Thailand abandons the CCP armored car

 An armored observation vehicle for the M1126 "Stryker" wheeled artillery. (Wikipedia)
[The Epoch Times May 17th, 2019] (Epoch Times reporter Takasugi comprehensive report) According to a report released by the Thai military on Tuesday (May 14th), the Royal Thai Army will receive US$80 million from the United States. Purchased 37 "refurbished" M1126 "Stryker" wheeled armored infantry fighting vehicles to replace the previous plan to purchase the VN1 armored personnel carrier made by the Chinese Communist Party.

According to the Bangkok Post, the Thai military source said: "In the early days, the Thai military was expected to purchase the VN1 armoured personnel carrier of the CCP, but the Thai Army Command finally gave up this. Plan and try to reach another purchase agreement with the United States.

The source added: "Thailand is the first country to receive the US M1126 'Stryker' wheeled armored infantry fighting vehicle." The first US "second-hand" Stryker ICVs will be delivered by the end of 2019.


The Thai Ministry of Defence has previously announced that the Royal Thai Army will continue to purchase China's VN-1 series of armored vehicles in 2019 in order to supplement the 11th Infantry Division at Chachoengsao. .

But apparently, according to a new contract with the United States, the 11th Infantry Division of the Royal Thai Army will use the newly purchased American Stryker armored vehicles to fill the vacancy in the battlefield.

According to Thai media, in addition to the 37 chariots purchased by the Thai Army, the US military is expected to provide another 23 armored vehicles for free, bringing the total to 60. The contract also includes communication systems as well as weapons, hangars, training ground development, spare parts and maintenance, and more. The purchase is expected to be implemented through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) mechanism.

The Stryker armored vehicle that the US military installed in 2000 is an eight-wheel-drive infantry armored combat vehicle series. It can travel at 62 mph on the highway for 312 miles. It is also an eight-wheel-class wheeled armored vehicle that the US Army is still using. It has participated in almost all overseas military operations of the US military in the past decade, which proves that the car is indeed a very reliable performance. Wheeled armored vehicle.




The Stryker armored combat vehicle series is equipped with reconnaissance armored vehicles that can detect nuclear, chemical and biological weapons; anti-tank guided armored vehicles; medical evacuation armored vehicles; and used to transport mortars, engineers, and infantry. Class, command team and armored personnel carrier of the fire support team. It is highly regarded for its high versatility, survivability, lethality and mobility.

According to the total amount of the Thai procurement contract of 80 million US dollars, the Thai side obtained a total of 60 armored vehicles, the average price of each "refurbished" US "Strake" tank is about 1.33 million US dollars. The VN-1 series of armored vehicles that the Chinese Communist Party exported to the Royal Thai Army had a price of 1.75 million US dollars each. Compared with the US, the second-hand tanks are obviously cheaper.

However, although the US-made "Strek" armored vehicles have been in service for many years and are only equipped with the basic model of the machine gun, and the CCP's VN-1 series of armored vehicles are new cars, and the weapons are more modern, Thailand still chose US military equipment obviously does not want to be subject to the CCP in terms of weapons and equipment. #abc33sadda@gmail.com