BSCh-10

The BSCh-10 is a type of eight-wheeled armoured fighting vehicle developed in Menghe by the state-owned Menggang Defense Industries Corporation (MDIC). It is also known by the manufacturer's designation, which is MG-151 for the basic APC variant. The BSCh-10 designation and its sub-letters are only applied to vehicles authorized for purchase by the General-Directorate for Procurement at the Menghean Ministry of National Defense, and many export models and prototypes not purchased by the Menghean Armed Forces lack a BSCh-derived designation.

It has both armored personnel carrier and infantry fighting vehicle configurations, with the latter sporting a manned turret with a 30mm or 35mm gun. Other major variants include a 120mm mortar carrier, a 120mm gun-mortar, a 107mm gun carrier, a 150mm self-propelled howitzer, a 23mm rotary anti-air gun, a 55mm anti-air gun, and various command and signal vehicles. Most variants are fully amphibious and have a high road speed, giving the BSCh-10 good mobility, though in terms of profile and protection it is still inferior to the BSCh-8.

Variants

• MG-150 - Menggang's designation for the 8×8 chassis which forms the basis of all later variants.
• MG-151 - An APC variant with a manually aimed 12.7mm GCh-75 HMG on a pintle mount. The HMG mount can elevate from -20 to +45 degrees, and traverse 15 degrees left or right with the cupola in a given position; it can rotate through 360 degrees by turning the cupola on its bearing race.
  • MG-151G - Adds an armored shell around the machine gun cupola, offering some protection to the gunner. The armored shell is open-topped and open-backed, though the hatch covers most of the open back when open. The manually-aimed gun's elevation and free traverse chracteristics remain unchanged. Some MG-151Gs have been spotted with eight smoke grenade launchers mounted around the armored cupola; it is not known whether this variant has a separate designation.
  • MG-151N - Uses a cupola nearly identical to that of early-model JCh-6 main battle tanks, the main difference being that the gunner's seat is suspended from the rotating cupola and can rotate through 360 degrees. The bearing race is strengthened to support the weight of the seat and gunner. As on the JCh-6, the gunner can either operate the 12.7mm HMG manually while standing on his seat, or operate it remotely using one of two periscope sights. The raised bearing race also elevates the gunner's cupola over the commander's, giving the gunner a better view to the right.
• MG-152 - An APC variant with a 12.7mm GCh-75 HMG in a remote weapon station centered on the hull behind the gunner and commander hatches. This version is a slightly more expensive, but slightly more capable, counterpart to the MG-151, and has the same crew and passenger capacity in roughly the same layout.