Regarding the media coverage of “Researched Wheeled Artillery Armored Car Is Inapplicable”, the Army Command Headquarters has stated today that (4^th) the Taiwan and Penghu Defensive Combat Army is primarily responsible for the “Annihilating Beach Strand Enemy” mission, and in terms of the striking requirements: “wheeled artillery armored car” is equipped with high mobility, precise firepower, armor protection, and rapid response ability including flexible communication and grouping, which is able to fully exert asymmetric warfare performance, making it a necessary new combat force for the defensive combat of the army.

The Army Command Headquarters pointed out that the wheeled artillery armored car is able to pair with weapons including the latest types of main battle tanks, field artillery, mortars, and anti-armored missiles for flexible uses and to exert its efficacy of length collocation and the complement between bent and straight.

The Army Command Headquarters emphasized that each weapon and equipment construction case of the army is composed according to the military strategies of the army and planned according to the founding cogitation of “Strike, Equip, Arrange, and Train”. This case is currently at the scientific research phase, and the case construction and procurement will begin after the research and development result has been proven to meet the combat requirements.