Each vehicle can carry at least 12 Personnel, equipped with a 105mm artillery guns, enough to deal with any type of tank and armored vehicles around. Nigeria is the first country in the world outside of China to have ST1 self-propelled tank destroyers/fire support vehicles. However, it can be fitted with add on armor to protect it from 25mm rounds frontally and 12.7mm rounds on the sides, but this would also increase its weight. Its armor is about what one might expect, all around protection from 7.62mm rounds, frontal protection from 12.7mm rounds, but anything bigger will likely go right through. This helps it perform its role in supporting combat units like IFVs or APCs, as well as carrying out reconnaissance missions. The ST1 is reportedly capable of traveling up to 100 km/h on road, mostly thanks to its lighter weight than a lot of MBTs, as well as a 440 hp engine. The most comparable vehicle would be the ZTL-11, also armed with a 105mm gun, however these two can be differentiated by the turret, with the ZTL-11's turret being flatter, and the ST1's being angular frontally. While the hull is similar to the ZBL-08, it is slightly modified, with an obviously larger turret.

Smoke grenade dischargers are on either side of the turret and a 7.62mm machinegun is probably attached next to the main armament. The promo photos show the turret supports a laser rangefinder, which suggests a digital fire control system, and a 12.7mm machine gun over the commander’s hatch. Judging by the 8×8 chassis, the ST1 is a ZBL-08 with a tank turret mouting a presumably 105mm gun.

During the live-fire stage, a VT-4 main battle tank and an ST-1 tank destroyer fired rounds of armor-piercing ammunition, and a VT-5 light-duty tank launched antitank missiles. About 230 officers from more than 50 foreign nations, mostly military attaches to Beijing and procurement officials, attended the show in Baotou, which included live-fire performances by battle tanks and antitank missiles at a shooting range owned by Inner Mongolia First Machinery, a subsidiary of Norinco. The event was held by the State-owned China North Industries Group Corp, commonly known as Norinco, the country's biggest maker of land armaments, and was aimed at showcasing the latest achievements of the Chinese land weapons industry. A large display of domestically developed arms used by Chinese land forces was presented to hundreds of foreign military officers at a shooting range in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on 16 August 2017.

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