According to Taiwan's "United News Network" on February 26, the United States "free military aid" Taiwan military more than 80,000 sets of combat uniforms and individual equipment equipped with four-level protective bullet-resistant plates, according to its general camouflage research, belong to the US Army decommissioned equipment, and the bullet-resistant plates are still within the effective period of use. It has been learned that the Taiwan Army has no plans to distribute it to grassroots units for use at present.
In response, the defense department of the Taiwan authorities expressed gratitude to the US side for carrying out the aid operation, but did not explain the details of the project.
According to the report, the United States will provide free military aid to Taiwan in accordance with the 2023 "National Defense Authorization Act", and the Taiwan military has received more than 80,000 sets of US combat equipment equipped with four-level protective bulletproof plates, which have been counted and stored by logistics units.
It is reported that after inspection, it was found that the camouflage of these combat individual uniforms provided by the US military without compensation belonged to the general camouflage of the US military, and the relevant equipment should be the old individual armor that the US Army returned to the warehouse after being reloaded.
According to the report, the U.S. combat vest is unusually heavy because it is equipped with four-level protective bulletproof plates, which may not be suitable for soldiers with Asian physiques to wear for a long timeMoreover, if US aid equipment is added to the Taiwan military's active-duty camouflage uniform, the camouflage effect may also be "out of place." [Reference News Network].