Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/24
By: Matt Yu and Joseph Yeh
Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Prototypes of an armored vehicle produced in Taiwan have recently
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passed the required tests and will soon enter mass production, a military official said Wednesday.
Four prototypes of the indigenous CM-34 “Clouded Leopard” eight-wheeled armored vehicle passed tests on Oct. 19 that were required for it to enter mass production, Army Lt. Gen. Fang Mao-hung (房茂宏), head of the military’s Armaments Bureau, told lawmakers during a legislative session.
The vehicles, officially called the Taiwan Infantry Fighting Vehicle (TIFV), have passed all 62 categories in the primary pre-mass production tests while failing only two categories in the secondary pre-mass production tests, Fang said.
Because the test results have met the required standards, the military has initiated mass production of the vehicle model equipped with a 30mm chain gun, he said.
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