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This article has a wrong name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBD-97, this page has the wrong title to start with.There is no ZBD-97, this name is a rumor when no one know the name of the vehicle while in development." ZBD-97" simply does not exist.So is "ZBD-08". Now there is no source referencing to ZBD-97, only ZBD-04 exists in Chinese sources.Because it is nature of the Chinese military o keep things secret, there is no official record to speak of. All media refer to this vehicle, as least in Chinese sources, as ZBD-04. English sources tends to be very unreliable about subject like this because no one translate those things seriously and Chinese military equipment does not get much attention. If you watch the military parade on September third 2015, you would notice the only IFV shown is the ZBD-04A, and in 2009, the only IFV shown is the ZBD-04. No where it is mentioned the existence of ZBD-97. As tradition,Chinese military only uses vehicles in service in parades. The only information that can be confirmed officially, is from the announcer during the airing of military parades or official Chinese government TV stations. Because of the scarcity of good English sources, and the inaccuracy of English sources, if you are not an Chinese speaker, you cannot obtain any accurate information about this vehicle, of course unless you are member of the intelligence community. Now one source I can provide is this "http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0903/c398090-27543439.html" which is from an official communist party site that proves that ZBD-04a is the main IFV in service. Is it possible to change the name of the article?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruble643 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 6 September 2015 (UTC)