China Deploys New Armored Assault Vehicles in Border with India

A new-generation of assault vehicles have been commissioned into the People's Liberation Army (PLA) border defense troops under the PLA Tibet Military Command which is assigned to guard the country’s border with India.

The vehicles will give PLA troops operating in high altitude regions high mobility, winning them advantages in stamina and time, Global Times reported on Tuesday.

The vehicles are the third-generation Dongfeng Mengshi off-road tactical armored vehicles, it said quoting a China Central Television (CCTV) report.

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The vehicles are said to be third-generation Dongfeng Mengshi vehicle seen operating by the PLA border defense troops stationed in the northern slope of the Himalayas, where the oxygen level is less than 40 percent of that in lower altitudes.

The third-generation Dongfeng Mengshi is larger, more heavily armored and equipped with a more powerful engine, compared to earlier generations of the same vehicle, that gives it higher mobility even when operation in plateau regions, the reports said.

The Dongfeng Mengshi vehicles can be equipped with heavy machine guns and rockets launchers, giving the troops strong firepower together with high mobility, the expert said.