List of equipment of the Republic of China Army
This is a list of equipment used by the Republic of China Army (commonly known as the Taiwanese Army).
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ROCA Special Force Team ASSC 2
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ROCA Special Force Team ASSC 2
Small arms
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T-93 sniper rifle with the Taiwanese team competing in the International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia in 2010
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ROCA LWRCI R.E.P.R. 20 on display at the Armor School Museum
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ROCA Barrett M107A1 Sniper Rifle Display in Armor School Museum
Watercraft
Platform | Origin | Manufacturer | Type | Notes |
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K85 | ![]() |
Karmin international | 8.7m rigid inflatable boat | More than 30 purchased, in service with ROCA special forces[1] |
Armoured vehicles
Vehicle | Type | Image | Origin | In service | Notes | |||
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Main battle tanks | ||||||||
M1A2T Abrams | Main battle tank | ![]() |
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2 | 108 ordered, will be delivered from 2022 onwards.[2] | |||
M60A3 TTS | Main battle tank | ![]() |
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460[3] | Some have been transferred to the ROCMC.[4] Undergoing system upgrade by NCSIST from 2022~2024. | |||
CM-11 Brave Tiger | Main battle tank | ![]() |
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450[5] | Assembled in Taiwan from 1988 to 1994, with a M48 turret fixed on a M60 chassis integrated with a M1A1 fire control system. Certain armoured battalions equipped with the CM-11 will have them replaced by the Abrams tank. | |||
CM-12 | Main battle tank | ![]() |
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100[5] | Modified in Taiwan from M48A3, with CM-11 turret and a M48A3 chassis. Most have been retired from active service.[6] Planned to retire arfter the arrival of the M1A2T Abrams tank | |||
Armored vehicles | ||||||||
CM-32 | Infantry fighting vehicle/ Armored personnel carrier |
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In 2018, first batch of 378 CM-32 and CM-33 vehicles was completed and a second batch of 284 CM-34 vehicles was ordered.[7] In August 2020 another 21 CM-34 vehicles was ordered for the military police.[8] Platform will be further developed into a mobile gun system, a self-propelled howitzer and a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV).[9] | ||||
CM-21 | Armored personnel carrier | ![]() |
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1,000+ | Various variants produced from 1982 to 2009. CM-21/A1 Armored Personnel Carrier CM-22 Mortar carrier for 107mm/120mm mortar CM-23 Mortar carrier for 81mm mortar CM-25 TOW launcher CM-26 Command Vehicle | |||
CM-24/A1 | Ammunition carrier | ![]() |
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173 | Can carry either 90 rounds of 155mm or 42 rounds 203mm | |||
CM-27/A1 | Armored personnel carrier | ![]() |
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? | Used to tow artillery, can carry personnel and ammunition. | |||
M88 | Armored recovery vehicle | ![]() |
51[3] | 37 M88A1 variants. An additional 14 M88A2 ordered in 2019.[10] | ||||
M9 | Combat engineering vehicle | ![]() |
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19[3][5] | ||||
LVT H6 | Amphibious armored personnel carrier | ![]() |
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150[5] | Still used by the Taiwanese marine as of 2022, planned to be replaced by the AAV-7A1. 717 were originally delivered.[3] | |||
AAV-7A1 | Amphibious armored personnel carrier | ![]() |
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90 (78 personnel, 6 command and 4 recovery variants) + 1 AAV turret trainer[3] | Serving in Republic of China Marine Corps, replaces the LVTP-5 and LVT H6. | |||
V-150S Commando | Armored personnel carrier | ![]() |
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300[5][3] | In use with Southern Army Group, 333th Mechanised Infantry Brigade | |||
Trucks | ||||||||
Navistar 7400 | 3.5 tons 4WD heavy truck | ![]() |
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4,788 | Produced under license by Sanyang Motor Co., Ltd. Based on Navistar 7000 series | |||
Light armored vehicles | ||||||||
Humvee | Light utility vehicle | ![]() |
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9000+[11][12] | Multiple variants, including ones carrying local made machine guns and TOW 2A launchers, along with various other weapons. | |||
Jeep J8 | Light utility vehicle | ![]() |
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3,598 | Multiple variants, Type A soft top, Type B soft top with machine gun, Type C hard top. Produced by Sanyang Motor Co., Ltd. Manufacturing. | |||
Tactical all-terrain vehicles | ||||||||
SC-09A 4WD Special combat Assault Vehicle(SAV) | Light tactical all-terrain vehicle/Scout car | ![]() |
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56[13] | In use with ROC Army Aviation and Special Forces.[14] | |||
Amphibious bridging vehicles | ||||||||
M3 Amphibious Rig | Amphibious bridging vehicle | ![]() |
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22[5] | In use with Northern Army Group, 53 Engineering Battalion | |||
M48A5Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | ![]() |
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12 | In use in 52,53 and 54 Engineering Battalion | |||
Artillery
Weapon | Caliber Type |
Image | Origin | In service | Notes | |||
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Towed howitzers | ||||||||
M1 | 240mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
4[5] | Stationed in Kinmen/Quemoy and Matsu. 30 were originally bought from the USA.[3] | ||||
M115 | 203mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
70[5] | 90 were originally bought from the USA.[3] | ||||
TRF1 | 155mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
56[15][16] | |||||
M59 "Long Tom" | 155mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
90[5] | 390 ordered in 1954, 90 remain in service. | ||||
M114 | 155mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
100[3] | |||||
T-65 155mm | 155mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
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150[3] | Locally produced, licensed, version of the M114 howitzer. | |||
M101 | 105mm towed howitzer | ![]() |
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350[3] | ||||
T-63 105mm | 105mm towed howitzer | ![]() ![]() |
300[3] | Locally produced, licensed, version of the M101 howitzer. | ||||
Self-propelled howitzers (SPH) | ||||||||
M110A2 | 203mm self-propelled howitzer | ![]() |
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75[5] | ||||
M109 | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | ![]() |
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225[17] | 197 M109A2[3]
28 M109A5[3] | |||
Precision guided munitions | ||||||||
M712 Copperhead | 155mm Laser-guided AP Artillery shell | ![]() |
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Multiple rocket launchers (MLR) | ||||||||
M142 HIMARS | ![]() |
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wheeled MRLS | 0 of 29 delivered | On 21 October 2020, the US government approved the sale of 11 HIMARS to Taiwan.[18] Deliveries are planned by 2026.[3] Another 18 are ordered since the cancellation of 40 M109A6.[19] | |||
RT/LT-2000 | ![]() |
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117mm, 180mm, or 227mm wheeled MRLS | 43[5] | 57 originally ordered, later reduced to 43 due to budgetary issues. | |||
Kung Feng III/IV | ![]() |
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126mm wheeled MLRS | 60[5] | ||||
Kung Feng VI | ![]() |
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117mm wheeled MLRS | 120[5] | To be replaced by the RT/LT-2000.[20] | |||
Mortars | ||||||||
T-75[5] | 60mm mortar | ![]() |
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?? | Modeled after the M224 mortar. | |||
T-75[5] | 81mm mortar | ![]() |
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?? | Modeled after the M29 mortar. | |||
M29[5] | 81mm mortar | ![]() |
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M30 | 107mm mortar | ![]() |
?? | [5] | ||||
T-63 | 120mm mortar | ![]() |
?? | [5][21] | ||||
CM-23 | 81mm mortar carrier | ![]() |
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M125 | 81mm mortar carrier | ![]() |
72[5] | |||||
M106A2 | 107mm mortar carrier | ![]() |
90[5][3] | |||||
CM-22 | 107mm mortar carrier | ![]() |
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Helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicle
Anti-aircraft weapons
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M730A1 (MIM-72)
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Sky Sword II (TC-2) Carried by wheeled trucks
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A visitor operates an FIM-92 Stinger Twin Launchers with a soldier
Platform | Type | Origin | In service | Notes |
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AIM-9 Sidewinder | Air-to-air missile | ![]() |
300 | AIM-9S. Carried by AH-1W[31] |
AIM-92 Stinger | Air-to-air missile | ![]() |
173 | Block I, ordered for AH-64E Longbow Attack Helicopters[32] |
Surface-to-air TC-2 | Medium-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() |
19 (mobile missile launchers)[33] | Six batteries and 246 missiles ordered in 2019[34] |
MIM-72/M48 Chaparral | Short-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() |
40 | In service with Southern Army Group only. To be replaced by Surface-to-Air TC-2 |
Antelope | Short-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() |
?? | Mounts four TC-1L interceptors |
M-1097 Avenger (AN/TWQ-1) | Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon | ![]() |
74 | In service with Northern and Central Army Group only, came with 1299 Stingers purchased in the same deal.[3] |
Dual Mounted Stinger | Short-range surface-to-air missile | ![]() |
116 | 55 Stinger DMS launchers with 465 RMP rounds, from US Army stockpile and rebuilt/refurbished, sold to Taiwan May 1996 for 80 million.[35] 61 Stinger DMS launchers with 728 rounds, delivered between 1996 and 1998 for 180 million, some transferred to ROCMC[3] Additional ex-US service Stingers delivered in May 2023 under the Presidential Drawdown Authority[36] |
FIM-92 Stinger | Man-portable air-defense system | ![]() |
1,800+[36] | 250 Stinger Block-1-92 ordered in 2018 and an additional 254 Stinger Block-1-92F in 2019.[3] |
CS/MPQ-90 Bee Eye | Active electronically scanned array radar | ![]() |
23[37] | Integrated with Avenger and Antelope batteries from 2010[38] Six on order as of 2019.
Use in Surface-to-Air TC-2 Six order in 2019. |
Anti-tank weapons
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A 4-round XM65 Missile Launcher on outboard hardpoint of a ROCA AH-1W 20110813
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Kestrel anti-armor rocket
Platform | Type | Origin | In service | Notes |
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Hellfire AGM-114L | Anti-tank guided missile | ![]() |
1,000 | Carried by AH-64E since 2012-2014[39] |
Hellfire AGM-114K3 | Anti-tank guided missile | ![]() |
240 | Carried by AH-1W and OH-58D since 1999 |
Hellfire AGM-114C | Anti-tank guided missile | ![]() |
684 | Carried by AH-1W and OH-58D[40] |
BGM-71 TOW-2A/B | Anti-tank guided missile | ![]() |
3,100+ [41] | 163+ launchers, used by ROC Army and ROCMC on HUMVEE, M-113, CM-25, and on AH-1W and OH-58D helicopters.[42] 769 BGM-71F TOW-2B ARF ordered in 2018[40] 1700 BGM-71F TOW-2B ARF ordered in 2019[43] |
FGM-148 Javelin | Anti-tank guided missile | ![]() |
760 | 40 launchers, 360 missiles ordered in 2002.[44] 20 launchers, 182 missiles ordered in 2008.[45] 60 launchers, 208 missiles ordered in 2017[39]
42 launchers, 400 missiles ordered in 2019[46] |
APILAS | Anti-tank missile | ![]() |
1,000+ | Over 1,000 delivered by 1998, deployed mostly in outlying islands. |
M136 (AT4) | Shoulder launched recoilless gun | ![]() ![]() |
?? | License-produced in the US |
M72 LAW | Rocket-propelled grenade | ![]() |
?? | Produced locally as the Type 66 |
M40A2 RR | Recoilless rifle | ![]() |
Approximately 159 | |
Kestrel | Rocket-propelled grenade | ![]() |
Approximately 6865 |
See also
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