Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" said today that the "Armature Bureau" has completed 6 inspections of compliance and progress in accordance with the contract, and the manufacturer promised to complete the first batch of delivery by the end of February this year.

(Observer Network) According to Taiwanese media reports on January 27, the "CM-34" 30MM chain gun artillery fighting vehicle is about to be put into production. Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" said today that the "Armature Bureau" has completed 6 inspections of compliance and progress in accordance with the contract, and the manufacturer promised to complete the first batch of delivery by the end of February this year.

Yunbao 8-wheel armored vehicle will be produced by the "CM-34" 30MM chain gun gun battle vehicle, but since the winning manufacturer has not yet implemented the contract, it was delivered as scheduled on December 24 last year, the new Yunbao 8-wheel combat vehicle will be difficult to produce again.

"CM-34" 30MM chain gun-in-armor combat vehicle. The picture is from Taiwan media

. However, Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" clarified that the 209th factory belonging to the "Armature Bureau" has completed 6 inspections of the performance supervision and progress in accordance with the contract to grasp the progress of the manufacturer's production system. The manufacturer promised to complete the first batch of delivery by the end of February this year, which can meet the annual production system needs of the eight-wheel armored vehicle; in addition, if there is an overdue delivery, a penalty will be imposed according to the contract.

According to previous reports by Observer.com, the Yunbao "infantry combat vehicle" uses the MK.44 30mm external energy-driven chain machine gun manufactured by the American orbital ATK company. This gun has high armor-piercing performance and accuracy. However, the United States once asked for NT$1 billion NT$4 to transfer the gun manufacturing technology. In the end, the Taiwan military gave up the requirement of most core components to produce on the island, which was considered an agreement. However, as a gun, its price is still not expensive. According to Taiwanese media reports, the turrets made by the "Chinese Academy of Sciences" are priced at NT$50 million, which is about NT$1.6 million.

Previously, there was a scandal about Yunbao bribing acceptance officers by manufacturers, resulting in frequent failures after delivery of the troops, and therefore production was postponed. Since then, the Taiwan authorities announced the re-tender of the power chassis system and are ready to be put into re-mass production.

Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" confirmed on the morning of March 1, 2018 that the "Armature Bureau" will spend NT$4.57 billion (about RMB 1 billion) this month to re-tender 280 power chassis systems required for the subsequent procurement case. It will be guided by the "Public Works Committee" to use restricted bidding to obtain products with price and quality compliance to the standards to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Taiwan military. This is the first bidding case for the Taiwan Army's large-scale arms dealership by Yan Defa, a "Minister of Defense" who was born in the Taiwan Army. At the same time, the Taiwan Army decided to mass-produce some cloud leopard "30 chain cannon" armored vehicles first.

On October 24, 2018, Taiwan media reported that Taiwan's "Armature Director" Fang Maohong said in an inquiry by the Legislative Yuan that the Taiwan military has completed the evaluation of 4 "Cloud Leopard" wheeled infantry fighting vehicle with 30mm machine guns. The car will begin production, with a total of 284 units being purchased.