(Taipei News) The eight -wheeled armored vehicle independently produced by the Taiwan military is reported to fight the cracks of the bullet steel plate.
According to the Taiwan media "Ling Media" on Friday (August 2), there are 50 cloud leopard armored vehicles with severe cracks, of which 27 are the CM-34 30 aircraft cannon strolling vehicles in the past two years.23 vehicles are CM-32-loading combat vehicles and CM-33-loading command vehicles exceeding the warranty period.
The cloud leopard armored vehicle was jointly developed by the Taiwan Army and Army Trending Development Center, the Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute and the Military Equipment Bureau. The overall design is mainly to meet the needs of Taiwan's terrain.Army and gendarmerie forces.
The body of the cloud leopard armored vehicle is welded with high tension steel plates, which has a bullet resistance function.After a crack, the officers and soldiers of the Taiwan Army were worried that continuing to use problematic armored vehicles would be reduced to the "iron coffin" on the battlefield.
When a small batch production was produced in 2006, the problem of steel plate cracks was reported, but the Ministry of National Defense did not recognize it at the time.In 2008, after the Kuomintang legislators Lin Yufang questioned in the Legislative Yuan, the Ministry of National Defense urgently suspended production and formed an investigation of a task force.
Sinosteel Machinery Company, which provided steel plate materials, adjusted the production process and solved the problem of cracks at the time. The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense subsequently agreed to continue production.
After the cracks were exposed this time, the Taiwan Ministry of Defense Administration admitted that during the installation of the army in July last year, the army of the leopard car was cracking. Until Thursday (1st)Steel plate replacement or repair, multiple tests, bulletproof -related functions are verified.
Sinosteel Machinery Company responded that the steel plate of the cloud leopard nail vehicle was cracking. The reason was not due to the steel plate material itself, but caused by the insufficient welding channel area. At present, the design has been fundamentally improved and it has met the military requirements.
