Army to acquire new variant of Clouded Leopard

By Aaron Tu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The army plans to acquire a new variant of the Clouded Leopard Eight-Wheeled Armored Vehicle (雲豹八輪甲車), with production of 235 vehicles scheduled between next year and 2033, a Ministry of National Defense military equipment procurement list shows. The new vehicle, described as a “40mm automatic grenade launcher infantry command/combat vehicle,” would be manufactured domestically, while components for its remote-controlled weapon station would be sourced from local suppliers, the list shows. The domestically developed Clouded Leopard, equipped with a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, was among the first variants of the armored vehicle to enter mass production. A domestically produced Clouded Le