Taiwan is planning to develop a brand new fight car with 105-mm rifled cannon to extend the mobility and firepower of troops.
As Taiwan Information beforehand reported, the Ministry of Protection’s (MND) Armament Bureau launched the event of a brand new variant of the Yunpao infantry assist car.
The brand new fight car, generally generally known as a tank hunter, might be armed with three completely different weapons; the principle gun a 105-mm rifled cannon, a 12,7-caliber heavy machine gun and a 7.62mm machine gun as secondary weapons.
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In line with the 2021 MND price range, the Armament Bureau has put aside $27 million to made prototypes of future fireplace assist fight car.
In line with navy sources, though the 105-mm gun barrels have been bought from overseas, future mass manufacturing of the weapons might be developed in Taiwan via know-how switch. Moreover, it’s anticipated the recoil pressure of the armored car will be successfully diminished by greater than 70 %.
The brand new variant might be suited to speedy strikes and launched in MND’s newly established joint arms battalion. On the identical time, the Armament Bureau is updating the gun system to be remotely managed. The Bureau is working with the Nationwide Chung Shang Institute of Science and Know-how to provide you with the car design.
The Taiwanese navy presently has a wide range of Yunpao (Clouded) Leopard armored autos, together with the CM-32 and CM-33 fashions, that are each outfitted with grenade launchers, and the CM-34 variant, which is armed with a 30-mm MK44 chain gun.