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Taiwan News: Video shows Chinese 'amphibious' tank sink in 30 seconds
Netizens poke fun at PLA tank built for Taiwan invasion as it sinks like rock
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Over the weekend, netizens got a kick out of watching a People's Liberation Army (PLA) tank, theoretically designed to spearhead an invasion of Taiwan, sink like a rock in less than 30 seconds.
The Chinese government has repeatedly threatened that it will not rule out the use of force to invade Taiwan and claims to have strengthened its military capabilities in recent years to carry out such an invasion. However, a video released on China's state-run mouthpiece CCTV went viral over the weekend after showing an "amphibious" tank capsizing and ejecting its passengers in short order.
In the third episode of the CCTV 9 show "Military Industry Memory II" (軍工記憶Ⅱ), which originally aired in 2018, it is revealed that during the development of the Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicle, a test run on the Chongqing section of the Yangtze River went awry.
During the trial run, the crew, all clad in bright orange life jackets, began to gun the engine to pick up speed. However, as the tank began to accelerate, it rapidly took on water on its front end.
Soon, the tank's nose began to plow under the waterline, and the entire contraption lurched downward. The crew found themselves with no choice but to jump into the water as the tank quickly went into a vertical position and disappeared beneath the waters of the placid river like a mini reenactment of the Titanic.
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WNU Editor: Apparently this video was made 18 years ago. I am sure the Chinese have built a better amphibious tank since then.
