Dongfeng EQ2050

The Dongfeng EQ2050 is a Chinese reproduction of the American Humvee, built for government use by the Dongfeng Motor Group and reportedly sold at 700,000 yuan a vehicle. Chinese officers decided to build one after watching the Humvee in the Gulf War, and the Chinese petroleum industry had bought civilian Hummers in the 1990s that let automakers inspect one. A prototype appeared in 2002, the EQ2050 debuted at a car show in 2003, and after trials across the Tibetan Plateau, the Gobi desert and Heilongjiang from 2004 to 2006 the People's Liberation Army chose it over a Shenyang Aircraft Corporation rival. The first 100 were built with American parts and a Dongfeng-built Cummins turbo-diesel, and since 2008 almost every part is Chinese. Variants include the armoured EQ2058, the civilian Warrior M50 and several weapon carriers, and it has been exported to armies from Belarus to Zimbabwe and Vietnam.