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Those particular screenshots were taken from a promo video for a skills challenge held by PLAGF Infantry Academy. The promo differs from the longer videos of the event shared elsewhere.
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Those particular screenshots were taken from a promo video for a skills challenge held by PLAGF Infantry Academy. The promo differs from the longer videos of the event shared elsewhere.
Sino-Tanzania joint anti-terror exercise "Peace Unity-2024" kicks off.
In the above post, the most interesting thing to me is the earthmoving vehicle in the bottom picture, on the far right. I don't know much about earthmovers, but nevertheless when I saw this vehicle, it immediately struck me as unusual. I thought: That does *not* look like a typical front-end loader or backhoe loader, or even a militarized modification of one; it looks more purpose-built. Fortuitously, while browsing CDF, I found two other Peace Unity-2024 pictures showing the same vehicle. Here are the three pics (the one from by78's post above and the two from CDF), cropped/edited to isolate the vehicle:
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Curious, I looked up front-end loaders and backhoe loaders in military service, and came across the JCB High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE):
Manufacturer webpage:
The Chinese earthmover at Peace Unity-2024 has quite a similar look to the HMEE. So now I'm wondering if it's a Chinese HMEE equivalent.
One might ask: What's so special about the HMEE, it's just another backhoe loader, right? No. One of the claimed advantages of the HMEE over a conventional loader is that it has a top speed of 60 miles per hour and can thus self-deploy, i.e., it can get to the "job site" under its own power, and doesn't need to be trailered or trucked in.
(Apologies if this Chinese earthmover has been discussed here before. I searched but did not find any mention of it.)
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Good question
This vehicle was indeed developed in cooperation with non-Chinese suppliers
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Thank you very much for the video image. Now that I know the designation of the vehicle I can find out more about it.
They do selling such products overseas. I'm sure you can find more informations
Thanks for the photographs. Reverse image search leads to news on Sohu and other sites of 82nd Group Army Exercise. HQ16A photograph although doesn't have clear vehicle number.
The HQ17A image indicates LJ49 4th battalion which is of 6th CAD Firepower Regiment. The
other photo of PG99AAG is as per the equipping profile of the Regiment.
The HQ17A image indicates LJ49 4th battalion which is of 6th CAD Firepower Regiment. The
other photo of PG99AAG is as per the equipping profile of the Regiment.
Another recent released media report on the current ongoing Sino-Tanzania military training exercise.