Jiefang CA-30

The Jiefang CA-30 is a Chinese 6x6 military truck, a licence-built copy of the Soviet ZIL-157 that differs from the original mainly in its square rather than round fenders. It came out of the First Automotive Works at Changchun, set up in the 1950s with Soviet help, which had introduced the CA-10 4x2 army truck, a copy of the ZIS-150, in July 1956. The first CA-30 lorries were built for the People's Liberation Army by FAW Jiefang and entered service in 1964. They were cross-country capable and came as cargo trucks and tractor-trailer units, weighing 5,450 kg empty and carrying 4,500 kg on road, with a road speed of 65 km/h. The army used the CA-10 and CA-30 extensively until the 1990s, and operators include Bangladesh, North Korea and Vietnam.