Reference News Network reported on May 12 that according to the website of Taiwan's "Freetown Times" on May 12, the Taiwanese military conducted an exercise in Jiupeng Base, Pingtung, on May 12, and fired M142 "HIMARS" multiple rocket launchers for the first time. The defense department of Taiwan said that on the afternoon of May 12, seven "HIMARS" rockets were consecutively launched inside the Jiupeng Base.
According to reports from Taiwan's CTN News on May 12, the defense department of Taiwan invited a group of military journalists to visit the "accurate missile shooting" exercise at the Nine-Peng Base of the Institute of Academia Sinica in Pingtung on May 12. This is also the first public live-fire shooting after the military received this type of weapon system.
In addition, according to reports by Taiwan's "China Times" on May 12, the two major arms procurement cases of the Taiwanese Army - the "HIMARS" multiple rocket launcher system and the M1A2T tank - have both received their first batch of equipment, and are currently undergoing conversion training. A military official said that these two important pieces of equipment will not participate in the live force drills of the "Han Guang Exercise" in July, but are expected to be fully operational in the second half of the year.
The report sent by the defense department to the legislative body showed that the first batch of 11 "HIMARS" systems was received on September 26 last year; among the 108 M1A2T tanks, the first batch of 38 arrived in Taiwan at the end of last year.
In addition, although the exclusive training ground for the M1A2T tank has yet to be completed, with the main construction project expected to be finished by the end of October next year, the army has already sent multiple batches of soldiers to the United States for equipment acceptance and training.
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