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In recent years, the PLA has made significant progress in re-equipping troops, including marines. It has been re-equipped with new models of equipment, in particular, switching to the Type 05 family of armored amphibians, the main modifications of which are the ZSD-05 armored personnel carrier, ZBD-05 and the ZTD-05 light tank/ assault gun.
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Amid rising tensions around Taiwan, which has launched a deep modernization of its own troops under the leadership of the United States, the PLA is conducting large-scale exercises, including improving the amphibious capabilities of the Marines.
- stated in the Ministry of Defense.
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The footage of the maneuvers presented by the military department shows both the actions of combat swimmers and the forcing of a water barrier by large armored forces.
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The order of battle is formed from armored vehicles unloaded from ships onto the water and provides for its movement in a column, and then, as it approaches the coast, its restructuring into an open group. In this form, the "landing wave" begins the assault, firing from a variety of weapons, ranging from the 105-mm cannon, which is equipped with ZTD-05, and ending with large-caliber machine guns, which are armed with ZSD-05.
