Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) Taiwan’s Army is scheduled to carry live-fire navy workouts in southern Taiwan subsequent week that may take a look at the fight capabilities of its varied items, together with its fight helicopters and armored autos, amid rising tensions with China, a navy supply instructed CNA on Sunday.
The Eighth Army Corps will maintain the Lien Yung drill (聯勇操演) in Pingtung County’s Joint Operations Coaching Base Command from Sept. 5 to eight, the supply mentioned.
The Army’s Mixed Arms Battalion, snipers, tanks, armored autos and mortars will probably be examined utilizing live-fire workouts throughout the four-day drill, the supply mentioned.
Army Aviation and Special Forces Command may also dispatch their AH-64E Apache and AH-1W Tremendous Cobra helicopters to hitch the workouts, the supply added.
The Eighth Army Corps comprise the troops liable for guarding southern Taiwan’s Tainan, Kaohsiung and Pingtung cities and county.
Lien Yung is a big scale live-fire navy drill that the nation’s Army usually holds six occasions a 12 months on the Joint Operations Coaching Base Command.
It’s the second largest drill for the armed forces, following the annual Han Kuang collection of workouts that contain all branches of the navy.
Associated News
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