Taiwan Deploys 3 CM-11 Tanks to Guard Tamsui River in 10-Day Han Kuang Drill
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 19
Taiwan Deploys 3 CM-11 Tanks to Guard Tamsui River in 10-Day Han Kuang Drill
2 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 19
Summary
Three CM-11 Brave Tiger tanks took fixed positions on the Tamsui River during Taiwan’s Han Kuang exercise, covering a waterway that leads from the Taiwan Strait toward central Taipei.
Troops used an M3 amphibious bridging vehicle to place pontoons and explosive barrel clusters in the river, with the tanks providing fire support for engineers and divers securing the choke point.
The CM-11s entered service in 1990 and combine older US-supplied M60A3 and M48A3 components; analysts said their 1.25-mile gun range suits static ambush roles better than modern tank combat.
Taiwan fields about 450 Brave Tigers against China’s roughly 6,000 tanks, but has also begun adding 108 M1A2T Abrams as newer spearhead armor.
The drill reflects Taiwan’s broader defense approach of using older armored vehicles to hold chokepoints near the capital rather than meeting a larger Chinese force head-on.