It is one of the principal mobility platforms in mounting China's medium-range ballistic missiles and other conventional missile assets.

It is a general purpose heavy duty truck/transported developed from the original WS2400 and is built by Wanshan Special Vehicle.

As a more developed variant of the WS2400, the WS2500 was introduced in 2000 [1] and is capable of mounting more advance and sophisticated MRBMs such as the DF-16s, rather than the much older DF-11 SRBM system.

Due to the much larger missile payload - 1,000–1,500 kg more than previous models - the WS2500 is generally much larger and heavier than the older WS2400, in order to better accommodate a stable platform for the DF-16.

On the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, a heavily modified variant of the WS2500 was seen carrying the DF-17 ballistic missile, armed with the DF-ZF Hypersonic Glide Vehicle.