Type PF98

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1999
Total Production : ?

Model	Status	Year	Produced
Type PF98	Active	1999	?

Type PF98

Group : Infantry Launch Units
Status : Active
Also Known As : PF-98, Queen Bee, Type 98
Origin : China
Contractor : NORINCO
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1999
Total Production : ?

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Type PF98, also known as PF-98 or Queen Bee, is an unguided anti-tank rocket system delivering a high explosive (HE) or high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. The 120mm rocket has a maximum range of 1,800 meters equipped with HE warhead or 800 meters with a HEAT warhead that can penetrate 400mm of reinforced steel. The 10 kg, low recoil, reusable rocket launcher can be mounted on a tripod or fired from shoulder. All in the Type PF98 weapon system is similar to Sweden's Carl Gustaf multi-purpose rocket launcher. The Type 98 weapon system was introduced by the PLA in the late 1990s.

Operators

Country	Status	State
Bangladesh	Active	?
China	Active	?
Indonesia	Active	?
Zimbabwe	Active	?

Specifications

		Notes
System Crew	2
Dimensions
Caliber	120 millimeter
Length	1.2 meter
Mass
Launch Unit Weight	10 kilogram
Performance
Piercing in Armor	400 millimeter
Weapon Max Range	1,800 meter
Rate
Max Rate of Fire	4 roundperminute

Photo Gallery

April 2020

A soldier assigned to a regiment under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command fires portable anti-tank missile at a mock target during a live-fire training exercise on April 18, 2020

May 2019

Artillerymen assigned to a brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army fire portable anti-tank rockets at simulated targets during a live-fire training exercise at a training range in the Helan Mountains in the west of China on May 24, 2019

A soldier assigned to a combined brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army fires a portable anti-tank rocket launcher at a simulated target during a live-fire operation at a military training field on May 6, 2019

June 2017

Soldiers assigned to a brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army fire the PF-98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher systems during a round-the-clock live-fire training exercise in southeast China's Fujian Province on June 27, 2017

A soldier assigned to a brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army fires a PF-98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher system at night during a round-the-clock live-fire training exercise in southeast China's Fujian Province on June 27, 2017

Soldiers assigned to a brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army fire the PF-98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher systems at night during a round-the-clock live-fire training exercise in southeast China's Fujian Province on June 27, 2017

oldiers assigned to a brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army fire the PF-98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher systems during a round-the-clock live-fire training exercise in southeast China's Fujian Province on June 27, 2017

May 2017

Soldiers assigned to a brigade of the army under the PLA Eastern Theater Command fire a Type PF98 120mm anti-tank rocket launcher at simulated targets during a live-fire training exercise at a military training base in southeast China's Fujian Province on May 23, 2017

Notes

^* Prime Contractor
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning

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