It also has provision for mounting a mine clearing system under the nose of the vehicle.

It was however recently copied by the Romanians in there D-5M mine clearing system.

The vehicle can be fitted with either the KMT-8 or the EMT mine clearing system.

It's TRI Hors additionally equipped with trailer-mounted UZR-3 mine clearing system.

The Z-8 is most efficient in auxiliary roles in the PLAN, such as towing mine clearing systems, vertical inflight refueling of smaller ships, and supporting the Chinese submarine fleet.