4X4 off-road vehicle, in essence, this belongs to the French army's multi-purpose off-road vehicle, which is equivalent to the U.S. Army's Humvee, which also includes support models, reconnaissance models and troop transport models, etc.

7. Belarus.

Belarus will also hold military parades on some special festivals, but it is not as big as Russia's scene, for the leader or general to ride the parade car, in the early years with what model is not known, but in recent years, due to the increasing influence of China's Hongqi high-end sedan, so Belarus has also begun to introduce China's Hongqi L5 convertible version as their parade car.

8. Thailand. Thailand is a major military power in Southeast Asia, and a military parade is held every year on Army Day.

But after 2018, in the military parade on Thailand's Army Day, a peculiar parade car appeared, with a square and simple shape, and a low body that resembled some kind of prop car.

In fact, this is the Volkswagen 181 off-road vehicle produced by Germany in the sixties of the last century, its predecessor is the Volkswagen 82 type barrel car commonly used by the German army during World War II, the Volkswagen 181 type continues to retain the square and simple shape of the predecessor 82 type barrel car, and similarly, it was also used as a combat vehicle of the West German army in the sixties and seventies of the last century, and Thailand was also introduced that year.

9. Laos. Laos is one of the weakest countries in Southeast Asia, but in their special festivals will also hold military parades of different sizes, due to the continuous introduction of China's most advanced equipment and military vehicles in Laos in recent years, so now their parade vehicles, mainly using BJ40 convertible off-road vehicles produced by BAIC in China.

10. China. Finally, let's talk about our Chinese parade car, in the military parade before 1959, China used the Soviet Union to provide the Giss series of luxury cars, such as the Giss -110 and Giss -115 type, into 1958 FAW produced China's first Hongqi high-end car, for the Hongqi CA72 type, in 1959 participated in the 10th anniversary of the National Day parade, since then, China's military parade has been using the domestic Hongqi series cars.

Entering the eighties, Hongqi CA770TJ review car came out, the shape of this car is completely independent design, unlike the previous generation of CA72 borrowed from the United States Chrysler, CA770TJ sedan has a Chinese style of calm, and Chinese cultural characteristics, of course, it also has the style of the 80s sedan, in the 84 years of the 35th anniversary of the National Day parade, the car debuted, becoming the second generation of domestic review car.

Entering the late nineties, China FAW in the framework of Hongqi CA770, once again launched the CA772 luxury car, because the 770 and 772 frames are similar, so the appearance has not changed much, 772 also retains the Hongqi family unique round headlights and "waterfall" in the net, in 99 CA772TJ review car, participated in the 50th anniversary of the National Day parade.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the brand-new Hongqi luxury sedan came out, known as Hongqi HQE in the early days, and was later renamed the CA-7600 sedan0-liter V12 engine, maximum power of 300 kilowatts, in the shape has also become more modern, the lines on the body are also very tough, the overall appearance is calm and atmospheric, the same still retains the unique headlights and grilles of the Hongqi luxury car, in 2009 in the 60th anniversary of the National Day parade, and in 2015 in the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the use of Hongqi CA-7600J review car, now the car has been renamed Hongqi L9.

Later, on the framework of Hongqi CA-7600, the Hongqi T196 review car was developed, which is said to be an extended version of Hongqi L5, because they are all from the same platform, so there is not much change in appearance and style, the car was unveiled in the 70th anniversary of the National Day parade in 2019.

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